Client Reviews – Manual Driving Lessons

Robert was just amazing!
Thanks again mate!

Darren has been the best from the start . helped me through the hardest parts of driving and has been so amazing .

I had lessons with John O. and thanks to his patience and generally great teaching, I was able to pass first time with just 3 minors. I would definitely recommend John as an instructor!

Very pleasant experience with my instructor (Darren). Very calm during the sessions, and clearly has a lot of experience from his clearly thought out lesson plans.

I had around 30hrs of lessons in total, averaging 2hours lessons once a week, with 1 month gap in between, took around 3 months from start to finish, passed first time.

The beginning was understanding how to control the car and getting comfortable driving in residential areas, then we moved on to main road where I learnt interaction with other cars and rules of the road (right of way, etc…), lastly in the last 15-18hrs it was more manoeuvre and exam focused.

The lessons I found was harder than the actual exam. It might have been due to the fact that Darren was targeting my weak spots as we go along. Darren was very good at analysing recurring bad habits and accurate in assessing whether I am ready for the exam.

Around the end, Darren was very honest and open to discuss whether I need more lessons before taking the exam, and helped me evaluate the cost with further lessons and the cost of the exam.

Overall, I would definitely recommend Darren as your instructor.

A great experience from start to finish. The in-house staff are kind, considerate, as well as helpful. The teaching resources (available on the Britannia website) are second to none too (these were a great benefit to me). Good job all!

My driving instructor (James) was truly exceptional. His teaching style was compassionate and understanding. He has a great teaching style, which made learning easy (and helped improve my overall confidence).
This culminated with me passing my practical test first time (with confidence).
Thanks Jim 🙂

I had lessons with George who was just the best, always explained everything in a way that was easy to understand and constantly encouraged and pushed me. I would’ve never even booked my test without his help. He made sure I was ready for my test weeks before so we could just focus on the things I wasn’t confidant on for the last week. I always pushed my driving to the side never being able to find the drive to do it, but George’s help (And bad jokes) got me through it and finally all those mornings of waking up at 6:30 was worth it

It’s been a journey, but I’m incredibly thankful to Elliot for his tuition, thank you

Thank you to Robert for getting me passed

I had a few lessons with Johnnie. He is a really good instructor. He was very patient with me. Repeated things over and over.
Strongly recommend him.

Thank you very much for Elliot who pushed me to get my licence, the 2nd time as I have been banned while getting 6points within the 2 years. So my advice for all the new drivers not to use a mobile phone while at the traffic light.

I would just like to say a MASSIVE THANKYOU TO GEORGE!!

Could not of DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, I’ll Be forever Grateful and will miss our drives together

Thanks again ??

James was an excellent instructor – friendly, patient and clear. Would highly recommend.

My instructor was James, who also taught my brother and sisters. I found him to be calm and collected, which helped me overcome my animosity towards driving and pass my test at the third attempt. I would recommend both school and instructor readily.

Darren is the best instructor I’ve ever had. He was patient and helped me figure out the small mistakes that would have cost me my driving year.
100000% recommended.

Very pleased with the tuition provided by Jon F my driving instructor, many thanks!

The instructor Johnnie was very nice and his advices helped me to pass my driving test.
Highly recommend

I passed my driving test today with only 2 minors, and I couldn’t have done so well in the test if i didn’t have my instructor Jon F.

He’s a great instructor and a great guy. I’d recommend him to anyone wanting to learn how to have a high standard of driving and to be confident behind the wheel.

He really helped me to become a good driver and made sure I was prepared for my practical test.

I’m glad I chose Britannia and I want to say thank you to Jon for all the great driving skills he taught me.

John O.is a great instructor and after a few months I passed first time at the
Morden Test Centre. He gave me the confidence with regular practice of manoeuvres and driving around the test area to feel confident in the test. Lessons are flexible (despite his busy schedule of those learning to drive!) and I would definitely recommend him as an instructor.

My journey in driving has not been easy. Having grown up with friends who had no real interest in it, I never thought I would as I had no strong desire to drive either. I eventually started 9 years ago with a different driving company and for many reasons, I eventually ended up with a vast number of different instructors. Eventually I found Britannia. I wound up with a truly amazing – seriously, amazing – instructor named Neil (who has since retired) who saw me through the last few years, helping instil confidence in me where it had been knocked before. After he left, I almost gave up hope again, convinced I wouldn’t find anyone as good. But I stuck with Brittania out of loyalty to the fact that Neil had been there, explained my apprehension about having the RIGHT type of instructor after he left and got paired up with a new instructor named Darren. What a breath of fresh air he was too. Patient, calm, chilled, great conversation and very easy going. He truly makes you feel relaxed and has a very positive attitude. I enjoyed every one of my lessons with him and on the day of my 6th test (yes, 6th), I was faced with the same instructor that failed me the year before and… I finally passed, with 3 minors. That feeling was beyond belief and I have nothing but gratitude towards Neil and Darren. Learning can be tiresome but when you have a great instructor, it can make the world of difference (I’ve definitely had the opposite). Thank you so much! Can’t recommend enough.