Learners

QED is a specialist driving school that has both automatic and manual vehicles, with dual brakes. We believe that driving is a skill for life, and as such it is more important to learn to drive safely than merely to pass a driving test. This extends to those who already have a licence, where maintaining independence is important. Whichever category that you fall into, the most important thing is that you, and all other road users, are as safe as possible. Many driving schools only teach people how to pass a test. They do this by old fashioned instruction techniques which can be negative and for some people destroys confidence rather than building it. We teach using the latest coaching techniques which are centred around your own personal learning style. All our training is designed to allow you to learn in your own way and at your own rate. In other words allow you to discover for yourself the techniques you need to control the car in all circumstances. If you want to find out what your learning style is have a go at our learning styles questionnaire

Link to learning styles questionnaire

Unfortunately, according to the Driving Standards Agency, 55% of new drivers have a crash in their first year of driving; we feel that this is unacceptable. We therefore encourage you to learn the theory behind safe driving and provide as much information about safe driving as possible. You can access our daily driving tip on Facebook by typing into the search Quality Education for Drivers. We are always happy to meet prospective clients and their families or carers so that they can decide if they wish to use QED’s services. As advanced driver trainers we quite often add some of the advanced techniques into our training. For instance, often new drivers find it difficult to assess how sharp bends are and therefore what is safe a speed to drive at, so we teach the police technique of corner analyses. This allows you to assess the corner and drive through it safely. Where drivers are returning to driving or adapting to automatic/manual car we tend to introduce them to the new controls, and allow them to practice. At the same time we also assess their driving and correct any bad habits that may have developed over the years, whilst at the same time encouraging the driver to adopt better practices. It is important to us that people are able to drive independently and safely for as long as possible.