We are thrilled to reveal the Top 100 Driving Instructors in the Intelligent Instructor Awards 2026 in association with Dash Instructor Cover. Instructors on this list have demonstrated outstanding commitment, professionalism, and positive impact on their learners and the profession, and have been nominated by their learners. They are individuals who continually raise the bar for excellence in driver training. Each of these exceptional instructors has made a real difference to the lives of their pupils and to the wider industry, earning the respect of both their peers and their communities.

The Top 100 is listed in placement order.

Driving Instructor

Driving School

Region
1 Amanda Banks Horizon Driving School North East
2 Kate Davies Valley School Of Motoring Wales
3 Gyokhan Zlatev Derin Driving School London
4 John Philipson Latimer Driver Training East Midlands
5 Thomas Duncan Duncan’s Driving School Scotland
6 Mark Tonks MDT Driver Training West Midlands
7 Sarah Baldock SB Driving School South East
8 Dan Endacott U Can Drive South West
9 Paul Connelly Southbeds PJC Driver Training East of England
10 Naveed Mahmood Navdrives Yorkshire and The Humber
11 Kate Jones Accelerate with Kate North West
12 Tony Gale TG Driver Training Wales
13 Lindsay Bailey Lindsay’s Learners North East
14 Ben Huxley Big Bear Benny’s Driving School East Midlands
15 Fiona Rushworth Select Drivers Scotland
16 Sarah Tonks MDT Driver Training West Midlands
17 Vickie Ambrose Drive-Up Training London
18 Ian Ford Ford’s Driving School South East
19 Chris Borchardt A2B Driving School South West
20 Jeff Tuck Drive Bug East of England
21 Lewis Reeve Elite Driving Academy North West
22 Andy Sinker Driving with Andy Sinker Yorkshire and The Humber
23 Ozgul Guler Lavinia Driving School North East
24 James Lawson Full Throttle School of Motoring Wales
25 Chris Elcock MDT Driver Training West Midlands
26 Chris Allsopp Moose Driving East Midlands
27 Gunay Ahmet Veli Driver Training Consultancy London
28 Andy MacFarlane Caledonian Learner Driver Training Scotland
29 Andy Lloyd Lloyd Driver Training South East
30 Davian Blair DB Driving School South West
31 Richard Jordan Excel Driver Training East of England
32 Sarah Hellowell Check Mirrors School of Motoring Yorkshire and The Humber
33 Nia Hunt Nia’s Gears North West
34 Kelvin Beckley Kelvin’s Driving School East Midlands
35 Ceci Streets AA Driving School London
36 James O’Reilly Caledonian Learner Driver Training Scotland
37 Craig Peedy Wye Drive West Midlands
38 Sheena Ahmed Motorvation School of Driving Wales
39 Paul Reilly Black Belt Driver Training East Midlands
40 Jason Conroy Bravo School of Motoring Scotland
41 Kevin Jones Pass with KJ Wales
42 Lisa Wright DWL Collective East Midlands
43 Tahira Kausar Lavinia Driving School North East
44 John Denholm Pass N Go Driving School North East
45 Carmen Medina-Goodwin Carmen & Lee’s Learners North East
46 Alison Clark Pass with Alison Scotland
47 Lee Benson SLM School of Motoring East Midlands
48 Andrew Robertson Pass N Go Driving School North East
49 Bridget Bergstrom End Up Driving West Midlands
50 Stephen Loveridge Loveridge School of Motoring West Midlands
51 Sophie Stewart Zed’s Driving School Scotland
52 Viv Hamilton Dash to Pass Scotland
53 Paul Kerr Paul Kerr Driving School South East
54 Richard Clark Pass N Go Driving School North East
55 James Clark Dragon Driver Training Wales
56 Sanjid Yousuf Zack Driving School London
57 Andrew Ogborne Ogborne to Drive Wales
58 Samia Rashid Evolve Driver Training West Midlands
59 Lee Goodwin Carmen & Lee’s Learners North East
60 Sameela Bibi SB Driving School West Midlands
61 Stuart Craigen Aberdrive School of Motoring Scotland
62 Aaron Johnstone Pass Way AJ Scotland
63 Aaron Alex Sjoberg Aaron Sjoberg Driving Scotland
64 Eddie Coyle Duncan’s Driving School Scotland
65 Michael Brown Jody and Mick’s Driving School London
66 Jim Primrose Primrose Driving School Scotland
67 Shabnam Nadeem Bill Plant Driving School South East
68 Clare Denton Dreams Driving South East
69 Jeff Dowsett Evo Driver Training South East
70 Martin Forward RED Driving School South East
71 Matt Hensley MSM Driving School South East
72 Adila Hosainy Drive with Adila South West
73 Martin Caswell Acclaim Motor School South East
74 Louisa O’Connor Moss School Of Motoring South East
75 Jason Kirk Poppy’s Driving School East Midlands
76 Carlos Comendas CSM Learn to Drive South East
77 Roderick Pike BSM Driving School South East
78 Nicola Metcalfe Skyler’s Driving School North West
79 David Wilkinson Wilko’s Wheels Driver Training South East
80 Atif Hussain DriveAsti East of England
81 Hazzy Raja Hazzy Driving School South East
82 Roland Csaszar Roland Driving Instruction North West
83 Koyas Hussain AA Driving School East of England
84 Jason Morris Routine Driving School South East
85 Anthony Varley BSM Driving School Yorkshire and The Humber
86 Muhammad Habibur Rahman Habib My Driving School Yorkshire and The Humber
87 Shazad Ahmed ADI SHAZ London
88 Jon Hoyle Jon Hoyle Driver Training North West
89 Joe Bangudu Uncle Joe’s Driving School North West
90 Nicky Harris The Driving Academy Yorkshire and The Humber
91 Sally Featherstone Sally’s Driving School Yorkshire and The Humber
92 Volodymyr Pelekh RED Driving School North West
93 Lee Townson Pass N Go Driving School Yorkshire and The Humber
94 Karoy Biricz You Drive Yorkshire and The Humber
95 Mandy Rattanpal Mandy School Of Motoring Yorkshire and The Humber
96 Richard Wareham Pass N Go Driving School Yorkshire and The Humber
97 Garry L Thomas BSM Driving School North West
98 Azfer Mirza Elite Driving Academy North West
99 Shamus Khan Strive2Drive Academy Yorkshire and The Humber
100 Kelly Moss Moss School Of Motoring South East