Nervous Driver Lessons

Two of the reviews on this site start the same way: the learner was nervous before their first lesson. Pass With Waleed is set up for that. Every lesson is in a 2017 automatic Toyota Yaris, so there is no clutch or gear change to think about, and every lesson lasts two hours, so nobody is rushed off the road just as they settle.

First lessons start somewhere quiet. Waleed uses the roads around Winnersh Triangle, where a new driver can move off, stop and turn without a queue behind them. Busier roads come in only when the learner is ready, one situation at a time, building up to the roundabouts learners worry about most, such as the Black Boy roundabout.

Before he taught, Waleed drove for a living: heavy goods vehicles for Pepsi in Jordan, then buses, lorries and commercial vehicles across the UK, more than a million miles in all. That is why he stays calm when a learner doesn't, and why he can explain what is about to happen on the road before it happens. Learners describe him as calm, patient and supportive.

Every learner Waleed has taken on has passed, and 92% passed first time. Learners who would rather be taught by a woman can ask for Waleed's wife, who also teaches.

This service includes:

• Two-hour automatic lessons that start on quiet roads
• One situation at a time, from junctions to multi-lane roundabouts
• Lessons for adults learning later in life
• Pick-up from home, work or the train station
• Mock tests before the real one at Reading test centre
• The choice of a female instructor