We have operated an instructor training programme since about 1996 and have used a variety of instructor trainers. Since 2005 we have exclusively used Graham Hooper, the proprietor of 1st 4 Driving Instruction. He is based in Ashford in Kent and is currently one of the highest qualified instructors in the country. Not only is he a GRADE 6 instructor, the highest grade achievable, he has qualifications in every area required to become an Approved Driving Instructor (ADI).

During this time we have never had any instructor fail their part 3 instructional ability test more than twice (3 attempts max). That's effectively a 100% pass rate for the last 30+ (July 09) of our instructors.

As such we have now employed Graham as our Senior Trainer and are developing a range of courses to help qualify and to help develop our instructors into the best around.

Graham is a DIA registered classroom teacher and has an Advanced Certificate in Adult Education stages 1 2 & 3 (Cert Ed) this also proves useful for the part 3 examination. He also holds the DIA Diploma in driving instruction which allows him to use the initials ADI Dip DI after his name.

As your tutor for part 2 his qualifications are many, including the Cardington Special Driving Test for ADI’S which he has passed with no faults which is an exceptional achievement, this test is an Advanced driving test only available to ADI’S.

He is a Diamond Advanced Instructor which is an advanced driving test that has many similarities with the part 2 test of driving ability.

He also has qualifications in advanced driving, these are the BTEC Diploma in advanced driving instruction and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents diploma in advanced driving techniques.

For the part 3 test his knowledge and experience within the driver training industry will be passed on to you and his own ability in the core competencies allows him to role play the examiners part in this test.

Other qualifications:
ADI trainer course qualifications
Emergency first aid certificate
Pass Plus registered
Fleet registered
ORDIT registered
SAFED trainer
SAFED assessor