12th January 2025

Focus on the doing

The BIG TOM Driving School has been established since 2009. We have worked to help customers achieve their driving goals for a long time, and we […]
7th January 2025

What it means to be competent

Any driving instructor who has been in their career a while, will agree that a dangerous combination is: supreme confidence + incompetence This does not make […]
11th December 2024

Support from a mentor

One of the challenges of being a sole-trader, self-employed driving instructor, is that you are aware of being alone. The latest DVSA survey of driving instructors […]
15th November 2024

Making good business decisions

Most people who are considering becoming a driving instructor for a new career, have got two main worries:  I don’t have a driving school car – […]
13th November 2024

The mark of a good trainer

A hard-to-describe feeling is that feeling we get within ourselves when we recognise that we are learning and loving it. You instinctively know that what is […]
12th November 2024

Finding focus in the chaos

Driving examiners like thinking drivers and learners like thinking driving instructors.   Anyone with an interest in learning may recall Daniel Willingham, “Memory is the residue […]
10th November 2024

Revolutionary lifts

Let’s take you on a journey into the future, a future that does not include being held up by traditional lifts in high-rise buildings.   Imagine […]
3rd October 2024

Providing a service that adds value

When people think of what is needed to be a driving instructor, generally speaking, they’ll talk of patience and being a good driver.  Thoughts are generally […]
2nd October 2024

Enjoyment enhances memory

If you do any PDI training or even franchise induction training with me, we’ll have a laugh. Don’t get me wrong, you’re not paying me for […]
1st October 2024

Safeguarding Policy

The safeguarding policy and procedure for BIG TOM Driving School Franchise Ltd is maintained and reviewed with the Operations Manual for all personnel to adhere to.  […]
19th January 2025

The deepest loneliness imaginable

Being a driving instructor can be a very lonely way to make a living. Beyond speaking with our pupils on driving lessons, we can go hours […]
17th January 2025

Painful improvement

We don’t as a rule like to share with learners that the path they take is likely to be painful, effortful, filled with errors, and likely […]
15th January 2025

Controlling work time

Here is a question for you to consider. If you could choose a four hour work slot in your weekday, what would it be? Like to […]
14th January 2025

New driving school business

When you start a new career as a driving instructor, it is quite natural to focus your attention on what you believe is the most important aspect, […]