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Emma Cottington

Driving instructor, trainer and Director of UP Driving School (North West England), author of The Learner Driver Logbook and frequent guest on The Instructor Podcast.

Sep 30, 2026

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For
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me, like looking at the eligibility thing, I was 21 and over.
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I was just 21.
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I remember I wanted to be a driving instructor.
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Ironically now, looking back, because I enjoyed my driving lessons.
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And it's only now that I actually realised that those driving lessons weren't actually that good.
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But at the time, I really enjoyed them.

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so i want to continue with this one emma first and then tom i'll let you come back in afterwards kind of the same question when someone is choosing a sponsor or choosing where or how to get their training What are the key things they should be looking for and how do they know if that's training is good?

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