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Les Means

Expert automatic instruction for safe driving, enhancing skills and confidence on the road.

Your Trusted Automatic Driving Instructor

Experienced automatic instructor dedicated to teaching safe driving techniques and providing personalised lessons tailored to each student's needs for a confident driving experience.

89%

Pass rate 2025

Offering automatic driving lessons

I have been teaching people to drive since I qualified as an approved driving instructor in 1987.

My aim, since then, has been to provide high-quality structured tuition, ensuring each individual learns at a pace precisely suited to them. I am proud to say that in my time as an instructor, with thoughtful and structured tuition, I have enabled hundreds of people, from all walks of life, not only to pass the test but also to attain a very high standard of driving.

I am one of the island's most experienced driving instructors.

I am the most highly qualified driving instructor on the Isle of Wight and one of the most highly qualified instructors in the UK.

One of less than 1% of instructors nationwide to attain a BA Honours degree in driver education. To ensure my continued professional development, I have studied for and attained:

DVSA top-grade A instructor.

AEB diploma in driving instruction.

City and Guilds 7307 Further and Adult Education certificate.

Become a lecturer for the Isle of Wight road safety department.

Tutor for the AEB diploma in driving instruction.

BA Honours Degree in driver education.

The island's most experienced and highly qualified driving instructor mentor. Specialist in standards test preparation. Fully CRB checked.

I actively encourage parents or partners, whenever possible, to sit in and observe driving lessons.

I offer guidance for structuring practice outside of the formal lesson environment.

Virtually all my pupils come to me from personal recommendations.

and I frequently teach people to drive having taught their parents to drive years earlier.

I welcome all enquiries. If you would like any information on learning to drive, please call 07799 737 140 or e-mail

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The instructor was patient and knowledgeable, making my driving experience enjoyable and stress-free. Highly recommend!

John Doe

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A hand grips the steering wheel.

Thanks to the instructor, I gained confidence and improved my driving skills significantly. Truly a great experience!

Jane Smith

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a group of people riding motorcycles around a circle
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