Siobhan Poolton

After failing my driving test 3 times with a different instructor before I started University, I decided that as I'm now in my final year I needed to be able to drive! So, I started lessons with Phil and took a 20 hour Midway Pass course.

From the very first time I met him on the home visit, he was so friendly, positive and made me feel so relaxed. Whenever I made mistakes, he never once shouted at me or made me feel stupid, he would just say 'we're all human' and then we'd move on and keep practicing!

He gave me so much more confidence in my driving than I'd ever had before because he praised me on everything I'd done well. He planned my lessons around things that I didn't feel very good at - so eventually, nothing about driving worried me anymore.

I always used to struggle with my manoeuvres, but Phil made them so much easier for me by breaking them down and giving me easy ways to remember things like when to start turning the wheel and how much distance I needed to keep, so now I actually don't mind doing them!

Phil is so easy to talk to and he really does make you feel like you're his priority while you're having lessons with him. For the first time ever, I actually looked forward to my driving lessons!!

Thank you so much Phil for helping me to pass my test with ONLY 2 MINORS!!! You really are the best driving instructor ever and I'll miss driving with you now!!