Manual & automatic · Halifax & Calderdale
Driving lessons in Halifax
London, Paris, New York and Milan. But mainly Halifax.
Manual and automatic. Nigel Flather, DVSA approved instructor 55123, with over 30 years teaching people to drive around Calderdale, and still enjoying it.
Most people spend about ten seconds on a website before moving on. So, before I lose you, don’t go yet.
Some people (but not you, obviously) go looking for budget priced lessons, which usually leads to budget quality tuition. You can still get proper driving tuition at a sensible price. Ring, text or WhatsApp and I’ll tell you what it costs. It depends where you are and how many you book, so there’s no point me pretending otherwise.
Nigel’s top tips
Free advice, worth every penny
Thirty years of watching people learn to drive, distilled into things you would think went without saying.
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Before you drive, don’t have a pint. Try to avoid the pub altogether.
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Indicators tell people what you are about to do. They are not a running commentary on what you have just done.
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If the sat nav and the road signs disagree, the road signs win. The sat nav has never once had to explain itself in court.
Manual & automatic
Learn in whichever you like
Driving lessons in Halifax in manual or automatic. It is genuinely your call, and worth two minutes of thought before you book.
Automatic driving lessons in Halifax
No clutch and no gears to think about, which in a town built on a hill takes hill starts, stalling and rolling back at the lights out of the equation entirely. Most people find it lets them concentrate on the traffic much sooner.
Manual driving lessons in Halifax
A manual licence lets you drive anything, automatic included, which is worth having if you might end up in a works van or borrowing somebody else’s car. Clutch control on a Calderdale hill is a skill for life, or at least a skill for Halifax.
Manual and automatic
Driving lessons in Halifax in whichever you want to learn. Automatic if you would rather forget the clutch exists; manual if you want a licence that covers everything.
30+ years, Diploma held
DVSA approved instructor 55123. Diploma holder, Diamond Special Test, Fleet qualified, and an instructor trainer, meaning he trains the people who teach you.
Picked up from your door
Lessons start from home, work, school or college anywhere in Halifax and most of Calderdale. Full hour, or multiples of.
Your instructor
The instructor is the whole thing
His words, near enough: the most important element in the learning-to-drive equation is the instructor. So here are the qualifications, rather than a paragraph about how patient and friendly he is.
- On the DVSA register of approved driving instructors
- Diploma holder. A five-module exam, and a lot of midnight oil
- Diamond Special Test
- DSA Fleet qualified
- Instructor Trainer
- Pass Plus registered
- DVSA Approved Driving Instructor, number 55123
- Over 30 years’ experience at the highest level
- Elementary swimming certificate
Track record
Well above the Halifax average
These are the pass rates as last published. They are a few years old now, so it is worth asking for the current figures when you ring, and he'd rather you did than take an old number on trust.
2017 · to August
100%
2016
84%
2015
95%
Halifax average
47.4%
Figures as last published on calderdale.biz.
What pupils say
Fourteen people who now drive
All of these were left on the Calderdale School of Motoring Facebook page, by name.
“Nigel is an amazing instructor! His tuition is first class and is worth every penny, I'm really glad that I have learnt with him as he is very supportive and has had faith in me when I thought that I couldn't do it. He has had me passed in 5 months and I would recommend him to anyone due to the skills that he teaches are not comparable. Thank you so much for everything.”
“Thanks for getting me through my driving test. Would recommend Nigel to anyone looking to learn, he's a good teacher, uses visual examples to make things easy to understand and is a friendly guy who makes learning enjoyable. Gave me the confidence to pass my test in 3 months with no minor faults, great value for money! Thanks again!”
“What a fantastic driving instructor! If there was anyone that wasn't meant to drive it was certainly me, thanks to Nigel I passed today! Would recommend him to anyone, very calm, collected and professional! Thanks again Nigel!”
Driving lessons in Halifax and across Calderdale
Halifax is home ground, and lessons run out across most of Calderdale and the surrounding areas, subject to where exactly you are. See the Halifax page for the full list.
No pupils are left in the car overnight.
- Halifax
- Sowerby Bridge
- Greetland
- Stainland
- Ripponden
- Rishworth
- Mytholmroyd
- Northowram
- Southowram
- Illingworth
Get in touch
Ring, text, or WhatsApp
Whichever you'd actually use. If you're seventeen and would rather chew glass than make a phone call, text is fine.
Right then. Shall we get you driving?
Ring, send a text, or message on WhatsApp, whichever you’d actually use. Nigel will tell you what lessons cost and when he can fit you in.