These are our Benson School of Motoring staff trainers that will train you to become a driving instructor
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John Benson
John Benson is the principle of the Benson School of Motoring and has been involved in driving instructor training since 1988. John is officially recognized by the Driving Standards Agency as both Excellent and Very Good and has been awarded four times consecutively the prestigious 'Grade-6' given to only about 3% of all Approved Driving Instructors. John is also a DSA ORDIT recognised trainer (Official Register of Driving Instructor Training). |
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Geoff Donovan ex SE ADI (Supervising Examiner of Approved Driving Instructors)
Geoff Donovan gave his first driving lesson in 1963.
He became a Driving Examiner in 1974 with the Department of Transport, conducting Driving Tests on Car/Motorcycle/LGV and PCV drivers/riders.
Geoff's last 20 years working with the Driving Standards Agency were spent as the Supervising Examiner of Approved Driving Instructors (SE ADI) at the Cambridge test centre before retiring in August 2007 and joining Benson School of Motoring.
Geoff was also extensively involved with the training of examiners at the DSA examiner training centre at Cardington near Bedford and trained many of the current SE ADI's and ADI examiners within the UK. These are the examiners which are likely to be testing you.
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I am very pleased to have this gentleman as part of our already excellent team of driving instructor trainers. Having known Geoff professionally for some 20 years I know he brings a wealth of experience and expertise to Benson School of Motoring which shall help and improve what is already a very professional training establishment with a very high pass rate.
John Benson
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Paul Perkins
Paul was trained by this company to become a driving instructor and after working within the industry teaching learner drivers on behalf of Benson School of Motoring was promoted to staff trainer. Paul is also an ex-examiner and dealt with the testing of Essex County Council driving candidates and is a Driving Standards Agency ORDIT recognised trainer (Official Register of Driving Instructor Training). |
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John Parker
John Parker also joined us in 2000. An ex Metropolitan Police Officer John brings a wealth of experience to the company. John is also an ex-examiner and dealt with the testing of Essex County Council driving candidates. Personally trained by John Benson he worked as a driving instructor for some years before being promoted to staff trainer in 2004. He is also a DSA ORDIT recognised trainer (Official Register of Driving Instructor Training) |
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Steve Hammond
Steve Hammond is a long-standing member of our team. Originally trained by John Benson whilst at the British School of Motoring in 1989, Steve is a very experienced driving instructor trainer and also runs a separate part of the company training and franchising his own team of driving instructors. Steve is also a DSA ORDIT recognised trainer (Official Register of Driving Instructor Training) and was also recently awarded the prestigious 'Grade-6' given to only about 3% of all Approved Driving Instructors officially recognized by the Driving Standards Agency as both Excellent and Very Good. |
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Paul Beck
Paul was originally trained by Benson School of Motoring in 2004 to become a driving instructor and is our newest member of the driving instructor training programme. Paul previously worked as a manager within the international GRAND METROPOLITAN food and drinks company and then later an NVQ Assessor under the governments introduction of this programme to businesses in 1992. Before joining Benson School of Motoring Paul was the National Training Officer for STATE CHEMICALS and with his experience training new recruits in product knowledge and training techniques makes a valuable contribution to our team. |
All of our trainers are registered driving instructor trainers by the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Official Register of Driving Instructor Training (ORDIT) and provide training for all three parts of the qualifying examination
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