RED Driving School 

I passed my test first time with Jim Bodman. he was an excellent mentor, very patient, understanding, supportive and clear with his words. you can tell he is on your (the learner’s) side the whole way. however, he doesn’t sacrifice any honesty, making him an even better teacher. I owe a lot of my success to his support. thank you Jim!

I cannot recommend Tim Dale highly enough. Thanks to his support and excellent teaching, I passed my driving test first time. Tim was patient, calm and professional throughout every lesson, and he always made me feel comfortable and confident behind the wheel. He explained everything clearly and helped me improve not only my driving skills but also my confidence on the road. His encouragement and guidance made a huge difference. Thank you, Tim, for all your help and for making the learning experience enjoyable. I would highly recommend Tim to anyone looking for a driving instructor.

Geoff has been a brilliant instructor who managed to make me feel confident throughout my entire time learning. The perfect instructor for anyone nervous about driving, I don't think I would've passed first time with anybody else.

I recently passed my driving test on my first attempt at Handsworth all thanks to my amazing driving instructor Adam Standage (yes we share the same name).

About a year ago, I did about a month's worth of lessons with a different driving instructor but stopped after struggling with road anxiety and not clicking with my old instructor.

In January, I contacted Adam Standage and explained to him how I struggled with road anxiety and starting lessons with him really helped.

At the start of his lessons he always has a lesson plan and asks for skills I want to focus on. I like how he tailors and personalises his lessons on what you need more help on - building your confidence.

Whenever I learnt a new skill he took the time to explain everything thoroughly and clearly ensuring I understood everything. He often drew diagrams on his notepad or showed me pictures on his phone to navigate tricky manoeuvres and junctions which I found incredibly helpful.

He always took things slow and steady, never rushing me into doing anything I wasn't ready to do.

As a learner driver you're bound to make mistakes and I always felt very safe driving with him, he is always on alert and is there to swiftly prevent possible collisions which gave me peace of mind.

Whenever I would make mistakes, he doesn't get angry or frustrated. He'll usually ask you to pull up for a breather and calmly explain the mistake until you feel confident.

Overall, Adam is a very patient, kind and all around nice guy and I was very glad to have him as my instructor and couldn't recommend him enough!

I recently passed my driving test at Wakefield test centre. I got paired with Nazreen Shakoor as my instructor last year October, I explained to her it's my first time driving manual and am quite nervous. She helped me in building my confidence and her step by step guidance led to a final success, she is patient and encourages me always. She does not get angry or frustrated when you make errors, she calmly explains till you feel confident. Am really glad I got her as my instructor, I would recommend her to anyone looking to learn how to drive a manual car around Wakefield.

Booking classes themselves was quick and efficient, and help was easy to get hold of. My teacher Gopal was exacting but thorough and excellent, and was a great help for myself, being someone who doesn't have a car and hasn't had much chances to get driving experience since passing their test.

I took lessons with Raja Iqbal in Coventry, after having a really bad experience with another instructor (not a RED instructor) whose teaching methods were quite aggressive and knocked my confidence badly. I explained this to Raja from the start, and he immediately made me feel completely at ease.

Raja is incredibly patient and never makes you feel bad for making mistakes. He’s super friendly, makes a real effort to get to know you, and his dad jokes are actually funny and genuinely helped rebuild my confidence back up!

I’ve been learning on and off for a few years, and Raja is by far the best instructor I’ve had. I passed my test in Nuneaton and, most importantly, I now feel genuinely confident driving and stress a lot less if i make a little mistake.

Would highly recommend Raja to anyone looking for a calm, supportive and encouraging instructor.

Niall Davies taught both my kids and they both passed 1st time, the youngest just a couple of weeks ago. Niall is patient and also very thorough. Booking is easy and he always confirms the lessons so you can keep track as the parent. Highly recommend Niall for the Cardiff area.

The website i great but the drivers always cancel or don't turn up. So rude. When i tried to call they were closed but never said what the opening hours were.
I wouldn't recommend them if you have a timescale to meet. The instructors are very good but they screw you over a lot.

A huge thank you to Adiba (Dee) for helping me pass my driving test upon first attempt! I could not have done it without all of her guidance, support and constructive feedback, which all massively helped me prepare for the stress and nerves that I felt and refine my driving technique as much as possible.

I would definitely recommend her as a driving instructor if you want honest, direct and actionable advice that could help you pass first time too, as well as moral support more generally!

Very disappointing experience with instructor Shehzad Khan through RED Driving School. I felt I learned very little, as most lessons were spent driving around small streets without proper teaching. He often praised himself as “the best instructor” while criticising other instructors, and even discussed his political views during a lesson, which was inappropriate and unprofessional.

I raised a complaint with RED and only received a partial refund so far. Based on my experience, I would not recommend lessons with this instructor.

Niall Davies (NJD Red Driving) was my instructor. I honestly can’t put to words how much of a wonderful instructor he was. After about 3 previous instructors, Niall’s sessions were the ones that helped me get the confidence I needed to drive a manual car.
He was patient, calm and also explained things clearly. I’m super glad I learnt and passed in Cardiff with him as my instructor.

Despite having had around 25 hours of lessons before meeting Jason - who we booked in order to have use of the RED car for my son's driving test, and to make use of the 11 hour package which came with this car rental - Jason has managed to destroy my son's confidence in driving, make him think that (because he repeatedly stated) "you're going to fail, you're going to fail, it will be a miracle if you pass". As well as being half an hour late for a 10am lesson Jason also said some very inappropriate things to my son about "jumpers' on trains which made my 17 year old feel incredibly uncomfortable. and vulnerable.

Speaking on the phone with RED yesterday, I was amazed by the extent to which my concerns were not heard vs the RED party line that "we take our teacher's word" if they say a student is not ready to take a test. It feels like we are part of a bullying scam with the intent to eek out more lessons and money at our expense in order for Jason presumably at some point to say that his student is "ready" for the test.

What makes me feel so betrayed and sad is that we are not the first to voice these precise claims against Jason Evans. I do not understand how RED can read and respond to multiple Trust Pilot reviews from genuinely concerned and bullied customers and not think to link up the dots that are all pointing to the same thing: that Jason is not fit to be alone in a car with students and that he unequivocally should not be a driving instructor.

Does RED not worry about their own reputation having people like Jason on your books?

As someone who has massively struggled with driving, suffering from panic attacks, anxiety and had been learning to drive on and off for almost a decade with 9 fails on my test Alaa Kosheta in Bromley was an absolute miracle worker! From the start he was very gentle and reassuring with me and kept me calm enough to work through my panics when it came to driving. He got me through my test first time with him as my instructor and gave me the confidence to belive I could actually do it. He's also very good if like me you have dyspraxia and struggle with co-ordination and spatial awareness in helping to explain what you should be doing in a way that relies less on instinct and more about finding little measurements that can help you read the road. He's an absolute delight as well!

Massive thanks to Red driving school, and particularly their Instructor Stephanie Ritchie.
Our daughter failed her test and was low on confidence and had no interest in driving. She decided to change Instructors and got in touch with Stephanie.
Stephanie made everything really simple and straightforward for Erin to understand. Erin came home after each lesson really enthused and looking forward to her next lesson.
The proof is in the pudding, so when Erin passed her test I was really surprised what a confident driver she was. As a parent, this is so reassuring to see.
Thanks again Red, and we cannot thank you enough Stephanie.

I passed my driving test first time today thanks to Dean Syer! Absolutely brilliant instructor with so much patience and excellent communication throughout every lesson. Dean always made me feel calm, confident, and fully prepared for my test. I couldn’t have asked for a better instructor and would highly recommend him to anyone learning to drive. Thank you again, Dean!

Vicki Tarve has been the best instructor i could have ever had. The joys of getting into the car and learning to drive has been so much fun. The confidence that i’ve gained with her has been invaluable and all the recognition goes to her, she is strict but it is the exactly what a first time driver needs to do well and perform safely. I achieved a first time pass with her after about 6 months. Would recommend her to any and everybody and i’d think all of her students would agree. Thank you Vicki you've been the best :)

DON'T BOOK JASON! I had booked 10 hours of lessons with Jason in order to have a car and some lessons before my exam (I had an instructor with a different company before). He is honestly one of the rudest people I have ever met, incredibly discouraging and stressful to have lessons with. This was bad enough, but at the end of our lessons he refused to let me use the car for my test, forcing me to hire a rental car which is incredibly expensive! He also made some very strange remarks about people jumping on to train tracks. Long story short, even if he had let me use the car I'd still regret booking his lessons due to his aggressiveness. It felt like he had some kind of grudge against me and didn't care whether I passed the test or not - I left each lesson incredibly stressed and mentally exhausted.

Lucian Pop was an amazing instructor! He made me feel very confident and comfortable from the very first lesson i had with him . RED driving school app is very easy to use and i would definitely recommend! I passed first time after 2 months !

I've been driving since the 1980s but I have only driven vehicles with manual transmissions. I was due to travel to the Republic of Georgia. starting off in a rental car from the capital city, Tbilisi and travelling on a notoriously hazardous road into the mountains, above the snowline and on heavily potholed roads with huge volumes of traffic, especially large trucks. The available, suitable rental cars were all AWD automatics so I decided to book a driving lesson in an automatic to familiarise myself with the controls and raise my confidence level. I chose RED as they has a number of instructors/vehicles in my area.

The lesson was not cheap (£90 for two hours) and I felt that I would only need an hour, but as that was the only option, I went with it. I was allocated and instructor and shortly after they contacted me to ask if they could change the date of the lesson (I booked it for a couple of days before we travelled, for obvious reasons). We agreed a slight change and on the morning of the lesson I had all my info ready and was looking forward to it, then I got a message from the instructor to say that they had a family emergency and had to cancel.

As you might imagine, this caused me some concern and I contacted RED who, to their credit, were able to find me another instructor later that same day, albeit at a time that wasn't convenient to me as I'd had other plans.

The lesson went well and two days later I was driving with a heightened level of confidence along the old Soviet Military Highway into the Greater Caucasus mountains.

I explained to RED that I was not happy with the way things went and they contacted me whilst we were in Georgia to confirm that they were looking into it. They've called again today to say that the original instructor had left the UK and might not be returning and have stated that this is not the sort of thing that they would pay any compensation for. It's good to know that they have such comprehensive rules and procedures that cover this eventuality but perhaps worrying to think that it might be something that happens frequently enough for them to have developed these procedures.

To be honest, I would have been happy if they'd offered to refund, say, £20, and if so, I probably wouldn't have written this review. As it is, I will not be recommending RED to anyone considering taking driving lesson and will suggest that they look for independent local instructors instead.