A-1 Driving School Review 2020: Rates, Branches, Lessons, Pros & Cons

Here on Philkotse.com, we recognize the need of knowing how to drive because it not only is a practical everyday life skill, but we also acknowledge that driving in itself can give you the freedom to go where you want to every time you need to.

So for this article, we will introduce to you another driving school that’s easily accessible to you. Now we’ve already reviewed another driving school before, but there are a lot of excellent choices here in the country as such, this particular driving school might be another alternative option for you.

So let’s get our driving face on with the A1 Driving School!

1. A1 Driving School Philippines: Overview

Founded in March of 1977, A-1 Driving Co, Inc. is one of the oldest driving schools here in the Philippines with more than 80 branches nationwide.

They also have three training centers located here at Metro Manila: one in Las Pinas, one in Quezon City, and another in Mandaluyong where you can learn in a secure, and controlled environment away from regular traffic.

Aside from being a regular driving school, A-1 can also provide fleet drivers training and assessment, defensive driving seminars for interested parties and car maintenance 101.

A-1 Driving instructors are experienced and certified professionals

2. A-1 Driving School Review: Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Student can choose from a range of more than 150 training vehicles from the latest car models
• Training vehicles are at proper condition
• Professional instructors with competent driving and teaching experiences
• Defensive driving lessons including driving skills courses, traffic rules & regulation, car maintenance
• Licensing assistance service
• Lectures are operated on weekends.
• Applying modern technology in lectures (Starmobile)
• Informative manual course book
• A-1 Driving school Philippines accepts the payment via credit cards
• Good customer service

Aside from driving skills and traffic laws, A-1 will also teach you the basics of maintaining your car.

Cons

• The trainees are not possible to choose the instructors at the beginning
• Some training vehicles have a bad smell
• Conflict schedule during Holiday Season

3. Things to keep in mind for the trainees of A1 Driving School Philippines

#1: Getting the LTO Student permit is required to enroll in the course at A-1 Driving School

#2: Make sure to schedule your slots before heading to the A-1 Driving School branches. According to my personal experience, it is not a good idea to arrange the training time in the Holiday season because it's a chance that you have to reschedule 2-3 times.

#3: It is recommended to attend the Orientation session to obtain all necessary information and benefits you get for your driving course.

#4: If you are not satisfied with your instructors, you can claim to replace another one.

#5: Bring along your A-1 ID and the receipt to prove that you already paid for the course.

A1 driving school optimizes Star mobile app in their course

4. Top reasons to consider A-1 Driving School

4.1. Variety of Driving courses and competent instructors

Like most driving schools in the Philippines, the A-1 driving school has several choices of driving courses you can choose from. Their courses have a larger vehicle choice for you to train on. In addition, A-1 Driving’s trainers are TESDA and LTO accredited instructors and as such is the real deal in terms of preparing you for real-life driving situations.

A-1 even has an Executive course which includes a very convenient and free pick-up and drop-off for their students. Also, if you want to have a quicker learning experience, A-1 also has a Rush Course.

And finally, they have a very safe and excellently simulated Training Center Course where you can safely experience your A1 driving lessons away from the dangers of a regular public road.

A-1's facilities are top notch and are completely safe for the beginner driver

Here is a list of their training courses:

4.2. Accessibility: Variety of A-1 Driving School Branches

Another strong point of A-1 is its accessibility. With over 80 branches spread around the Philippines, including over 20 which are equipped with very modern and comfortable lecture rooms, A-1 is definitely easy to get to or to find.

Adding to that value of accessibility, A-1 can even assist its customers in getting their own driver’s license

Apart from widespread all over the country, A-1's branches are neat and very modern

In order to assist you, here is a list of all their branches including A1 Driving School’s contact numbers:

A1 driving school in Manila

A1 driving school in Makati

A1 driving school in Davao

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A1 driving school in Cebu

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Above is the list of A1 Driving school branches in the big cities. Look for other branches strategically located nationwide with the complete contact details in the following link: https://a-1driving.com/about/branches/

5. A1 Driving School Rates & Courses

While being also accessible and versatile, A-1 driving school price for their courses are also very affordable and will be pliable in terms of training vehicle choice or the number of hours of driving lessons.

To further assist you, here is a list of A-1 Driving School’s rates for all of their courses. Also included is information on which branches these courses are available.

A-1 is one of the view driving schools where a truck is available as a training vehicle.

5.1. A-1 Driving School Rate: Premium Course

*Only in NCR, Calabarzon, and Bulacan

5.2. A-1 Driving School Rate: Executive Course

*Only in NCR, Calabarzon, and Bulacan

5.3. A-1 Driving School Rate: Rush Course

*Only in NCR, Calabarzon, and Bulacan

All in all, A-1 driving school looks like it’s a very large and well established judging from all those branches spread nationwide and their variety of very affordable driving courses.

So if you’re still undecided on a good driving school, you might want to consider A-1 Driving School, one of the oldest and most reliable driving schools here in the Philippines.