All Our instructors are fully qualified and members of professional bodies with many benefits including full public liability cover; however, Frank, our guard dog isn't and simply provides security services (see bottom of page!!)
Gareth
Gareth is a fully qualified instructor who joined Turn-2-Us in 2009. Gareth is married and has two young children. He was born on the isle of Sheppey and has lived either in or around Sittingbourne all his life, which makes him ideally placed for pupils living in Sittingbourne, Faversham, Isle of Sheppey or even Canterbury and surrounding areas.
Although Gareth attends Church on a Sunday morning, you will often find him giving driving lessons on a Sunday afternoon .
Gareth’s hobbies include football and follows Liverpool FC. He used to play in goal for Sittingbourne and Herne Bay and actually coaches children the art of goalkeeping one evening a week. This makes him an ideal driving instructor as he can tackle any problems his pupils have with learning to drive.
Mitch
Mitch has always enjoyed driving and was a London Black Cab Driver for many years prior to becoming a Driving Instructor. Mitch joined the team in October 2008 and lives on the Hoo Peninsular so is ideally suited to teach pupils manual tuition around Grain, Gravesend and the Medway Towns .
Mitch is a specialist in pupils with aspergers syndrome and recently one of his pupils has sucessfully passed their driving test.
Prior to christmas Mitch had 9 test passes in 2 weeks - What a fantastic pass rate!
He has a love of flying with a keen interest in microlights and all types of aeroplanes. Like most lads when he was growing up he had a motorbike and never lost his enthusiasm for riding.
Mitch is a keen wildlife conservationist and in his spare time cares for injured wild animals and bird life.
He is married with two daughters and currently shares his home with a large number of injured animals waiting to be released back into the wild.
Brian
Born and bred in Sheppey, Brian moved away to follow a career in nursing for 30 years. He is now back and this genuine ‘swampy’ is well placed to offer driving lessons on the island . He is a GRADE 5 INSTRUCTOR and offers automatic and manual lessons here, across Medway, Swale, Maidstone and Faversham. Brian holds an IAM Advanced Driving certificate, a Diamond Taxi Trainer certificate, a RoSPA GOLD Advanced Driving qualification and is a registered Pass Plus provider.
A calm and very patient instructor, Brian is happy teaching and coaching pupils of all abilities.
"fantastic"
"Excellent value for money"
"I'm not really smart, but thanks to Brian I passed my theory test"
-These are just a few comment our customers have left regarding the service Brian provides. Please click here to see more comments some of Brian's pupils have left on our customer comments page.
Asif
Asif lives in Gillingham, Kent and grew up in Medway where he has lived sinced 1973. I have good knowledge of the local area and as a child attended Upbury Manor School in Gillingham, as well as The Howard School in Rainham (Kent). I also attended Horsted College in Chatham, where I studied 'Business Studies' at BTEC Level. I am very interested in English and History and studied these to 'A' Level standard.
Also I have a great passion for motorcycle racing, car racing and - like most Asians - I also love cricket!! I follow football as well and support Arsenal.
I like cinema, restaurants and socialising. I am also fairly well known in my local area and have many friends.
Auriel
Auriel lives on the Isle of Sheppey and works in the Sittingbourne/Swale and Medway areas.
An Instructor with lots of experience she also takes pupils for test at the Herne Bay test centre. She is undertaking a lot of self development to enhance the quality of her instruction, which is a reflection of the very high standard of driving and training she provides for her clients. She has now gained the much sort ROSPA GOLD qualification. Auriel has also achieved the Diamond Advanced Motorist Certificate, is a member of the DIA and is a Diamond Advanced Instructor. She is committed to CPD (Continuous personal development) and is working towards a Diploma in Driving Instruction.
Auriel also provides Driving Instructor training for Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Qualification to become a Driving Instructor.
With what little time she does get to herself she is taking lessons in playing a guitar and scuba diving.
Kim
Kim lives in Sittingbourne, his hobbies include driving as he belongs to The Reject 4x4 Club and drives a Landrover for off-roading in his spare time. He is an Instructor at the True Grip off road Site in Herne Bay several times a month. An experienced motorcyclist he is studying for the IAM Advanced Motorcyclist Qualification , as Kim says, “motorcycling allows me to engage with the environment I am riding in, driving a comfortable car degrades the feel for the roads you experience as a rider”. This improves my driving and my tuition which benefits my clients as a result.
Kim holds the Diamond Advanced Driver Qualification and also is also listed on the DSA’s register as a Qualified Fleet Trainer .
Kim is also a Qualified SAFED Trainer , working with Van Drivers and Fleet Managers. More recently he qualified as a Trainer on the Speed Awareness Course run by Kent County Council.
He provides Trailer Training to companies and individuals using both the horsebox and caravan preparing people for test or simply helping peoples confidence with reversing and towing.
The off roading experience he has gained over the last decade, adds to his driving lessons. Kim Works with many of the unlicenced drivers that turn-2-us for help, he also works with Drivers Training for the Taxi Drivers Test.
A lifetime in customer service is now channeled into the service he provides his clients over the last five years as a driving instructor. Kim say's " I do all the driving when the family travel in Europe, this helps my tuition as i know how clients feel when they are overwhelmed by the learning experience, anyone who has negotiated the Route Peripherique around Paris will understand".
Covers all the areas in which the school operates, his main role is providing commercial services to Companies and the intensive course the school operates and works in both Auto and Manual transmission cars.
Tony
Our B+E Trailer Training specialist. Tony can be found most days at Bayford Meadows kart circuit where he specialises in training anyone who needs to learn how to tow. Tony has been an instructor for the last 4 years and also teaches manual driving lessons in the Gravesend, Sidcup, Dartford and Orpington areas.
Tony is married with 2 teenage children. He has a very calm nature and is particularly helpful to our nervous pupils. Although he specialises in B+E trailer training, he also enjoys, Archery in his spare time and at the moment is hoping to be picked for the judging team for the 2012 Olympics.
Teresa - Office Manager
Teresa lives in Sittingbourne and her hobbies are dancing and swimming, although with office hours from 7am till 10pm every day this leaves little time for hobbies.
Teresa will be doing the "Race for Life" in aid of Cancer research this year, and uses any free time that she has at the moment for training!
Although Teresa is not a driving instructor, she can arrange your lessons, book either your Practical or Theory Test and help with any queries you may have.
She says "The common link between all our callers is that they enjoy talking with a person rather than an answerphone". A lifetime of customer service is now one of our unique offerings which our competitors are unable to provide.
Keli
Keli is working part-time with us whilst studying for a degree in forensic science, she brings detail to the office which is much needed. She deals with all the "tech problems" and takes your calls. In her spare time she is an accomplished pole dancer.
Nikki
Our youngest fully qualified Driving Instructor. She enjoys music and cooking in her spare time. Nikki has always lived in Sittingbourne, and enjoys helping her students learn in manual and automatic cars and has a cool, calm nature when teaching her pupils to drive. Nikki specialises in ladies driving lessons (although is more than happy to teach the gents) in and Sittingbourne, Medway and Sheppy, in both automatic and manual lessons and has had great success in doing so. She is currently training to take her B+E (Trailer Training) Qualification, and hopes to teach this subject in the future.
FRANK - SECURITY GUARD!!!
Introducing FRANK - Head of Security, he slaves away guarding property and cars. Pictured here on his annual holiday, his hobbies include eating ice cream, chasing cats, and meeting lady boxers - you can follow Frank's fortunes on Facebook!!!