THE number of driving instructors compared to learner drivers in Hereford has been revealed.

Hereford and the surrounding area beats the national average of provisional driving license holders per instructor.

In Hereford and the surrounding area there are 96 approved driving instructors and 16,983 provisional license holders, amounting to 177 provisional holders per instructor.

This quite considerably lower than the national average of 243 provisional holders per instructor.

Llandrindod Wells, also nearby, has the best result across the country with only 125 provisional license holders per instructor as they have 30 instructors for the 3756 holders.

By a vast amount, West Central London has the worst ratio with only seven instructors for the 9,178 who have a provisional license, resulting in 1,311 provisional license holders per instructor.

The data comes from insurance company Dayinsure.

Nicholas Shaw, director of operations at Dayinsure, said: “learners in some areas may struggle to find an instructor in time to start their driving lessons on time. We would like to remind learners that they don’t need to wait for their instructor to start practicing for their practical driving test.”

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In Herefordshire, there are several five-star driving schools according to Google users.

All of Hereford Driving School’s 82 reviews are five stars and one reviewer wrote, “Today I have passed my driving test in my first attempt. I’m really grateful to my instructor Dev without him it wasn’t possible. He is very calm, professional and very dedicated. His instructions are very clear to catch. I wish their success.”.

Go Driving has over 15 years of experience with all 48 reviews rating it five stars. “5/5 would recommend these as driving instructors they keep you very calm, teach you everything you need to know to be able to keep safe on the road , lots of friendly banter that just helps keep you at ease if you are nervous, was an all round amazing experience,” wrote Michael.

Phil’s School of Motoring Hereford is an independent driving school with 32 five-star reviews.  Kate wrote, “Phil helped me to pass my driving test first time after only a few months learning how to drive. He is very patient and provides lots of driving resources which made me feel ready to take my test.”