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As above try and get a condensed all in one course if you can pay that much in one go. Much quicker and cheaper way to pass.
I went with what was probably the slowest most laid back centre ever. Took 5 months to get 6 lessons and mod 1 then 2. Had 5 different instructors for 6 lessons, so each one spends the first 30 mins out of 120 faffing about 'seeing" how you are doing as they've never seen you ride before.
Super annoying but got there in the end.
UK bike test is more thorough than it used to be, but still teaches you feck all about bike handling. Imo the test they have now should be a morning session after maybe 4 hours of lessons, then spend a few half days on a track /airfield/carpark learning cornering, braking and traction finding techniques. And then some "this is how you stay alive" training. That is what would help.
See many folk out on sunny Sunday afternoons on litre bikes that they can barely wrestle around a mild corner in the dry with perfect visibility that might have only been riding h a few weeks.