Six weeks ago I acquired a  young man who did an Intensive Course and, his words not mine, failed abysmally.
He's taken a test so my job would be easy I thought. Halfway through the first lesson  we agreed we would treat him as a new learner!
He obviously didn't have a chance of passing , which has completely shot his confidence. He's having two 1½ hours a week and still nowhere near test standard.
I won't do intensive courses because I don't agree with them, this poor your man just goes to convince me I'm right.
He took his test never having done - bay parking,  he wouldn't get it on his test according to the instructor, he did. In fact he had never done any maneuvers , but the instructor did explain to him how to do an emergency stop?
To make things more difficult he did all his lessons in one area and took his test somewhere  completely different.

When your pupil who was a chocolate taster for Hotel Chocolate passes his test.

Thank you Rob for the lovely present. The wife said they looked too good to eat. Then ate one.

Drive safely.

15/03/2019.

3rd Pass this week.

Congratulations to Nilah Reham who passed her Driving Test with just 3 faults.

The second Reham to pass with me.

Drive Safely Nilah.

Congratulations to Becky Bostock  who passed her driving test today.
Thank you for the card and chocolates Becky.
Drive Safely.

Is there anyone on here with an automatic Ford Focus?
Bought a 64 plate with a view to perhaps changing over to auto, if it doesn't work as we prefer our personal car to be auto plus as I'm getting nearer to retirement the Focus would be a more sensible car than the wife 3lt BMW.
As you can see it's all ready for the road, now I discover modern automatics are really manual with some electrical opponent, I think? It's been back into Evans  Halshaw this week, has to go back again as they didn't have the part.
It's on a 4 year PCP, along with the deposit,  brake, full size spate wheel and the rest I'm presently about £4000 spent, not to mention the two new pupils I had to cancel this week.
Presently talking to Evans Halshaw as to which way to go, anyone considering a Ford Automatic, it isn't just my car it's a world wide Ford problem.

My Ford Focus, all ready to start teaching,  hopefully  this time next year I'll be mainly teaching auto.
All I now need are pupils within traveling distance, can't believe where I sometimes get calls from.

Still awaiting graphics for my Ford Focus so I can start giving automatic lessons . Unfortunately the chap is busy so my wife decided to play around on the computer so I now have a temporary photo.