I've been teaching women to drive around High Wycombe for about fifteen years.
Turn the wheel to whichever one you came here for.
What you arrive with. We look at that before anything else.
Anxiety comes up by name in my reviews, repeatedly and without euphemism. So does arriving with no confidence at all after someone else knocked it out of you.
Neither is a reason you cannot learn. They are the starting conditions I work with most often.
Telling you plainly what is coming, and when.
My aim has always been to teach creatively, with clear lesson plans matched to your individual ability. I want the car to be a friendly, comfortable and constructive place, so that you can have a relaxing driving experience.
In practice that means working out what you are actually struggling with, telling you plainly, and then spending the lesson on that — rather than driving around filling an hour.
I will always tell you honestly what needs work, and I will tell you kindly. Learning something new as an adult takes a bit of nerve, and a good part of my job is making that feel completely normal.
What tends to happen by the end of it.
Most of my students pass first time. Several have passed with one minor, and more than one with none at all.
I have also taught people who needed three attempts, and people who had already failed twice elsewhere before they found me. One of them finished her review with: now I know anything is possible if you just work at it. That sentence means more to me than a first-time pass rate.
I would rather you read the reviews than take my word for anything. There are forty-four of them, written over six years, and every one is five stars.
The same handful of words keeps coming back. Tap one and read the reviews it came from, and decide for yourself whether they are what you are looking for in an instructor.
I have a high level of anxiety, but her method of teaching is unbelievable. She has so much patience and love for others.
Didn't get along with manual lessons so I began automatic lessons with Safia. She is so helpful, patient and understanding.
Safia taught both myself and my older sister. We would 100% recommend her to every girl out there wanting to learn to drive. Her limitless patience, warm and compassionate nature, and adaptable, intelligent teaching.
Incredibly patient, friendly and also very professional. She built my confidence in driving in the UK.
I failed my driving test 2 times and I was very nervous while driving, then I changed my instructor. She built my confidence and happily I can say that I passed today. She is so kind and her voice is really relaxing.
Incredibly patient, friendly and also very professional. She built my confidence in driving in the UK.
I failed my driving test 2 times and I was very nervous while driving, then I changed my instructor. She built my confidence and happily I can say that I passed today. She is so kind and her voice is really relaxing.
I have a high level of anxiety, but her method of teaching is unbelievable. She has so much patience and love for others.
Took lessons at my own speed. 3rd attempt to pass my practical, but got there in the end. Safia was really calm with me due to having a learning disability. Now I know anything is possible if you just work at it.
I failed my driving test 2 times and I was very nervous while driving, then I changed my instructor. She built my confidence and happily I can say that I passed today. She is so kind and her voice is really relaxing.
I failed my driving test 2 times and I was very nervous while driving, then I changed my instructor. She built my confidence and happily I can say that I passed today. She is so kind and her voice is really relaxing.
Didn't get along with manual lessons so I began automatic lessons with Safia. She is so helpful, patient and understanding.
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We start on quiet roads, and for your first ten lessons I drive you there and back myself. You pay for the teaching, not the travelling.
Most of the people who ring me are starting again after something did not work out. It is the part of the job I know best.
No clutch, no stalling, no hunting for the biting point. Take those away and most of what frightens people about learning to drive goes with them.
A couple of hours to shake off the rust, or as long as you need. There is no fixed course length.