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My success is based on great customer service, use of a modern new car, patience and a thorough knowledge of D.S.A. test marking procedures 
and local driving test routes. I started as a professional Driving Instructor in 1998, initially with BSM for three years before starting up my own driving school. Driving Instructors are periodically assessed by our governing body and I have always been awarded a grade 5 (proof can be supplied) which puts me in the top 26% of instructors by grade. Andrew Broadbent D.o.T. A.D.I.
When I was asked to take part in a BBC1 programme, Mirror Signal Manoeuvre, I jumped at the chance. The programme followed a pupil through her last few lessons before taking the Driving Test. We both enjoyed the experience very much and I was happy for the public to see how I conduct driving lessons.
Mostly I use the new Thornbury Test Centre for driving tests. I can boast that I have a pass rate of 64 - 65% over the past two years (proof can be supplied on first lesson) compared with 29.4% average pass rate at Thornbury (published as 29.4% in 2011 which seems to be the most accurate stats to date),. My base is very close to the Thornbury Test Centre and I have a good working knowledge of the test routes, and the Driving Standards Agency's test marking criteria.
I turn up on time and I don't take phone calls during a lesson. You get one full hour driving on a route to match your ability on each and every lesson. I give a great deal of thought to setting goals and matching the route and lesson content to your needs, the goals will be challenging but achievable. I only cancel lessons due to mechanical failure which is a rare event indeed.
I use petrol cars as I find that diesel cars handle significantly differently to their petrol counterparts. I do find that people who learnt in a petrol car have little in the way of problems adjusting to a diesel, but not necessarily when it's the other way round.
Any training car I use will be clean and tidy and less than one year old, and will have dual controls.
To ensure high standards, I do not employ any other instructors. This has the added benefit to customers, in that I can build a rapport with clients over the time they spend learning to drive. Not all my pupils are aged 17, nervous or mature pupils are just as welcome.
Driving Instructor and Sole Proprietor