Balaclava’s Carlisle Street strip and level crossing make it a compact but complete training ground. With Sprint you learn in a calm, dual-control car with a patient, VicRoads-accredited instructor — and 96% of our learners pass their test first time.
Sprint Driving School has been teaching learners across Bayside Melbourne for over 30 years, and Balaclava is one of our most popular suburbs. Whether you’re a nervous first-timer picking up the keys for the first time, a parent organising lessons for your teenager, or an experienced driver converting an overseas licence, we tailor every lesson to where you’re at.
The roads around Balaclava give learners a genuine, real-world education. You’ll get time on Carlisle Street, Hotham Street and the Balaclava Road level crossing. Because we teach on the streets you actually live and drive on — not a quiet car park miles away — the skills stick, and test day feels like just another lesson.
We run your Balaclava lessons on the real Carlton test routes, so the roads, roundabouts and tricky intersections are second nature before you book your test.
It comes down to results and comfort. Our instructors are fully VicRoads-accredited, hold current Working with Children Checks and police clearances, and many are multilingual. You can request a male or female instructor when you book. There’s no charge for travel time, no weekend or after-hours surcharge, and if you don’t pass first time, we’ll give you a second test attempt free.*
Yes — Balaclava (3183) is one of the 60+ Melbourne suburbs Sprint covers. We pick you up from home, school, uni or work in Balaclava at no extra charge, and there’s never a travel-time fee.
Most Balaclava learners test at the Carlton VicRoads centre. We run your lessons on the actual Carlton test routes, so by test day the roads already feel familiar.
Both. You can learn in an automatic or a manual dual-control car in Balaclava, and we also handle auto-to-manual conversions and overseas licence conversions.
Single lessons start at $65 for 45 minutes, with a $55 first lesson for new learners. Packages bring the per-lesson price down — buy five and the sixth is free. Same price across all of Balaclava, with no weekend surcharge.
Yes. You sit your test in the same dual-control car you learned in, with your Balaclava instructor beside you. Selected packages include the test-day lesson free.
Book your first lesson in Balaclava today. Patient instructors, real Carlton test routes, and a 96% first-time pass rate behind you.
Takes 60 seconds · 7 days, 8am–10pm · Free second test if you don’t pass first time*
