Successes

Despite travelling many miles on motorways for her job, and coaching sessions being infrequent for various reasons, Francesca Riches passed the ADT at the first time of asking with high scores just before Christmas 2023. Her spoken thoughts in particular improved significantly during the course. Congratulations to Francesca and good luck in her new role…

Sian Formby will be” “double celebrating” soon as she passed her advanced test with a F1RST yesterday- a great achievement that was well earned just in time for her birthday. Sian said afterwards “I just want to say a huge THANK YOU to all the Observers and everyone at GAM.  You have all been so…

Denise Beal achieved her new year goal today to pass her advanced test, and she managed that with a confident performance in her driving. Fortunately the floods and wet weather of recent days had subsided, and her examiner was very satisfied with what he saw and heard – “A good pass and well done”, with…

Congratulations to Cathy Kane who passed her advanced test earlier this week with flying colours. Cathy said afterwards “I am very relieved and grateful to you all at GAM for your help and support.” Cathy’s examiner was very impressed with the level of skill shown during the test. He commented particularly on competently delivered pre-drive…

Many congratulations to Maryam Sharp who finally managed to get to her advanced test after the pandemic and other delays – it was a determined performance that shows you can pass if you keep practicing and learning. Maryam was very pleased she got there in the end, and was full of praise for the GAM…

Aaron Mayes scored a very impressive result on his advanced test earlier in the week. He has only been driving for a couple of years but applied himself diligently to the task of attaining a higher standard in his driving and was very successful. Gaining a F1rst award is no mean feat! Aaron’s examiner had…

Despite some poor weather and very wet roads, Will Haseldine got on with it whenever conditions allowed, and passed his advanced driving test on Thursday in some style. He impressed his examiner with good theoretical knowledge on the System of car control, including the benefits of moving brake check which was well executed and very…

Hannah Creasey cruised through her advanced test at the weekend and scored a ‘perfect 10’ – well actually it was a complete set of ‘1’ scores, top marks in every section. This meant her examiner had no hesitation in awarding Hannah a ‘F1rst’ Pass, the highest award possible in the IAM Advanced Driving Test. Her…

Many congratulations to Olivier Hofstede who achieved a perfect score in his test a few days ago.  Olivier was awarded a ‘1’ for every category which is an extremely rare occurrence.  There was not much else for the examiner to say other than “Olivier provided an excellent drive over the prescribed route; he is a relatively…

Julia Roper has persevered with her IAM training and she passed the advanced driving test a few days ago. Julia said afterwards “it’s a relief it’s over! Doing this has helped with the anxiety side of driving and enlightened me in the ways of how driving has changed since I passed my test many years…