DVSA’s 5 Year Strategy
DVSA’s 5-year strategy: helping you stay safe on Britain’s roads
DVSA’s purpose is to help you stay safe on Britain’s roads.
Today (Thursday 30 March 2017) we’ve published our 5-year strategy and business plan which set out a range of commitments we’ve made to improve road safety, user experience and value for money.
Our strategy explains what we’ll do between 2017 and 2022 to help you stay safe on Britain’s roads.
Our business plan sets out which parts of the strategy we’ll be taking forward in 2017 to 2018.
Read our 5-year strategy and business plan.
NASP Response to Part 3 changes announced to improve the ADI part 3 test in line with the standards check
The National Associations Strategic Partnership (NASP) comprises the Approved Driving Instructors National Joint Council (ADINJC); the Driving Instructors Association (DIA) & the Motor Schools Association of Great Britain (MSA GB). Current chair Lynne Barrie M.A
Background
Improvements to the ADI qualification process have been ongoing since 2013 as part of the Modernising Driver Training consultation. In 2014 due to the majority of respondents wanting the ADI Part 3 to be replaced by a standard check the possibilities of this began. DVSA consulted NASP and asked for members views and NASP fully supported the change from the current Part 3 to a standards check using the same criteria and marking framework. Since that date instructor trainers have been surveyed to understand their awareness of any proposed changes and the survey outcomes were discussed with NASP. DVSA have now sent out a statement to ADIs with their intended plans and an implementation date of October 2nd 2017. NASP welcome a further meeting in May with DVSA and a proposed meeting with all instructor trainers as part of ongoing engagement strategy.
Concerns
Following on from each meeting NASP have sent out a report to members. Those reports highlighted that there were concerns about some aspects of the initiative:
September 2016: “The main problem was considered to be the provision of a pupil, which could be a full licence holder, but not an ADI. DVSA had said that they felt their examiners were sufficiently experienced to be able to tell if someone had pre-rehearsed a lesson”
December 2016: “Some concern was still expressed about the provision of a ‘live’ learner, as it was felt this could be open to manipulation”.
NASP welcome the changes to Ordit and the move away from the current pre-set tests to a more client centred approach. The majority decision at NASP is to welcome all the proposed changes however all three of the association members are not in complete agreement with all aspects of the proposals. We will be asking DVSA to carry out with NASP a full review of the changes after 2,500 of the new style tests are completed. Meanwhile NASP look forward to continued dialogue with DVSA who have said they will hold a meeting for trainers at which these matters still causing concern can be discussed. We fully realise the need to continue communicating with DVSA and other parties.
DVSA Press Release on changes for ADI Part 3 Test
TRADE PRESS RELEASE: Changes announced to improve the ADI part 3 test in line with the standards check
Industry informed changes to the ADI part 3 test assessment of instructional ability will be introduced on 2 October 2017.
The Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that the part 3 test will now be aligned with the Standards Check and require a ‘real’ pupil in a lesson tailored to their individual learning goals and needs.
The changes come after talks with the Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) Industry, National Associations Strategic Partnership (NASP) and organisations on DVSA’s Official Register of Driving Instructor Trainers (ORDIT) in a bid to improve the standard of training and testing of trainee driver instructors. This in turn, will support DVSA’s strategic aim of helping learners through a lifetime of safe driving.
DVSA’s Registrar Mark Magee said: “The industry has confirmed to us that the current fault-based ADI Part 3 test, which relies on pre-set tests and role play exercises, is both unrealistic and restrictive. It doesn’t give trainee instructors enough opportunity to demonstrate the full range of skills needed when qualified.
“The changes will now mean new ADIs will be better prepared to deliver effective training from day one of qualifying and won’t need to learn different teaching methods ahead of their standards check. It will also enable the test to be delivered at a greater number of test centres and local to where training has taken place.
“However, it is also important to reassure individuals that consideration will be given to PDIs currently part way through the qualifying process. Also, DVSA ADI examiners will receive training to deliver the new ADI Part 3, and DVSA ORDIT inspectors will be updated on the inspection requirements.”
The DVSA will publish the new assessment form and accompanying guidance soon, but main changes that trainers and trainees need to be aware of are:
• The same criteria as the standards check will be used with a competency-based assessment
• Trainees will be assessed over a single one-hour lesson on the 3 main competencies of lesson planning, risk management and teaching and learning strategies. They will be assessed using the additional 17 sub-competencies set out in the current standards check assessment form and to the national standards of Driver and Rider training
• Examiners will no longer be able to role play. Trainees will be required to provide a ‘real’ pupil which could be friends, family members or colleagues, and the lesson will have to reflect their learning goals and needs. This doesn’t have to be a learner, but could be a full licence holder seeking driver development
Ends.
Notes to editors:
1. In April 2014, we introduced the ‘standards check’ which changed the way we assessed ADIs; focussing on assessing their competence to deliver effective training in line with the National standard for driver and rider training. This assessment has been well received by both instructors and DVSA examiners.
2. In 2016, DVSA conducted two industry surveys, March and November, to identify awareness and impact of the proposed change and how well prepared instructor trainers and ORDIT organisations were to deliver the new training requirements.
The research also set out to establish if they had already changed training methods and processes following the introduction of the standards check.
Any comments should be sent to secretary@adinjc.org.uk.
Vehicle Road Tax changes:
The way vehicle tax is calculated will change for cars and some motor homes that are first registered with DVLA from 1 April 2017.
The change won’t affect any vehicles registered before April,
The rates explained
Vehicle tax for the first year is based on CO2 emissions.
After the first year, the amount of tax that needs to be paid depends on the type of vehicle. The rates are:
£140 a year for petrol or diesel vehicles
£130 a year for alternative fuel vehicles (hybrids, bioethanol and LPG)
£0 a year for vehicles with zero CO2 emissions
New vehicles with a list price of more than £40,000
If a vehicle has a list price (the published price before any discounts) of more than £40,000, the rate of tax is based on CO2 for the first year.
After the first year, the rate depends on the type of vehicle (petrol, diesel, alternative fuel or zero emissions) and an additional rate of £310 a year for the next 5 years.
After those 5 years, the vehicle will then be taxed at one of the standard rates (£140, £130, or £0, depending on vehicle type).
More details at
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-vehicle-tax-rates-from-1-april-2017
“The ADINJC sent details of the consultation to members via our monthly newsletter and as email news flashes. We have sent details to our 55 member groups and local associations and have collated the responses. Members hold local association meetings where they gather views and the consultation was also discussed on our social media sites.” Click on this link to read the consultation of Learners on motorways ADINJC response
Think! and the AA Charitable Trust have partnered to launch a new video as part of their campaign to make text driving as socially uacceptable as drink driving.
Alongside the video are tips for more careful driving, information about the dangers/risks of text driving and the details of the new penalties, now in force.
Click here for the link.