I avoided writing a review until now but every time I think back on my experience my blood boils. I booked for an assessment lesson to see how many hours of intensive lessons I should book. My dealings with the team were really nice and polite. The instructor however was not. He was playing loud music when he arrived in front of my house. I wasn’t offended by this but it really struck me as odd. I say odd because he ignored me and was singing along. He only acknowledged me when he felt ready. Rude. I’m a fairly quiet person around people I don’t know. I prefer to sit back and listen, but this guy was rabbiting on about issues I did not care to discuss with a stranger. So it’s fair to say I was becoming increasingly irate. On to his instructing ability. It was awful. I’m confident driving on main roads, I just need instruction on manoeuvres. However, this guy was comm bring on things I was doing that in no way affected how I was driving. For example, he thought the way my hands were at 10 and 2 was odd. He wanted me to talk him through every single thing. “I’m checking the mirrors”, “I’m pressing the gas pedal”. I felt like I was in primary school. I also didn’t like how much time he wasted with his theatrics and obnoxiousness. He made me pull over for a 30 minute soliloquy on his years of experience and what he’s like as an instructor. I didn’t care. He made inappropriate comments on my appearance and police officers which I’m sure he thought was flattering. It wasn’t. The one thing I absolutely could not stand was that he was always grabbing the steering wheel. He was exaggerating my lane placement and he would reach over and jerk the wheel from my hands. This is so dangerous I can’t even describe how annoyed I was. I was never once in danger of crashing. He said he just wanted to show me I could move more to the left. I never feel that an instructor should do this. It’s very shocking and my immediate reaction is to press the brake. Of course if you feel like your steering control is gone your instinctual reaction is to brake. He would then comment and say I need to stop breaking. Lastly, he was shady as anything. He had an entire different company operating under driveJohnsons. He had different prices (higher of course) and a different company name. I lost his contact information and contacted driveJohnsons to get his email. I told them he was operating under a different company and this guy had the cheek to call me and try to tell me off. What a weirdo. It’s a shame because I was more than prepared to go through with the intensive course but this guy was the only automatic instructor they had in my area. It was a big NO from me. 1/10 - not impressed at all Read Less

Glenn Jones, Excellent instructor, Northampton. I took lessons once a week for a year till I passed on my second time with two minor faults; Glenn always took the time to answer all of my questions remarkfully helpfully. Further, he was always calm and considered as you want in an instructor and therefore I would highly recommend him and the agency. Read Less