Charlton Down Driving School (Dorchester & Weymouth)

Highly recommend! Richard is calm, reassuring and really built my confidence. He is clear with instructions and happy going over any points I struggled with multiple times. Easy to talk to and helped me become a safe and confident driver, passing first time (in Bodmin!). The structure of the lessons help you acknowledge your strengths and weaknesses, giving you a sense of achievement after each lesson. This helped ease my anxieties and worries towards driving.

Richard’s been a fantastic instructor. His clear, concise instruction helped me quickly improve my driving ability, and his insightful feedback was really helpful in letting me know what I needed to work on ahead of the test. The structure of each lesson brought me from the basics of driving to passing my test at a steady yet unrushed pace. Couldn’t recommend enough, and thanks very much Richard for your help!

We cannot speak highly enough of Richard's driving instruction for our son. Richard is calm, friendly and reassuring. On the road, our son reports that Richard is really helpful, gives good advice, is very clear in his instruction and gives lots of top tips for passing your driving test. Driving possible test routes also was extremely helpful for preparing for the test. Brilliant, we are so grateful!

Richard has been amazing teaching my twin daughters to drive. He made it convenient for us by giving them back to back appointments every week so they could both get the same opportunity to drive and never let us down. They both said he was patient and explained things well, boosted their confidence and most importantly for them, he treated them as individuals on their learning journey. As a parent I felt reassured that he gave me feedback on their progress so we could anticipate how many le...

Passed my practical test first time with Richard. He is an amazing instructor. He makes you feel so relaxed when you may be flustered in situations. He's attentive, patient, clear and consise with information he's giving you and overall a pleasure to have as a driving instructor. I'm very grateful for his help with passing my test and would highly recommend to anyone! Thank you Richard! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐