Colonial Driving School

Colonial Driving School is a driving school in Colonial Heights, VA, serving Richmond, Henrico, and Colonial Heights. It holds a rating of 4.90. The school offers teen driver education, adult driver education, private lessons, an 8-hour driver improvement clinic, a 12-hour reckless and aggressive driver education program (RADEP), and a driver manual course for students who have failed the learner's permit test three times, with both in-person and online formats. Instruction covers the Richmond metropolitan area from locations in Colonial Heights, Richmond, Midlothian, Henrico, and Glen Allen.

The school has been teaching since 1987 and reports more than 30,000 students across its history. Its mission is to build safe, confident, and responsible drivers through personalized instruction. Classes run on weekdays and weekends, and pick-up and drop-off are available for an additional fee. Training vehicles are equipped with dual-control brakes, safety signage, and full insurance, and the school handles DMV paperwork for students.

Course details include a 7-day teen program with seven behind-the-wheel sessions of 50 minutes each plus observation, ending in the DMV Road Skills Test on the seventh session and a provisional license on successful completion. A 30-hour online knowledge course satisfies the requirement for students under 18 and the 3-fail requirement. The 8-hour driver improvement clinic meets every other Saturday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and the online version is self-paced. The online 12-hour RADEP is court-approved and self-paced.

The school sits on Highland Ave, about 0.1 miles from Colonial Heights City Hall, the Colonial Heights Health Department, and Colonial Heights Fire Department Station 1. The Colonial Heights Police Department is roughly 0.1 miles away, and the Colonial Heights Post Office is about 0.2 miles away.

With a 4.90 rating from the customers who have reviewed it, Colonial Driving School has served drivers in Colonial Heights and the wider Richmond area since 1987.