Instructing since 2019
Emily started as an instructor with Red Driving School in 2019, after passing her tests through them. She now teaches independently.
Patient lessons for nervous drivers.
Bee Smart Driving School teaches in an automatic car. Emily teaches everyone, of all ages. She specialises in anxious and nervous pupils, including people with ADHD, autism, other mental-health needs, and deaf pupils. That specialism is not a limit on who she takes.
Learning to drive can feel like a lot. Feeling nervous, needing a pause, or needing something explained again is welcome. The lesson goes at the pupil’s pace. If something feels too fast or too much, they can say so, and Emily will slow down, stop, or try another way. Nobody has to pretend they are fine.
Where lessons can start
The circle is about 10.0 miles around GU52 8AH. That is 20 minutes from home at 30 miles an hour.
How long the school has been going
Limited company from 2022
Bee Smart Driving School Limited was incorporated on 26 March 2022. Company number 14004347.
Automatic cars only
Lessons are in an automatic, and a pass in an automatic covers automatic cars. Electric cars have no conventional gearbox, and the DVSA treats them as automatic for the test.
Emily teaches this way because manual cars are being phased out of new-car sales. A DVSA blog for instructors reported that 62.4% of new cars sold in 2021 were automatic, up 24% from 2011.
DVSA examiner guidance on electric vehicles · DVSA Despatch, 24 November 2022
Who the lessons are for
Emily teaches everyone, of all ages. Mental health is something she specialises in, not a condition of booking.
A female instructor
Emily teaches one to one, at a calm pace.
Anxiety and mental health
Experience with anxious pupils, ADHD, autism, and similar needs.
Hearing and other access needs
Experience with deaf pupils and other physical disabilities, including hearing.
Passes with Emily
Emily will add her pass count before it is shown here. It is not taken from a public Facebook post or from a DVSA school table, because neither published one we could cite.
Next 4 weeks
Live bookings. Open the month calendar.
How long it takes to learn
There is no minimum number of lessons or practice hours. How many you need depends on how quickly you learn. The Ready to Pass campaign describes 27 driving skills, each with 5 levels. The aim is level 5 on all 27 before the test. Learners who mix professional lessons with private practice tend to do better.
Taking driving lessons, GOV.UK · Ready to Pass driving skills · Tracking progress to level 5
Great Britain pass rates, not this school
Car practical tests in Great Britain for April 2025 to March 2026, manual and automatic together. DVSA table DRT121A: 1,998,621 conducted, 1,000,043 passed, pass rate 50.0%.
Pass rate by attempt number
From DVSA table DRT121D, the percentage of tests at that attempt which were passes. This is not the share of Emily’s pupils.
| Attempt | Conducted | Passed | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| First attempt | 984,415 | 497,361 | 50.5% |
| Second attempt | 495,742 | 252,013 | 50.8% |
| Third attempt | 245,449 | 122,356 | 49.8% |
| Fourth attempt | 124,606 | 60,782 | 48.8% |
| Fifth attempt | 65,070 | 31,029 | 47.7% |
| Sixth or later attempt | 83,339 | 36,502 | 43.8% |
Share of passes recorded that year
Calculated from the Passed column in that same table. It counts passes in the year, not one group of pupils followed until each person passed. Rounded to one decimal place.
| When the pass happened | Passes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| First attempt | 497,361 | 49.7% |
| Second attempt | 252,013 | 25.2% |
| Third attempt | 122,356 | 12.2% |
| Fourth or later | 128,313 | 12.8% |
Emily’s own split — first test, second, third, and after more than three — will be added when she supplies the counts.