Testimonials from Castle Driving School Pupils
Over the years literally thousands of pupils have passed their driving test with Castle Driving School. Below are a few examples of the feedback we have received recently. If you learned to drive with Castle Driving School we'd love to hear from you! Contact us here or submit a testimonial, it doesn't matter when you passed, we'd love to hear from anyone who has passed during our 40+ years as Colchester's premier driving school.
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Thoroughly enjoyed my weekly lessons with Shirley, she made learning to drive a breeze. Shirley is so calm and patient meaning if something went wrong it wasnât a worry. Highly recommend Shirley to anyone learning to drive.
Kelsie Watkins (Passed in 2025 - Aged 17), Colchester
I would highly recommend castle driving school. I had been doing intermittent driving lessons for 10 years trying to get test ready but, in 2 weeks of an intensive course, Paul helped me to pass 1st time!
Edmund Walker (Passed in 2025 - Aged 29), Colchester
I went with castle since my Dad passed with Shirley with them in the 90s and they had a good reputation of being very thorough and that is very much true.
I had Shirley at first when I was trying manual driving. She was very clear with her instructions and very thorough with her techniques and always found ways to push me while keeping me calm.
However when we started to realise I was not getting on with manual, she did not hesitate to ask if I would prefer to go automatic and set me up an automatic tester session with Pam.
Pam is a lovely teacher and helped me so much with my confidence in driving as well as helping keep calm. She always told the process of roundabouts and crossroads very meticulously before we attempted them and always tried to push me where I could get better. When I made a mistake she always made sure I was ok initially before going over it at a later time when I was comfortable to do so. She always made notes at what I was good at and what I needed to improve on to the point that by the next week I felt confident enough to work on what I needed to. We also went over multiple mock tests so I could get used to the nature of the test which really helped!
Thank you so much Pam and Shirley for all you have done
Imogen Wilde, Colchester
I recently passed my driving test after an intensive course with Paul. Paul is a great instructor, gives clear, easy-to-follow guidance, is very patient, and quickly settled my nerves. Shirley also handled the administrative side of things very promptly and efficiently. Would definitely recommend!
Elliott Hicks, Colchester
Found it hard at the beginning with steering and multi- tasking. However Shirley, made me so comfortable and pushing forward to next steps all the time. Passed first time 1 minor, highly recommend so happy!!!
Iris Bangay, Colchester
Had a really great experience on the intensive course with Paul. Easy to talk to and took the time to go through everything fully, explaining all the way to make it comfortable. Shirley was also super helpful in arranging the test. Couldn't be more thrilled!
Jack Bailey (Passed in 2025 - Aged 29), Colchester
I would highly recommend Castle Driving School from initial contact the communication and support were great. I really enjoyed my intensive driving course with Paul, he was friendly and patient and his knowledge, advice and feedback allowed me to gain the skills to confidently tackle and pass my test first time.
Toby Crick (Passed in 2025 - Aged 18), Colchester
The team were great throughout the whole process. I had Paul for my intensive course and he was clear and patient the whole way through. Highly recommend castle driving school - I traveled from a few hours away to do the course and it was 100% worth it.
Jermaine Davies (Passed in 2025)
Paul was great and keeping me on track and giving me detailed feedback on my driving, ensuring I was able to fix mistakes and feel confident in my driving, and ended up with a clean sheet! I was apprehensive about doing an intensive course but Paul put me at ease. He was friendly and helpful, and I would recommend him to anyone else looking to do an intensive course.
Imogen Parks (Passed in 2025 - Aged 22), Colchester
Was perfect and my instructor Shirley helped me through the way
Dylan Crowley(Aged 17), Colchester
