Our Story

ACT Capital Driving School was established with a clear vision: to provide a supportive and confidence-building driving experience. We understand that learning to drive can feel overwhelming, which is why we focus on creating a calm and structured environment.

With a strong emphasis on one-on-one instruction, we ensure every lesson is tailored to your specific needs and skill level. Our approach is designed to build both competence and confidence.

What makes us different is our personalized training style and commitment to quality. We work closely with each student to help them progress at their own pace and succeed with confidence.

ACT Capital Driving School — our story
Since day one

Our Story

Built on patience, miles, and trust.

Our Values

These principles guide everything we do at ACT Capital Driving School.

Safety First

Every lesson prioritizes safety. We teach defensive driving techniques that protect you and others on the road.

Patient Instruction

Learning to drive is stressful for most people and genuinely frightening for some. Lessons go at the pace that holds, and nobody is pushed into traffic to prove a point.

Goal-Oriented

Whether you're aiming for your first license or improving specific skills, we help you achieve your goals.

Community Focus

We're proud to serve our local community and contribute to safer roads for everyone.

Meet your instructor

The face behind every lesson.

One instructor, one promise — your full lesson, undivided attention, every time.

Jeevan Pandey, lead driving instructor

Lead Instructor

Jeevan Pandey

4.9

Fully accredited

Licensed ACT instructor

Lead Driving Instructor

Jeevan Pandey

Jeevan teaches every lesson at ACT Capital Driving School himself, from a base in Chisholm. He is accredited to deliver competency-based training and assessment, the ACT logbook method, which means he can assess and sign off the 23 driving competencies Access Canberra requires rather than only preparing you for somebody else to mark. Lessons are one-on-one, in an automatic dual-control car, and you get the same instructor each time.

  • ACT accredited driving instructor

    Accredited to deliver competency-based training and assessment, the ACT logbook method, and to sign off the 23 driving competencies Access Canberra requires.

  • Teaches the ACT assessment routes

    Lessons use the roads, roundabouts and manoeuvres the ACT driving assessment is conducted on, across the Tuggeranong, Woden, Belconnen and Gungahlin districts.

  • Dual-control, fully insured vehicle

    An automatic learner vehicle with instructor-side controls, maintained and comprehensively insured for lesson use.

  • One instructor, every lesson

    You are taught by Jeevan Pandey each time rather than by whoever is rostered, so progress is tracked by the person who saw the last lesson.

  • Test prep & exam-route mastery
  • Calm coaching for nervous learners
  • Pickup & drop-off across Canberra
  • Defensive & highway driving
Gallery

Moments from the road.

Snapshots of our learners, lessons, and the streets of Canberra we know by heart.

ACT Capital learner vehicle ready for a lesson
Featured
Our learner vehicle
On the road with ACT Capital Driving School
Eyes up, hands ready
Learner driver gaining confidence
Building confidence
Practicing on Canberra streets
Streets of Canberra
Lesson in progress
Lesson in progress
One-to-one coaching on the road
One-to-one coaching
Smooth manoeuvres around town
Smooth manoeuvres
Test-day ready
Test-day ready
Celebrating a pass
Pass-day smiles

Accredited, insured, and local

Driver licensing and driving instructor accreditation in the Australian Capital Territory are administered by Access Canberra. ACT Capital Driving School is an accredited ACT driving instructor business, registered in Chisholm, teaching in a dual-control automatic that is comprehensively insured for lesson use. Every lesson is taught by Jeevan Pandey personally.

ACT accredited instructor
Comprehensively insured
Dual-control automatic
Based in Chisholm, ACT 2905