Are you looking for a good driving instructor in Rushden, Northants and surrounding areas but confused about which driving instructor or driving school to choose.

 

On this site you will find our top tips for finding a good driving instructor in Rushden or East Northants.

 

Follow these tips to get you on the road to finding the right driving school for you.

1. Check if the instructor is qualified.

 

Many large driving schools and some smaller driving schools offering cheap driving lessons use trainee driving instructors which means that although they have had a certain amount of training they are not yet qualified and will be actually practicing on you!

All driving instructors must display their badge in the front windscreen and a trainee license is pink and a fully qualified driving instructors badge will be green.

When you make a booking at one of these driving schools they are unlikely to tell you that your driving lessons will be given by an unqualified driving instructor but they will most likely charge the same price for a driving lesson.

 

2. Look for a friendly and approachable driving instructor.

Why put up with a grumpy or miserable driving instructor?

Your driving instructor should be calm, professional, well mannered, cheerful and above all patient because not everyone learns at the same rate.

When you make your first contact with him or her try to imagine being in a car with them because after all if they don't sound that pleasant on the phone they are unlikely to get any better when teaching you to drive.

If you get things wrong is he/she going to be more worried about their car or about your driving lesson?

 

 

3. Will you get one to one training for the whole lesson?

 

Some driving instructors do what is known as "piggy backing", this is where the driving instructor picks up his next pupil on the way to drop you off and during YOUR lesson time!

This practice is frowned upon by the Driving Standards Agency and should not be tolerated.

If you pay for a 1 hour driving lesson then that is what you should get and not have to have someone else sitting in the back putting you off your lesson.

 

 

4. Never let your instructor make you feel stupid.

 

If you make a mistake your driving instructor should help you correct it without making you feel stupid.

if you need to go over something again and again until you get it right then your instructor should understand this and be patient and not let you feel bad about it.

 

 

5. Your driving lesson should not start late or end early.

 

Your driving instructor should pick you up on time and not drop you off before the end of the lesson.

There should not be any snack breaks, toilet breaks or cigarette breaks.

A good driving instructor will always allow time for these things between driving lessons.

 

 

 

6. Will your instructor use proper lesson plans?

 

Ask your driving instructor if he is going to use lesson plans covering the whole DSA syllabus and in a structured way.

A good driving school will give you a list of subjects that need to be covered with diagrams and plans to help you understand the various topics.

If necessary a whole lesson should be devoted to some of the topics, especially roundabouts which is where most accidents occur.

 

7. Check that your Driving instructor will follow the DSA syllabus and give you progress reports.

 

A good driving instructor will always discuss with you at the beginning of the driving lesson the subjects that are to be taught and the lesson aims and objectives.

A full discussion about progress made during the lesson and plans for the next lesson should take place when the car is stationary at the end of the lesson and not while the student is still driving.

 

 

8. Positive feedback and encouragement.

 

It is very important that your driving instructor should praise you when you do things well and not just tell you have done something badly.

Being praised and given encouragement enables you to know that you are actively learning and making progress.

Constant negative remarks are bad for everyone and make you feel like you are never going to get things right.

 

 

9. Don't get talked into block booking more lessons in advance than you are happy with.

 

There is nothing wrong with block booking to save money but you should always be able to get most of your money back for unused lessons if something goes wrong and you can't continue or even if you decide to change your driving instructor!

 

 

10. Always choose a driving instructor that cares about you and your lessons.

 

Some driving instructors only care about taking your money and not if you are happy with your lessons or not.

At the end of each lesson you should feel good about what you have learned and be looking forward to the next lesson and your driving instructor should make sure of this.

 

 

11. Ask how long the lessons are.

 

You may want to consider having longer lessons so that you can vary routes and practice more subjects and not just keep going round the same old routes.

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Hopefully you will find these tips helpful in choosing a driving instructor or driving school and we wish you good luck with learning to drive.

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