Case study 03
Driving instructor diary
FirstDrive
Driving instructors juggle lessons, pupil progress and the gaps in their diary across separate tools.
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Open full website01 The project
What we
built.
A mobile diary built around an instructor’s working week: recurring lessons, existing-pupil invites, syllabus progress, earnings and unfilled gaps. A companion website introduces the app ahead of launch.
Built in
90 days
At a glance
- Recurring lessons and working hours
- Pupil invites and syllabus progress
- Stats, expenses and diary gaps
02 In practice
Inside the product.
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Your pupils.
Your working week.
Bring existing pupils into one place through an invite or code.
Keep teaching personal.
An instructor workspace for the diary, pupils, stats and gaps.
Bring your pupils together
Existing pupils join through an invite or code, connecting their learning to the instructor’s working week.
03 Design & engineering
Behind the build.
The decisions, the working parts and what connects them.
The diary is the centre of FirstDrive. Instructors set their working hours, invite the pupils they already teach and organise recurring lessons, keeping the week together instead of rebuilding it across messages and separate calendars.
Pupil records bring lesson history and syllabus progress into the same place. Stats and expense exports help with the business side, while the gaps view makes unfilled time visible. The companion pupil app gives invited learners a way to stay connected to their instructor.
The mobile experience is built with React Native and Expo, with a Next.js companion website and Supabase behind the product. The first release focuses on instructors and their existing pupils, with marketplace discovery planned for a later phase.
The working parts.
How the build is organised.
App
- Instructor diary
- Pupil companion
Product
- Recurring lessons
- Pupil progress
- Stats & gaps
Platform
- React Native / Expo
- Next.js
- Supabase
Built with
- React Native (Expo)
- Next.js
- Supabase
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The decisions
that matter.
Start with the working relationship instructors already have. Existing-pupil invitations and recurring lessons make the diary useful without requiring a marketplace of new learners on day one. Pupil progress and the instructor’s business records sit alongside that weekly routine.
The first release is being prepared for launch, with marketplace discovery planned later. That boundary matters for a new app: a useful first release can serve an existing customer base before introducing the separate challenge of matching supply and demand.
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