Results & Testimonials

Positive: Communication, Professionalism, Quality

With no driving experience under his belt, we were surprised how much progress our son had made with his driving only after a couple of lessons with Phil. Phil was very flexible with pick up and drop off which was really helpful with our son’s sixth form in Southampton and us living in the Waterside. He kept us well informed regarding disruptions due to covid and is really grateful that he did his best to accommodate lessons for our son to prepare him for his test just few days after the second lockdown was lifted. Our son passed his driving test first time, thank you Phil and we wish you all the best in the future. Maida Armstrong, Blackfield

2024 sees continued successes

Matt Goodall, Courtenay Cope, Hannah Cowap, Ash Cooper, Bobby Hockley, Sam Holland, Katie Arden-Jones, Jessica Cole, Lauren Glasgow, Callum Simmons

Class of 2023

 

Joe Jenkins, Brandon Christy, Ruby Dunlop, Charlotte Cole, Dan Jones, Sophie Carter, Ben Walley, Ruth Houghton, Nick Dodd, Cora Clarke, Daniella Attwood, Sonny Weedon, Shola Gregory, Elisa Drodge, James Frame, Natasha Mitchell, Cara Shephard, Georgia Wheeler, Tasha Begbour, Louis Smith

January 2022 sees continued successes

Matt Ellery, from Dibden Purlieu, and Mia Monahan, from Holbury,  kicked off the New Year both passing with just four faults

2021 testing restart, 22nd April

Following the restarting of tests we have seen 11 successes from 13 in just 8 weeks, a great performance and testament to our teaching!

Caitlin Smith from Dibden Purlieu started things off, swiftly followed by Reece Worsley (Holbury), Harry Manual(DP) and Matt Dyer (Woodlands) with three first time passes.

May saw Brendan Lane, Hannah Sheppard, Robbie Maw, Ben Jones and Toby Cox all pass FIRST time, 5 out of 5!

Holly Reynard and Ellie Harvey have both passed in June

So that’s 11 passes from 13, an incredible 85% pass rate with 9 passing first time (70%)

 

July saw Luke Dixon and Ben Carrington both from Dibden Purlieu pass first time and then Lily Canton from Holbury passed, again first time, in August.

In September Emma Akinyegun and Millie Harris both passed first time too!

November was a very busy month with no less than six pupils passing, 5 first time and the other with ZERO faults! Well done to Darcey, Jake, Lucy,  Oliver, Scott and Danielle

The year ended with Tara, Elise, Issy and Andrew all passing in December.

2020 starts with a bang!

January saw 5 pupils gain their licence with three first time passes, Becky Howells, Harvey Weedon, Harriet Carlyle, Becky Holloway and Dan Switzer all successful!

                           

             

February sees Benji Ridout and Hannah Gordon both pass first time!

             

In March we had Aaron, Sascha, Nathan, Sam and Hannah go through!

                                    
July sees training and testing resumed after COVID19 lockdown

First pass was Cam from Hythe who passed in early August then it was Tom’s turn, swiftly followed by Lolly, Anna, Meghan, Sophie with August’s successes rounded off by Will on 27th, a great months results especially with the four month break in lessons!

       

           

September saw Callum and Robyn,both from Dibden Purlieu pass first time!

         

In October Josh passed first time

We then had early November passes for Dylan Hutton and Tom Petts just before we went into lockdown #2

December saw testing restart albeit for only three weeks! Successes for Niall Armstrong and Noah Vaughan

     

Callum passes first time!

Callum Luke

Phil is a very good driving instructor and was very supportive in helping me pass first time. Would definitely recommend Phil and Top Drive UK

Lucy passes first time after just one drive in the new Car

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Lucy said – ” I started driving with Top Drive UK in February of this year having never sat in the driver’s seat. Phil was so thorough in his teachings, explaining the science of the car, which stayed in the back of my mind to help everything else make sense. I passed first time!

Thank you Phil, I’ve had tons of fun learning how to drive, I felt very safe and confident under his instruction. Now its time to get my first car, Phil is still advising me in this decision. Thank you once again 🙂 ”

Lara Carnie, Winchester

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I would definitely recommend Top Drive UK as a driving school.  I did an intensive driving course (48 hours spread over 2 weeks)  and was assigned Phil as my instructor. I felt lucky to have such a good instructor. During the lessons he always gave clear instructions, remained calm even if I made mistakes and he was happy to go over things again and again, if necessary, until I felt confident at what I was doing. This helped me to feel as calm as possible. I am very pleased that I passed my test first time. Having my driving licence will be so useful for my carer as a midwife so I just want to say thank you Phil for all your help, Lara

Emily Besley, Dibden Purlieu

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Very thankful to Phil Long, he’s an excellent , calm and encouraging instructor – I passed first time. Highly recommended