We operate an ALS (Accelerated Learning System) to ensure that you receive maximum value for your money, you learn the driving syllabus in the most practical way and are ready for test in the shortest time possible.

Further details can be accessed by clicking the Main Video on this page ‘Save Your Time And Your Money By Watching This Video’.

Our Driving Instructors have been trained to a very strict criteria and should they fall short on any aspect of the criteria listed below.

I will personally refund your lesson fee.

If your instructor does not adopt a friendly approach – Your lesson fee refunded
If you do not feel comfortable and at ease – Your lesson fee refunded
If you don’t feel you received quality tuition – Your lesson fee refunded
If you feel that your instructor did not show patience – Your lesson fee refunded
If your instructor does not start the lesson with a recap of pervious learning – Your lesson fee refunded
If your instructor does not discuss with you and agree a firm objective – Your lesson fee refunded
If your instructor does not make it very clear how the risk will be shared – Your lesson fee refunded
If your instructor does not discuss the lesson outcome and whether your objective has been met – Your lesson fee refunded
If your instructor does not get you to sign the lesson sheet – Your lesson fee refunded

REFUND PROCEDURE:

Call customer services within 24 hours of your lesson to explain your concerns over the service or the tuition that you received.
Give the name of your driving instructor along with the lesson time and date.
Explain the full details as to why you were not satisfied with either the service or the tuition you received.

I will sanction a full refund.

*Refunds do not apply to cancelled lessons or to lessons on test day.

Our entire business is built on reputation and happy customers and your feedback will be used to improve our service and tuition going forward.

Regards, Kelvin.

Welcome to the Knowledge Centre.

Here you will be able to access all the information you require to make the right decision on choosing your driving school and driving instructor and avoid the costly mistakes that far too many people make.

You will be able to watch and listen to VIDEO or Read the relevent TEXT article.

How To Choose Your Driving School/Instructor

Cost & Lesson Pricing

Would We Be A Good Fit For You?

9 Star Guarantee On Every Lesson

Unique Accelerated Learning System

Your Customer Journey From Website To Practical Test

Cost and Pricing:

Many learner students and their parents assume that all Driving Schools and Driving Instructors are the same! After all, they are qualified and trained to prepare you to pass your driving test, aren’t they? Well it may come as a surprise but not all Driving Instructors are qualified at all! It’s been a long-standing issue within the driving school industry that ‘trainee’ instructors are allowed by law to provide lessons at the same lesson rate as fully qualified instructors! Personally, I think this practice is very wrong and many Driving Schools do not mention this fact when students are booking their lessons. There are a couple of things you can do to find out if your allocated Instructor is fully qualified: 1. Ask at the time of booking and 2. Check their operating licence that should be in the front window of the tuition vehicle. A PINK licence indicates a trainee that is yet to pass their qualifying exam and a GREEN licence for a fully qualified Instructor.

Lest assume that your Instructor is fully qualified. Instructors vary enormously in the way they teach the syllabus and the quality of their teaching. They also vary in customer skills when it comes to their patients and friendliness. It is quite disturbing that around 30% of all learner drivers feel the need to change their driving instructor before reaching test standard because of incompatibility issues or the lack of student progress. Many Instructors work as sole operators and have no requirement for ongoing training. In fact, many independent Instructors never take any further training from the day that they qualified. Very few Driving Schools monitor their driving instructor’s performance and provide ongoing training to ensure they keep up to date with modern teaching methods.

Ever since I qualified myself over twenty years ago and started the Driving School, my approach has always been to provide outstanding value for money and customer rapport. As I started to grow the School, my main concern was how I could scale the School but still retain my own ethics. I was alarmed in the early days just how poor some of our early Instructor recruits were and the general standard of tuition being offered in the local area.

It was for this reason that we opened our own Instructor Training Academy during 2007. The only way I was able to guarantee that we only recruited the very best Instructors, was to teach and prepare them ourselves. All our Instructors now must come through our own Training Academy and take a comprehensive 80-hour course and qualify before they can teach any of our learner students.

As you can probably appreciate, the cost to prepare the very best Instructors is considerable and then we must pay them a suitable lesson fee to retain their services.

So how is this a benefit to you, the student? We operate a unique ALS (Accelerated Learning System) which as the name suggests, is in place to speed up your learning period and ensure you receive full value for your money. All our Instructors are trained on this system and we have quality control procedures in place to monitor the tuition you receive. You will also be provided with feedback forms on your Instructor, so you are able to mark them on their performance for all aspects of their interaction with you.

Your driving lessons will adhere to the DVSA’s client centred policy and will be interactive so you will have a big input to how they are conducted. This policy eliminates many frustrations that students encounter with large amounts of time parked at the kerbside and endless hours of aimless driving around with no firm lesson objective.

You can access full details of our unique ALS system by watching the main video on this page – ‘Save your time and your money by watching this video’.

Hopefully, I have been able to enlighten you as to why driving lesson prices vary enormously and explain why Driving Instructors are not all the same. Purchasing what appear to be ‘cheap’ lessons and a good deal is tempting, especially when on a tight budget, but like most things in life, there is often a hidden cost to cheap and that is quite often a much longer learning period, frustration at the lack of progress and the expense of a failed test and having to take further lessons.

We operate a very simple pricing policy:

Monday – Saturday:

Manual Lesson fees are £40.00 per hour with a minimum of two-hour lessons (£80.00)

Block Booking Discount when you purchase 10 Hours of -£20 (£380.00)

Automatic Lessons are £43.00 per hour with a minimum of two-hour lessons (£86.00)

Block Booking Discount when you purchase 10 Hours of -£20 (£410.00)

Sundays:

Manual Lesson fees are £50.00 per hour with a minimum of two-hour lessons (£100.00)

Automatic Lessons are £53.00 per hour with a minimum of two-hour lessons (£106.00)

* There are no discounts on Sunday lessons.

We suggest that if possible, you purchase a block of ten hours to benefit from the £20 discount. If for any reason you are not delighted with your instructor and your tuition, I will make a refund and any unused lessons purchased will also be refunded.

We operate a 48-hour pre-pay policy and your nominated instructor will contact you regarding payment via bank transfer.

PLEASE NOTE!

We do not take cash on the day of your lesson.

So, you may be wondering exactly what will happen when you pick up the phone and call

Ilminster

01460 210056

If you make the call during the working week, Monday to Friday and between 9am and 6pm, it will be answered by either Andy or Sandra who are our customer services staff. They will listen carefully and then have a discussion with you to make sure they completely understand your requirements. They will endeavour to answer your questions, offer advice if possible or attempt to match you with an Instructor and check availability should you feel ready to make a booking.

So, you may be wondering exactly what will happen when you click the Messenger button!

You will be greeted by our automated system and it will take you through a series of questions that will determine the nature of your enquiry. You will be asked what service you are enquiring about like driving lessons or refresher lessons for example. You will be able to request manual or Auto lessons, give your location and your availability to take lessons.

Andy and Sandra in our customer services team will then be alerted, and they will look through your requirements before getting back to you.

Prefer to Email Your Enquiry?

info@kelvinwhite.email

Unique Accelerated Learning System:

Hi, my name is Kelvin White and I am the owner here at Kelvin white Driving School.

If you can spare a few moments of your time, I will explain why our unique accelerated learning system can be a massive benefit to you.

It’s very disturbing that so many driving lessons lack any real structure, they involve aimless driving around with no agreed objective that can be measured leading to lack of progress and a huge amount of frustration and wasted money. Another poor practice is to not structure lessons in a sequence that will help you develop your knowledge and skill level by ensuring that your early lessons are conducted in an area with few distractions. Far too often, we hear from students that are asked to drive through town centres or deal with very busy roundabouts, when they have barely learnt the skills to move off safely and deal with simple junctions. This practice can be a disaster and lead to a massive lack of confidence, even leading to the termination of lessons in some cases.

The 1st time pass rate in our local area is below 50% and over 30% of all learner drivers feel the need to change their driving instructor during the learning process. This is a very poor reflection on the standards of tuition currently being offered.

So, what exactly is the Unique Accelerated Learning System?

It’s a method of learning that is recommended by the governing body, the DVSA. It encourages interaction between Instructor and student to ensure the shortest learning time and therefore provide you with the maximum value for your money.

We have taken this process way above the basic recommendations.

We conduct all our driving lessons to comply with the DVSA’s recommended client centred learning procedure.
We have quality assurance measures in place to monitor the standard of tuition that our instructors provide.
We will offer you a lesson refund should you feel that our instructors have not followed the procedure and delivered the highest quality tuition.

So how does the ALS (Accelerated Learning System) work?

Your Instructor will produce a new ALS lesson sheet for each lesson that you take.
Your name, the date and the actual time your Instructor arrived for your lesson will be entered onto the ALS sheet.
There will be an interactive discussion between you and your Instructor to decide what you wish to cover during the lesson. You may wish to revisit a topic from previous leaning for further practice or you may wish to tackle a new topic.
Let’s say that you wish to revisit a previous topic. Your Instructor will discuss the reasons that you wish to revisit and address any concerns that you may have.
He/she will then check that you have full understanding of the theory behind the topic, very important as much time can be wasted driving around without understanding the theory as this often leads to frustration and a lack of progress.
You will then be asked what you wish to achieve by revisiting the topic. (For example: You wish to improve your confidence and emerging at roundabouts) A plan of action will then be documented by your Instructor and this will become the lesson objective. (you may have several objectives in the same lesson, especially during a two-hour lesson)
Your Instructor will then devise a suitable route that will include several roundabouts in this case, so you will be able to practice your skills and work toward improving your confidence.
There will be periodic stops to assess your progress and to address any concerns you may have. Your Instructor will encourage you to start taking more responsibility until you feel that you have achieved your objective
If time allows, you will then repeat the process by choosing to revisit another topic or tackle a new one
At the end of your lesson, there will be an interactive recap and summary to determine whether you achieved your objective(s) if not, feedback will be given as to why not and a suggestion made to revisit on a future lesson.
You will be asked to sign the ALS Lesson sheet as a true reflection of events

This is the DVSA’s preferred policy for client centred learning as it is proven to provide maximum value for your money. We enhance the process even further by using our own unique ALS lesson sheets to ensure the lesson structure is maintained with documentation.

We also have a quality assurance monitoring process in place, and you will receive a feedback form in the post approx. three weeks after you commence your lessons, where you will be able to give feedback on your Instructors performance.

In addition, we also guarantee every single lesson and unless you are completely satisfied that your Instructor gave you full value for money, I will personally refund your lesson fee.

You access full details on our 9 Star Guarantee at the top of this website.

Thank you for your time and safe driving.

Are we the right Driving School for you?

We do not attempt to teach every person that wants to lean to drive and we may not be the right Driving School for you?

With over twenty years of experience and one of the highest pass rates in the area, we find that taking a 2-hour lesson every week, proves to be the most successful strategy for most students. Two-hour lessons would be far more beneficial to you and you will learn far more for your money and you will also be test ready in half the time. You will have a decent amount of condensed learning in one go with time to digest and be focused for your next lesson. Sometimes students think that they would be unable to concentrate for a period of two hours, but this is why we would ‘chunk’ your lessons and break up the two hour slot to cover several topics, just as they do in the school curriculum to keep the learning fresh and focused.

Now you may be thinking of taking 1-hour lessons and Just to be clear and give you a balanced view, there is nothing wrong with 1-hour lessons, we just feel that they offer less value for your money as they prolong the learning period substantially. Another of the drawbacks is having to take time from your lesson to drive to a suitable location that is relevant to cover the topic and then having to drive back again. So, should you prefer to take less than two-hour lessons, We would not be the right driving school for you as we don’t offer them.

The opposite of taking 1-hour lessons, is to consider an intensive or ‘crash’ course.

Many of the enquiries that we receive asking about intensive courses are from students that have yet to take and pass their Theory Test. Should this be the case, you would normally be a waiting for around eight weeks for a practical test from the time you pass your Theory Test. Now should you be looking to take a week off school or work and condense your lessons, this could work for you if you were able to schedule your intensive course a few weeks before your practical test. Taking an intensive course and then having to wait more than a few weeks before taking your practical test could mean you find yourself getting rusty while you are waiting. The other thing to consider is that you may be purchasing more lessons than you require and therefore spending more money than is necessary, or booking less lessons that you need and arriving on test day underprepared and run the risk of having to rebook another test and having the frustration of waiting a few months for your next test. Again, If you prefer to take an intensive course, we would not be the right Driving School for you as we do not offer them.

Finally, our learner students take regular lessons each week, booked well in advance if possible as this provides the continuity and accelerates the learning period. We sometimes have requests to provide a lesson every other week because of affordability issues, but this is not something we can offer. While we completely understand that your finances may be tight and that is all you can afford, but this practice is detrimental to your learning. You would lack the continuity required and your learning period would be extended considerably and therefore we would not be providing the best value for money and it would go against our principles.

Your Customer Journey:

The fact that you are taking the time to explore our ‘You Ask, We Answer’ section would suggest that you are considering our services as your training provider. Let me take a few minutes of your time to explain exactly what happens when you book your driving lessons with us.

It starts with your visit to our website. You spend some time to explore and digest the information we make available. You then decide to contact us through your preferred method which could be by phone if you would like to speak to Andy or Sandra in our customer services team. You may prefer to fill in a booking form to send us your requirements or use Facebook Messenger should you wish to have immediate online engagement. You could even send a simple Email if you prefer.

Whatever method you choose, Andy or Sandra will take time to understand your requirements and suggest a solution if possible. If they can help you and you decide to make a booking, you will be allocated a suitable instructor to match your requirements and the booking will be confirmed in the Instructors diary. They will then request your preferred method of making payment. We offer payment over the phone by card, bank transfer or we can send you a payment link by Email. You can also make an online payment through the shop facility on this website. We operate a 48-hour pre-pay policy but if it’s not possible for you to make payment at the time of booking, they can arrange a day and time when it would be convenient.

Once the booking has been confirmed, your details will be sent to your Instructor. You will receive a letter in the post confirming the day, the time and the agreed pick up location for your 1^st lesson. Your Instructor will arrive at the agreed time and introduce him/herself. If you are new to driving, your Instructor will drive you to a suitable location to get you started. It’s vital that your first few lessons are conducted in an area that will ensure your success and build your confidence. If you are not a beginner and you have done some driving before, your Instructor will discuss with you whether you would feel confident of driving from the pick-up location.

Your lessons will then be conducted using our unique Accelerated Learning System and you will arrange with your Instructor for ongoing lessons. Around three weeks after you commence with your lessons, you will receive a letter in the post that will contain a feedback form where you can evaluate your Instructor’s performance and send back to us if you wish.

Your Instructor will continue to cover the driving syllabus, improve your knowledge, skills and most importantly build your confidence as you move closer to your practical driving test.

Once test day arrives, both you and your Instructor will be ready for that 1^st time pass. Your Instructor will ask your permission to take a photo so we can post on our Facebook page and website to announce and celebrate your test success. The final step will be to request a customer review from you where you can give an account of your learning experience with us here at Kelvin White Driving School.

My name is Kelvin White and I am the owner and founder of Kelvin White Driving School.

I’ve been in the Driving School industry for over twenty years after qualifying way back in May 1999. I worked as a franchised instructor for the AA until April 2001, when I made the decision to go independent. Providing driving lessons in my hometown of Bridgwater, I was able to build a solid reputation for high test pass rates and value for money lessons. It wasn’t long before I was struggling to meet the demand for lessons, and I was turning away as many students as I was teaching.

I recruited my first Driving Instructor in 2006 to help meet the demand for lessons and at that point we became a Driving School. January 2007 was a major turning point for the School as I trained to become an Instructor Trainer and by March of the same year, I had launched our own in-house training academy. The School went from strength to strength as we were able to train local people to become Driving Instructors and we have now produced well over a hundred top quality Instructors from the local area.

We are a local family run business and one of the very few local Driving Schools with an in-house Customer Services centre that operates throughout the working week. Andy is my youngest son he is the customer services manager with Sandra, my wife assisting as part of his team. Lee, my oldest son is the School Training Manager and he is responsible for running our in-house Training Academy and ongoing training for our qualified instructors.

My ethos has always been to provide the very best quality tuition and outstanding value for money and this approach helped grow the Driving School to over 30 Instructors. Any business that is growing will have issues keeping the level of quality assurance consistence across the board and we have implemented substantial monitoring processes to ensure we continue to provide excellent value for money for all our students.

Thank you for visiting our website and for showing an interest in the Driving tuition that we provide. Please look around and you will see the numerous ways we strive to be the number choice for local students and how we maintain our position as one of the area’s premier Driving Schools.

Warm regards,

Kelvin White, Director.

Andy is co-owner of the driving school and has been working as customer services manager but has now returned to instructing.

Andy first qualified as an instructor back in 2016 and has considerable experience with both manual and automatic instruction.

We no longer have access to his previous customer reviews and are just waiting for the new ones to come through.

Sandra is part of our customer services team. She has considerable knowledge and experience when it comes to helping and assisting potential customers with their questions and requirements.

Her main duties are matching new customers with a suitable Driving Instructor, checking availability and confirming the booking details. Sandra will also take lesson payments over the phone and be on hand for any queries that arise.

Lee is co-owner of the driving school and has been head trainer since November 2014 after completing a rigorous and very comprehensive Instructor Trainer program.

During 2016, Lee became the training manager for the whole school. He is now training local people to become driving Instructors within our Ultimate Training Course of which he has completely restructured for the new qualifying process that was introduced by the DVSA in December 2017. He provides our ongoing development and business training to newly qualified instructors and regular updates and in-house training for our more experienced franchisees and employees.

During 2017, he completed the Train the Trainer Course and has now taught over ten qualified Driving Instructors from around the UK to also become Instructor Trainers.

Lee is not just the typical part time trainer deployed by many other training providers, he is co-owner with brother Andy, so very much has a vested interest in your development and future as a qualified driving instructor.

Driving Instructor Ilminster Paul Harrison

A few Words From A Small Selection Of Paul’s Students.

“It was really important I chose a school that had flexible hours and that I would like the instructor.

I really enjoyed learning to drive and just needed help tidying a few things up. My Driving Instructor Paul Harrison had very good teaching methods which helped me to achieve a first time pass with ZERO faults!!”

George Hobbs, Taunton.

“I chose Kelvin White Driving School as I was impressed with their high pass rates from practical tests at the first attempt! They also had competitive prices and friendly instructors.

Learning to drive was a lot easier than expected. My driving instructor Paul Harrison had brilliant teaching methods. Paul made everything simple and was great fun to learn with!

I have already recommended others to join the school because I had a fun learning experience and passed my test.”

Joshua Gilbert, Chard.

“The main reason for choosing Kelvin White Driving School was because of their good reputation. In addition to this they were local and could start lessons at my home or College which was very useful. My Driving instructor Paul Harrison had very good teaching methods which made things easier to understand. Paul was a very good instructor of who I will be recommending to others.” Hannah Farmer, Ilminster

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Izzy Mitchell, Ilminster.

“I chose Kelvin White Driving School as I wanted a friendly instructor with patience.

It was also important the instructor had and school had flexibility.

I found learning to drive to be much less stressful and was made simple.

Paul had relaxed teaching methods and was approachable.

I will definitely be recommended to others as Paul instilled lots of confidence in my driving!

Nothing about my experience could have been better!”

Victoria Carter, Ilminster.

“I chose Kelvin White driving school because I wanted the best quality teaching to achieve a driving licence.

My Driving instructor was Phil Murtagh who had effective teaching methods which helped me succeed on test day.

I would definitely recommend Phil Murtagh to anyone learning to drive.

It was a good experience and definitely worth the money.”

Karolina Doktor, Ilminster

“A driving school that had a good reputation and customer feedback was important for me when choosing.

My driving instructor Paul Harrison was very good and made me feel safe.

He had very good teaching methods and most importantly was patient with me!

I was very satisfied with my experience and found everything to be really good and would recommend the school to others due to the service I received.”

Why ILMINSTER Learner Drivers

Chose Kelvin White Driving School.

Izzy Mitchell, Ilminster.

“I chose Kelvin White Driving School as I wanted a friendly instructor with patience.

It was also important the instructor had and school had flexibility.

I found learning to drive to be much less stressful and was made simple.

Paul had relaxed teaching methods and was approachable.

I will definitely be recommended to others as Paul instilled lots of confidence in my driving!

Nothing about my experience could have been better!”

Victoria Carter, Ilminster.

“I chose Kelvin White driving school because I wanted the best quality teaching to achieve a driving licence.

My Driving instructor was Phil Murtagh who had effective teaching methods which helped me succeed on test day.

I would definitely recommend Phil Murtagh to anyone learning to drive.

It was a good experience and definitely worth the money.”

Karolina Doktor, Ilminster

“A driving school that had a good reputation and customer feedback was important for me when choosing.

My driving instructor Paul Harrison was very good and made me feel safe.

He had very good teaching methods and most importantly was patient with me!

I was very satisfied with my experience and found everything to be really good and would recommend the school to others due to the service I received.”

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You Ask – We Answer

Will i Drive On My 1st lesson?

Yes, you will definitely be driving on your first lesson.

If you are new to driving, your Instructor will drive you to a suitable location to get you started. It’s vital that your first few lessons are conducted in an area that will ensure your success and build your confidence.

Your Instructor will take a few minutes to record your licence details, test your eyesight and explain how to adjust your seat, head restraint and make sure you are comfortable.

He/she will then explain the controls that you will need to operate during your first lesson.

You will then be given a briefing on the move off and stop procedure with a short discussion to ensure you understand what is required. Your Instructor will then give you full talk through and guide you through your practical driving session. You will be able to learn at your own pace and your lesson will progress as and when you feel ready.

All your lessons will be structured using our unique ALS (Accelerated Learning System) to ensure you receive the maximum value for your money. Your early lessons will be in quiet areas, mainly on housing estates so you can build your confidence.

Full details on our unique Accelerated Learning System can be accessed by watching the main video on this page titled ‘Save Your Time and Money’.

Do You Offer A Block Booking Discount?

Yes, we do.

Full lesson pricing details can be found by clicking the ‘Lesson Prices’ button just above the four contact methods.

Do you offer 1 hour lessons?

You may be thinking of taking 1-hour lessons and Just to be clear and give you a balanced view, there is nothing wrong with 1-hour lessons, we just feel that they offer less value for your money as they prolong the learning period substantially.

Another of the drawbacks is having to take time from your lesson to drive to a suitable location that is relevant to cover the topic and then having to drive back again.

So, should you prefer to take less than two-hour lessons, we would not be the right driving school for you as we don’t offer them.

You have over 600 positive customer reviews, but about negative reviews?

We aim to be as transparent as possible and despite our best endeavours, when you have been providing driving lessons for over twenty years and taught thousands of students, there will be mistakes made and misunderstandings on both sides.

We raise our hands and if we have failed to deliver the best possible experience, then we are truly sorry.

We have trolled both Facebook and Google and gathered any negative reviews that we could find and have listed them below.

Do you offer a money back guarantee?

Yes, we do.

In fact, we offer an industry leading 9 Star Guarantee and I will offer you a refund on EVERY lesson you take unless you are delighted with both the tuition and service you receive.

You can access full details of the 9 Start Guarantee by clicking the ‘Learn More’ Button at the top of this page.

How much are your lessons?

Please click the Yellow ‘Lesson Prices’ Button just above the four ways you can make contact for full lesson pricing details.

Do you offer intensive or crash courses?

Please click the ‘Are we the right school for you’ Button for a full explanation of the services we offer.

Do you offer lessons in an Automatic vehicle?

Yes, we do in the Bridgwater and Taunton area.

Please click the Yellow ‘Lesson Prices’ Button just above the four ways you can make contact for full lesson pricing details.

How many lessons a week do you recommend?

We find that taking a 2-hour lesson every week, proves to be the most successful strategy for most students. Two-hour lessons would be far more beneficial to you. You will learn far more for your money and you will also be test ready in half the time. You will have a decent amount of condensed learning in one go with time to digest and be focused for your next lesson.

Sometimes students think that they would be unable to concentrate for a period of two hours, but this is why we would ‘chunk’ your lessons and break up the two hour slot to cover several topics, just as they do in the school curriculum to keep the learning fresh and focused.

Taking a regular weekly lesson has proven success as it provides continuity, the retention of knowledge and it will reduce your learning period. We will aim to offer you a regular lesson slot that you can book in advance and keep from the time you commence your lessons until you pass your test.

You will also be able to book more than one lesson slot per week should you wish to reduce your learning period and be test ready sooner. (Subject to instructor availability)

Your Title Goes Here

Yes, we do, however your lessons do have to be pre-paid 48 hours in advance. We do not accept cash on the day of your lessons, but you are most welcome to pay each week as you go using your preferred method of payment.

Card payment over the phone during the working week between 9am and 6pm

Bank Transfer:

Kelvin White Driving School

20-85-26

Account Number – 23398757

Please use the name of the student taking lessons as the payment reference

Payment Link – Contact customer services and they will send you an Email payment link

The shop facility on this website 24/7 – Find the shop link in the top menu

Do you offer lessons at weekends or just during the week?

Yes, we do offer lessons on Saturdays but not on Sundays unfortunately.

Saturday lessons are always in high demand and will be subject to availability.

How many lessons do you think I will need?

It’s almost impossible to know until you begin your tuition.

The DVSA suggest that the average is around 46 hours, but we find that most of our students are test ready much sooner. It really does depend on the individual, but our recommendation is to book ten hours of lessons and once completed, you will have a much better idea of the number of lesson you will need.

Where can I find payment options?

The shop facility on this website 24/7 – Find the shop link in the top menu

Card payment over the phone during the working week between 9am and 6pm

Bank Transfer:

Kelvin White Driving School

20-85-26

Account Number – 23398757

Please use the name of the student taking lessons as the payment reference

Payment Link – Contact customer services and they will send you an Email payment link

Is it possible to pay the instructor on the day of my lesson?

We do not accept cash on the day of your lessons as payment needs to be made 48 hours in advance. But you are most welcome to pay using your preferred method of payment.

Card payment over the phone during the working week between 9am and 6pm

Bank Transfer:

Kelvin White Driving School

20-85-26

Account Number – 23398757

Please use the name of the student taking lessons as the payment reference

Payment Link – Contact customer services and they will send you an Email payment link

The shop facility on this website 24/7 – Find the shop link in the top menu

Do you come to me or do I have to come to you?

We will always pick you up at your preferred location. That could be from College, your home, work or anywhere else you choose. We will also drop you off at your preferred location.

Do you offer one-hour lessons?

Just to be clear and give you a balanced view, there is nothing wrong with 1-hour lessons, we just feel that they offer less value for your money as they prolong the learning period substantially. Another of the drawbacks is having to take time from your lesson to drive to a suitable location that is relevant to cover the topic and then having to drive back again. So, should you prefer to take less than two-hour lessons, we would not be the right driving school for you as we don’t offer them.

You can research further by watching the video on this website – Are we the right driving school for you?

Do you have female instructors?

Unfortunately, we don’t have any female instructors that cover the Bridgwater area at the moment.

What is your 1st time pass rate?

We are very proud of our 1^st time pass rate and our instructors deserve a lot of credit for their hard work. Its impossible to give the exact % as we have tests almost every day and it will continually change.

Checking out the main video on this page ‘How To Choose Your Instructor’ will help you make the correct decision and avoid the costly mistakes that force over 30% of all local learners to change their instructor before reaching test day.

How long is the waiting list?

It really depends on when you would be available to take your lessons.

If you would like to contact us by using one of the four methods towards the top of this website with the days and times you are available, Andy or Sandra, who are our customer services staff will check and get back to you ASAP.

How come you are more expensive than others?

That is a very good question.

Most people wrongly assume that all driving instructors are the same!

I have produced several videos on this website to help you make the correct decision, avoid the costly mistakes and to avoid being one of the 30% of local learners that feel the need to change their driving instructor before test day.

Please check out the main video on this page ‘How To Choose Your Driving Instructor’. You will be glad that you did!

Do you teach people with learning difficulties?

Yes, we do but it will depend on the circumstances.

Our instructors do not pretend to be experts, or do they possess special training for certain disabilities. The best advice I can give is to contact our customer services and discuss your requirements, so they can attempt to match a suitable instructor.

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Driving School Ilminster | Top Rated Customer Reviews

Male and Female instructors offering the best rated, trusted and recommended tuition in Somerset
Manual and Automatic teachers providing affordable packages and bundles for beginners and refresher sessions
Many students search for an instructor on a near me basis but we pick up and drop off in the local area so we don’t have to be the nearest
Which tutor do you choose, when some instructors are cheap and lack reviews?
Find the top tutor and good companies in the location that offer low student deals on motor car classes and provide advice for nervous learners
It’s often a big mistake to choose schools who are the cheapest and buy on price alone and may cost more to learn in the long run
Private instruction is available for women with our registered lady instructor and block booking is a firm favourite.
We are nearby for new drivers and rated no 1 by our customers which is great news

Kelvin White Driving School is a well-respected name when it comes to driving schools in the Ilminster area. Most of their students come from extremely positive word-of-mouth recommendations, which keeps their driving instructors very busy. They have been established since 2001, and have maintained their stop as the top choice of driving school in Ilminster for quite some time.

You want previous pupils to be commending their driving instructor in their feedback, and identifying specific reasons they found the lessons so beneficial. For instance, one popular aspect of the tuition given with Kelvin White Driving School is that it is client-centred. Progression through the course is based completely on the individual student, and you’ll never find yourself being pressured to perform a maneuver you aren’t comfortable with.

When you’re searching for a driving school, recommendations can’t be ignored. Kelvin White Driving School’s website has reviews for each individual instructor on the ‘Meet the Team’ page, as well as a short biography, so you can see exactly what makes each of them so great. Quality is so important when it comes to driving lessons. Unfortunately, it seems to be underestimated, with trends pointing towards people choosing the closest, most convenient and cheapest driving schools on the market.

Distance isn’t an issue, as long as the driving schools includes coverage of your area. It doesn’t matter if they are 1 mile away or 3 miles away, because the vast majority will offer pick up and drop offs at your home for no additional charge. It may be counterintuitive (surely proximity is desirable?), but forget about how far away they are for now.

Low prices can be seductive, especially when they are too good to be true, but you should carefully consider the standard of tuition you’ll be receiving. This is where the past students’ reviews are crucial. You might think you are saving a pretty penny with the affordable driving school you have found, but the trade-off could be that you need double the amount of lessons to obtain your driving licence when compared to a pricier but more experienced driving school. You may end up spending just as much, if not more!

Luckily, Kelvin White Driving School manages to offer a range of packages, discounts and deals, without sacrificing quality. There are different reasonably-priced manual and automatic lesson packages, deals for beginners, bookings made in blocks, and for foreign customers there are familiarisation programmes on offer. Even licence holders who want to refresh their skills have something to gain.

Where to go from here? The best way to proceed is to shop around, visit lots of different websites, read lots of different reviews. Kelvin White Driving School prides itself on having the top tutors in the area, and the syllabus is led by the student. There is a reason they are so highly recommended, which keeps each of their qualified, CRB-checked and registered instructors busy.

Don’t be discouraged by the amount of variables involved in choosing a driving school. Do your research thoroughly, and whether you pick Kelvin White Driving School or go with a competitor, we wish you all the success for the future.

Just a few examples from over 500 reviews of reasons given by learner students for recommending their instructor:

“The most important criteria for me when choosing a Driving School was the quality of lessons that I would receive. My brother also used Kelvin White Driving School.”

” I felt very prepared for my test and went into it with a great deal of confidence due to my tuition.”

“I chose Kelvin White Driving School as I was impressed with their high pass rates from practical tests at the first attempt! They also had competitive prices and friendly instructors.”

“The School being recommended to me was the most important criteria when researching who to learn with. My Driving Instructor Paul Harrison was excellent.”

“It was really important that I would have a driving instructor that I felt comfortable with. I received many recommendations from friends about Kelvin White Driving School and also saw their good pass rates!”

“I chose Kelvin White Driving School because I wanted a driving school with a good reputation that also had a high pass rate. I also wanted a school that could accommodate my work commitments which the school could do as they have flexible instructors.”

Kelvin White Driving School have been able to build a very reputable reputation for driving lessons in Ilminster by providing customer centred lessons with a strong mission statement of customer success. They rely enormously on recommendations to keep their team of local instructors busy and are extremely grateful to their customers for the reviews they provide.

Should you wish to check out the individual driving instructors and read what their customers have to say about them, then please visit the “Meet the Team in Ilminster” page.

I would like to wish you every success in your quest to obtain your full driving licence whether you choose Kelvin White Driving School as your training provider or one of our competitors.

The Ilminster Area

The Ilminster Area and Description.

Ilminster is a small town and civil parish in the countryside of south west Somerset and has a population of 5,808

In November the town celebrates turning on the Christmas lights with a traditional victorian evening.

Ilminster is famous for a battle in 1645 which took place during the English Civil War to take control of the bridges prior to the ‘Battle of Langport’.

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How come you are more expensive than others?

Do you teach people with learning difficulties?

More Information

Driving School Ilminster | Top Rated Customer Reviews

Male and Female instructors offering the best rated, trusted and recommended tuition in Somerset

Manual and Automatic teachers providing affordable packages and bundles for beginners and refresher sessions

Many students search for an instructor on a near me basis but we pick up and drop off in the local area so we don’t have to be the nearest

Which tutor do you choose, when some instructors are cheap and lack reviews?

Find the top tutor and good companies in the location that offer low student deals on motor car classes and provide advice for nervous learners

It’s often a big mistake to choose schools who are the cheapest and buy on price alone and may cost more to learn in the long run

Private instruction is available for women with our registered lady instructor and block booking is a firm favourite.

We are nearby for new drivers and rated no 1 by our customers which is great news

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