Patient instruction from someone who remembers being nervous too.
I teach both, in two separate dual-control cars, at exactly the same hourly price. Here is the honest difference.
The trade-off: an automatic licence only lets you drive automatics. If you might drive a work van or a family manual later, say so before we start.
The trade-off: more hours, so a higher total cost even at the same hourly rate. Worth it if you want the option later.
Block bookings save you money and hold your regular weekly slot. No joining fee, ever.
Most pupils sit their test between lesson 30 and 40. I will tell you honestly when you are ready, and when you are not.
Quiet estate roads around Heald Green. Controls explained, no motorway, no shouting.
Junctions, roundabouts, dual carriageways. One new thing per lesson, never three.
A full run on real Bredbury routes, marked exactly the way an examiner would mark it.
Warm-up lesson, my car, and someone in the waiting room when you come back out.
Free pick-up and drop-off anywhere below. Test routes covered from Bredbury and Sale test centres.
Which means most lessons start within fifteen minutes of your door, and none of your paid hour is spent driving to you.
Both, in two separate dual-control cars, at the same £36 an hour. If you are unsure which suits you, book a single lesson in each and decide afterwards. Plenty of people do exactly that.
The DVSA average is around 45 hours with an instructor plus private practice. Most of my manual pupils sit their test between 30 and 40 hours, and automatic pupils usually around 10 hours sooner. It depends most on how much you drive between lessons.
Yes, and nobody should feel bad about it. Any block hours you have already paid for carry straight over, and there is no admin charge.
Yes, and a good share of my pupils come to me that way. The first lesson is an assessment drive so I can see what you already do well rather than restarting you from zero.
Yes, included in the test package. Dual controlled, fully insured for tests, and the same car you learned in.
Forty-eight hours notice and there is no charge. Less than that and it is half the lesson fee, unless you are ill, in which case do not worry about it.
★★★★★I had panic attacks driving after a crash. He started me in an empty car park in an automatic and never once made me feel stupid. Passed in March.
Aisha M. — Cheadle
★★★★★Told me I was not ready two weeks before my test and moved it. Annoying at the time. Passed first go with two minors.
Callum R. — Bramhall
★★★★★Started manual, switched to auto after four lessons, kept my block hours. Passed in Hale two months later.
Denise O. — Hale
I take on a small number of pupils at a time so everyone keeps a regular weekly slot. Text is quickest.