Ming Speyer

I really wanted a Driving Instructor who would work on specific things with me rather than just general driving skills. I knew some of the things I needed to work on and I needed to focus on those things to get better. I thought Ella’s teaching was really good and I found the videos of me driving really helpful because I could see what had happened in a particular situation in retrospect and see what I should have done. Ella’s help in manoeuvres was amazing! Just one session working on them made so much of an improvement. I liked that Ella taught me how to carry out the manoeuvre really slowly and constantly checking my mirrors to analyse whether I was where I wanted to be. I found this method particularly helpful because I can apply this system to any manoeuvre I do in a car, rather than relying on specific marking points. Telling Ella what I wanted to do or which lane I was going to move in to really worked for me because it allowed me to make my own decisions without being anxious of doing something dangerous. This allowed me to develop the confidence to make my own decisions at lanes and junctions. It was nice that Ella asked me if there was anything I wanted to do that lesson before we started because then we could work on things I felt less confident at. Learning to driver was harder than I expected. I will definitely recommend Ella to others because of all the things I have said above. Ella picked up on all the things that weren’t so good about my driving and then made sure we worked on them and I felt like I improved every lesson. Overall, Ella is a brilliant teacher and I feel like I improved so much in the 6 weeks we had. Thank you for working so hard with me and for teaching me. I’m still not perfect but I feel like I know how to continue to improve with all the help Ella has given me.