More Information about Allan Banks
started teaching full time in 1982 then, having completed my training through the British School of Motoring, I worked for a Littlehampton based driving school from 1984 to 1988. Allan Banks School of Motoring was established in March 1988.
From a wealth of experience gathered over twenty seven years teaching all sectors of society and varied abilities, including other nationalities with poor knowledge of English, my style of teaching has increasingly evolved from being rigidly syllabus based to flexibly pupil centred. I have always and will continue to evaluate my results in order to strive to optimise my teaching strategies and hence improve my skills even further. Helping people to achieve has and will always bring me great satisfaction.
Every individual has their own learning strengths and anxiety levels when faced with a new experience such as driving on our very busy British roads not to mention the stressful objective of passing both Theory and Practical Driving tests. The skill that I bring to this is to continually evaluate the individual propensities of each pupil in order to employ the best teaching strategy at every stage. Anxiety can then be minimised and rapidly defused and then learning becomes maximised.
Each lesson, which is a minimum of one hour, is centred on the individual needs of the pupil. Realistic targets are preplanned and attained by using the most efficient and productive strategy. Some learn best from demonstration, others by verbal analysis, some by formulas and systems just to highlight some of the more obvious methods. All methods can be adapted but all are communication based, thus anxiety is minimised and eventually relieved to achieve ultimate learning, satisfaction and enjoyment. For example, I can say ‘left and right’ in twenty different languages and also have a rudimentary knowledge of British Sign Language for those with hearing impairment. For the extremely nervous I have an RSA in Counselling Skills. In this environment people learn at their quickest. The objective being ‘safe driving for life’ in as few lessons as possible to give real value for money.
Furthermore, I have had experience of teaching people with hearing and physical impairments in adapted vehicles.For more detailed information on this topic click www.qef.org.uk
For the theory test, learning support can be provided, for example cut price CD ROMs covering both multiple choice questions and hazard perception.
I am ‘Pass Plus’ registered. The ‘Pass Plus’ scheme has become ever more popular as it can significantly reduce car insurance premiums and a large part of it involves motorway driving which learners cannot experience on a provisional licence.
Advanced Driving is also within my remit. Intensive training can also be arranged.
To book a practical test click :
www.direct.gov.uk/bookpracticaltest
To change a driving test appointment click :
www.direct.gov.uk/changepracticaltest
To book a theory test click :
www.direct.gov.uk/booktheorytest
To change a theory test appointment click :
www.direct.gov.uk/changetheorytest
or phone : 0300 200 1122
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