The short answer
As many as you want — there is no prescribed number and no test at the end. Most people manage with two to five lessons if the break was manageable. Your licence stays valid throughout; you practise until you feel confident, and then you stop.
Refresher lessons are the least known part of a driving school and the one with the lowest barrier — because nothing depends on them. No authority is involved, no appointment waits at the end, nobody assesses you.
What it actually is
Ordinary driving lessons with an instructor beside you, in a school car with dual controls. The difference from training is that there is no programme: you drive whatever worries you. Motorway, roundabout, parking, driving at night, that one junction where something once happened.
How many it turns out to be
- A break of one to two years: usually two to three lessons
- Five years and more: more like four to six
- After an accident or with driving anxiety: as many as it takes — the number is not the point here
- Switching automatic to manual or the other way: often two
Those are experience, not packages. You book individually and decide after each lesson whether another follows.
What does not happen
There is no test. Your licence is not reviewed, not restricted and not re-assessed. Nothing is reported to any authority. A refresher appears nowhere — it is a service, not a procedure.
First consultation
Free and without obligation. We talk about how long you have not driven, what worries you and what you want to get to — and you decide afterwards whether to start at all.
Manual or automatic
You choose the car. People who passed in a manual but have driven automatics ever since often practise exactly that one thing again — or find out they no longer need it.
Everything else is on the refresher lessons page. Whether it is worth it for your situation is written up here.