Noel's Automatic driving lessons

I had previously tried learning how to drive a manual car and after some not so great experiences decided to move over to learn automatic. From my first lesson to today, Noel has been a great driving instructor. He's been patient with me as I've learned how to drive and overall I've gained more confidence in my ability to drive safely.
Apr 10th, 2023

I recommend Noel, he is always on time and professional. I passed my test and he was so patient with me. He made me feel very comfortable to drive again.
Dec 18th, 2022

After changing from a different driving instructor, I would definitely recommend doing lessons with Noel. Noel has helped me so much with gaining confidence on the road and how driving should be done. He was always on time, never late. He would always make sure I was doing things correctly on the road and was very clear on areas that needed improvement. I've now just passed my test and couldn't have done it without him.
Oct 9th, 2022

I Couldnt decide if I should post this or not as I am aware its someones livelihood but I feel it is only fair that those looking for a decent driving instructor should know. Although Noel seems like a very lovely man and insists on the phone that hes not like other driving instructors who just want quick cash etc he is not what he seems. After having a very large amount of driving lessons previously with a different instructor (at least 60+ And 2 previous tests in a manual) I booked in with Noel since he was automatic and my old one was not, and I just needed a local instructor in clacton to show me the area and test routes and brush up on a few minor things. I was very confident and able to drive as I would have to drive and hour and half down a12 etc in my own car (being supervised) to get to clacton for our lessons as its not local to me, and would regularly drive in between. Despite all of this, which Noel knew of, Noel insisted that I needed to move my test that was in just over a months time as he felt I needed more lessons. He said he wouldnt know when I was ready until I was ready and that even moving to an extra month wouldnt be enough ( even though the plan was to have 2 lessons a week of 1 & 1/2 hrs up I took my test.) bear in mind as a driving instructor he must know how hard it is to get a test currently. This was during my second lesson with him in which We spent most of our time driving in circles round an empty car park and down empty residential roads and on both lessons he would ask me to pull over and would talk for what felt like forever. I completely felt as though he was treating me as a beginner even though He clearly new was not. so after wasting my time and money with Noel I decided to ignore his professional advice and just take the test in my own Car on my original test date, I ended up passing with only 4 minors. Clearly he is either very wrong in his judgment of driving ability or he is just another instructor who wants to milk as much money out of you as he can before your test and spend minimal time driving so he can save petrol. Please avoid or at least be cautious and get a second opinion on your driving if he is your instructor
Jul 13th, 2022

I would like to reply to the person who left a bad review saying that Noel's a fraudster taking money and cancelling lessons is 100% wrong. In my experience of having lessons for a long time prior to covid and after covid, Noel's been on time and never cancelled my lessons. He is very punctual and always give good advice and help me to get to test standard.
May 29th, 2022