Young Driver Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.6

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Review summary

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Looking at 503 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Consumers frequently mention the fantastic cars, well-organized venues, and seamless online booking process, noting that children thoroughly enjoy learning basic driving skills in a secure environment. Parents consistently praise the patient and encouraging staff who provide excellent feedback, helping young learners quickly build confidence behind the wheel. However, some people mentioned that a few sessions experienced frustrating delays, unexpected cancellations, or occasional problems with instructor punctuality and communication during visits. A small number of reviewers also noted difficulties with equipment limitations or minor language barriers that occasionally impacted the overall lesson quality.

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Staff

Customers had positive experiences with staff, frequently describing the instructors as friendly, patient,... See more

User experience

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Service

Clients share satisfaction regarding the service, noting that instructors provide proper driving tuition and... See more

Booking process

Reviewers highlight positive aspects of booking process, noting that sessions are very easy to schedule... See more

Product

Users describe positive interactions with product, finding it to be an awesome gift that helps youngsters... See more

Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent way to help prepare your youngster for when old enough to drive properly, but equally good as a gift or treat. We have so far purchased 5 x 1 hour sessions for our 14 years old Grandson, a... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My son's first Young Driver experience at Westpoint, Exeter was truly fabulous. Very slick set-up, smart cars, and lovely people, particularly the super driving instructor with whom my son had a fant... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Our daughter had three sessions with Young Driver prior to getting her provisional licence. It allowed her to build some confidence in a safe environment without other road users to worry about. Once... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The driving lesson was used as an incentive to work well at school, which means grandson has waited a long time fo it. He loved the experience and was excellent in carrying out the challenges given to... See more


Company details

  1. Driving School

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Behind the wheel of a Suzuki Swift or similar vehicle, kids over 9-years-old can have their first taste of proper driving in a safe environment, on private land with a specially trained professional driving instructor and in a dual-controlled car. They’ll learn how to change gear, steer, manoeuvre, tackle junctions and so much more! Little ones aren’t forgotten, younger drivers aged 4-9 can also have fun and learn the basics of driving in our specially designed, and built by us, Firefly Sports electric supercars. We have 70+ venues across the UK, so you're likely to find a Young Driver venue conveniently located near you. With more than 1.4 million lessons delivered and 14 years of experience, we are the leading under 17 driving school in the world. Fun, safe and memorable are our main keywords and we’ll make sure those apply to your youngster’s lesson every single time they have a driving lesson with us.


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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy teenager!

My son has audhd, today was his seventh lesson.
The lesson went really well and it has boasted his confidence loads. While he was driving he looked really happy and having fun. I booked another lesson for him afterwards.

22 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

It was absolutely amazing and everyone was so nice. Everyone had such positive vibes would definitely recommend to my friends. My driving instructor was Atto and I hope I have him next time I come.

22 August 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very well organised

Very well organised, friendly and professional staff. A lovely taster of driving for my daughter in the future. She thoroughly enjoyed herself. Thanks team!

16 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The 'mock' driving test. Utter waste of time and money.

The 'mock' test. Despite him explaining on the booking that he'd taken his test a few times but as now at uni hadn't had recent lessons so wanted to see where he was going wrong in the test. They did none of the manoeuvres, was offered no advice or insight on his driving and the instructor couldn't even remember my son's name, had to be reminded 3 times. Lazy,pointless, utter waste of money, do not recommend.

19 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Not a happy child

my son felt that the instructor was shouting at him a lot and confusing him. I still think these experiences are great and lots of kids really enjoyed it so prepared to try again

16 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience

Great experience for my 13 year old daughter. Really well organised, instructors were friendly and professional.

16 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was optimistic about doing this as i…

I was optimistic about doing this as i was ripped off doing a supercar experience myself! However no hard upsales of extra insurance,extra this and extra that all we were asked was would we like the experience recorded which was only £18.99 for the card! Refreshments were available to purchase and no extortionate prices for these either! All the staff were friendly,informative and professional and my ten year old had the best experience ever! Please do try this company as was worth the money and a great afternoon out! Thanks to Vim for his patience and calmness with my son.

16 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Young Driver - Braehead

Young Driver was a great in sight into driving for my 10 year old. Julie at Braehead was a patient & lovley instructor. We will definitely be booking more lessons in the future.

15 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Instructor

The instructor I had was very rude and rushing

28 March 2026
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Reply from Young Driver

Hi Ben,

Thank you for your feedback.

We're sorry to hear that your experience didn't meet your expectations.

Our instructors all have different way of teaching, however, we expect them to be patient, encouraging and supportive whilst helping young drivers learn, so it's disappointing to hear that you felt this wasn't the case.

Please email us at info@youngdriver.com so we can investigate this further.

Many thanks,

Charlotte

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Well worth the money - fantastic experience for any child

My son's first Young Driver experience at Westpoint, Exeter was truly fabulous. Very slick set-up, smart cars, and lovely people, particularly the super driving instructor with whom my son had a fantastic hour behind the wheel. We were so impressed that we booked a second session before we left - my son can't wait for the next one!

26 July 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic experience

The driving instructor was fantastic, positive and inspiring and well as extremely informative. This is such a great way to get enthusiastic youngsters more comfortable and confident at driving before they are allowed on the public road.

9 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Daughter first driving lesson

It was my daughter (16) first driving lesson . I was amazed of what was achieved and how after this great experience she is now looking forward to more . The instruction was brilliant as was learning in a safe space away from traffic stress . A brilliant first step , thank you

9 August 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic Fire Engine…

Absolutely fantastic Fire Engine driving experience for my two grandsons. They were over the moon being able to drive a fire engine, lights flashing, sirens blaring, they even gave a ‘wee cheeky wave’ on way past 🤣. Instructor was brilliant with the two of them, he done an amazing job talking/guiding them through the ‘drive’. This was given as a Xmas gift , which I’ll be purchasing again for my other grandchildren this Xmas. Awesome gift for a youngster.

25 July 2026

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