ABOUT US
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DRIVE is part of the WLD group which is one of the UK’s largest and most experienced Driving Instructor Training companies.
AWARD WINNING COMPANY
DRIVE is an award-winning company with many award-winning training products and services.
We have won awards from within our industry as well as being recognised by the SM Enterprise as 2021 Driver Training Provider of the Year.
We are also proud members of the DVSA’s O.R.D.I.T (Official Register of Driving Instructor Training).
OUR BACKGROUND
WLD’s team have been providing Driver Training for over 40 years and we are one of the UK’s largest driver training resources for learners and driver trainers.
The WLD group is formed of a number of long established and trusted companies which provide continual professional development (CPD) and advanced training and coaching for the driver training industry.
TRAINING PEDIGREE
Our Training Principal and one of the Company’s founders is John Farlam – a much revered and trusted ‘Guru’ and leading driver training expert. John has been delivering ‘MasterClasses’ to the industry for decades, helping Driving Instructors, Driving Schools, Driving Instructor Trainers and Driving Instructor Training companies to develop the industry’s leading trainers.
John has been involved with many major Driving Schools and Approved Driving Instructor trainers in the UK and has produced training literature for and use by companies like The Instructor College, LDC, LetsDrive, and many, many more driving schools. More than 1400 Driving Schools in the UK regularly use our training and coaching skills, techniques and products.
Over the years, our team has rescued many trainee instructors that have been let down by their previous training company.
EXPERTS
Our team includes regular contributors to the ADI Confederations and Committees (such as UKDIC and ADI NJC) as expert speakers on coaching and Driver Training.
They are columnists for industry magazines ‘ADINews’ and the ‘Intelligent Instructor’ magazines, and are involved with a number of major coaching projects with industry leaders.
Our products and services have always been at the forefront of the driver training industry and are seen as THE products for training, advice and coaching by the industry, with over 1500 driving schools paying to use our training and continued professional development every year.
Our training principal co-developed the first fully structured and documented 'trainer training' programme when he was Director of Training and Development at Learner Driving Centres (LDC). To this day, many training companies still use courses based on this model.
Our Training Principal was first to introducing training methods such as Neuro-Linguistic-Programming (NLP) and coaching into driver training.
Our Training Principal set up the first UK website dedicated to the training and skill development of driving instructors implementing modern NLP and coaching practices.
Our ADI Masterclass becomes wildly recognised as a leading course for continued professional development (CPD).
First to utilise 'Success Based' coaching styles into driving instructor training.
Our Training Principal and Training Director both invited onto the first pioneering University of East London (UEL) Coaching course along with the Chief Instructor of the Met Police, Head of Training at RoSPA and the Army Chief of Instructors.
Our Training Principal becomes a regular contributor to UKDIC and ADI NJC as an expert speaker on coaching and driver training.
35 years' work to launch our revolutionary online training course.
WLD launch first completely free Theory Test app for learner drivers.
DRIVE is able to offer three incredible guarantees to people wanting to train as a driving instructor.