Rosie

I passed first time with only 4 minors, and I’ve never been happier to leave a review of someone before! I found Mark just after the Covid buzz where everyone and their neighbour decided to learn how to drive. He came for a no pressure chat with me just to explain the process of our lessons and to see how well we would work together. I knew straight off the bat that it would going to be a great experience learning to drive with Mark. I started off without ever being behind the wheel of a car and he taught me without me having the privilege of driving in someone else’s car in between lessons (so I’m sure you can imagine the slight difficulties we faced together as I was only driving for 2 hours a week and then having a week break in between driving). Mark adjusted his learning techniques to best suit me and my ability. He encouraged me and reminded me constantly of my future goals so I never gave up, even when I had a bad week or made a few mistakes. His schedule was also very flexible and he made it very easy for us to base our lessons around my weekly changing work rota as I do night shifts and long 12 hour shifts during the week. Not only that but we constantly joked that I was getting free therapy sessions as well as driving sessions. I talked his ear off about my life and about my work and it always ended up feeling like I was in the car with a good friend rather than someone I was paying to be there with me. I really felt like this was such a good way to reduce my anxiety behind the wheel and I think this was a massive contributor to passing my test first time. He really adjusted himself and his teaching techniques to make me feel most comfortable and within a few lessons he knew exactly how to deal with me and my mentality towards success and failure. I couldn’t recommend Mark enough. It is very easy to see the big company name next to his and think you might not be getting the same 1-2-1 caring experience as a local instructor. But trust me when I say that this is not the case with Mark. He takes the time to get to know you and your abilities and remembers week to week your personal goals, regardless of the fact of having multiple other students. Thank you so much for teaching me, I’m still in a total buzz from passing and I can’t wait to be out on the road in my own car (when I stop being picky and find one lol)!