Relax.
You'll pass.
I'm a female driving instructor in High Wycombe. Automatic lessons, women only — and fifteen years of teaching people who were certain they'd never manage it.
5.0— every one of 44 Google reviews, five stars
Ready. Set. Go.
All lessons in detail →Never driven, or barely. I start where you are and build from there.
- Absolute beginner lessons
- Nervous and anxious drivers
You can drive. Now we make it test-ready.
- Test preparation
- Mock tests
- Intensive courses
Passed. Everything that comes after the certificate.
- Pass Plus
- Motorway lessons
- Refresher lessons
Simple, and honest about it
Teaching time only. Beginners get driven to and from the quiet roads for free — you pay for learning, not travelling.
No clutch. No stalling. No fear.
I teach automatic only, and it is a deliberate choice.
No clutch means no stalling, no rolling back on hills and no hunting for the biting point — take those away and most of what frightens people about learning to drive goes with them.
It is also where the country is heading. Britain stops selling new petrol and diesel-only cars in 2030, and every electric and hybrid car is an automatic. Learning to change gear is becoming a skill for a car you are decreasingly likely to own.
One thing I will always say plainly: pass in an automatic and your licence covers automatic cars. Ten years ago that was a real limitation. With nine in ten new cars sold being automatic it is less of one every year — but I would rather you heard it from me now than found out later.
Every lesson has a job.
Relax N Pass is not just a name. But the calm is the condition the work happens in, not the work itself — nobody learns anything useful while braced for the next sigh from the passenger seat.
- Mirror checks4 out of 5
- Roundabouts2 out of 5
- Bay parking1 out of 5
- Dual carriageways5 out of 5
Work out what is actually stopping you
Not "more practice" — the specific things. The mirror you skip on the approach, the gap you will not take, the roundabout you have quietly been steering around for a month. There are usually several, and naming them is most of the job; until we both know what they are, everything else is guesswork.
Take them one at a time
Clear lesson plans to match your individual ability, and then the hour goes on whichever one we are on — rather than driving around filling the time. We move on when you can do it, not when a plan says we should.
Say where you are, plainly
You will always know what is working and what still needs work, because I will have told you — honestly, and kindly. Those two are not in tension, and an hour you leave unsure about is an hour of your money gone.
If it has not worked out before
Read enough of my reviews and the same story keeps appearing. Failed twice with another instructor. Never got on with a manual. Gave up after a bad experience and left it for years. Could not find anyone who suited them.
If that sounds like you, you are in good company. Most of the people who ring me are starting again after something did not work out, and it is the part of the job I know best.
I failed my driving test 2 times and I was very nervous while driving, then I changed my instructor. She built my confidence and happily I can say that I passed today. She is so kind and her voice is really relaxing.
Took lessons at my own speed. 3rd attempt to pass my practical, but got there in the end. Safia was really calm with me due to having a learning disability. Now I know anything is possible if you just work at it.
Didn't get along with manual lessons so I began automatic lessons with Safia. She is so helpful, patient and understanding.