Drivex Academy - our history
Drivex Academy aims to deliver high-quality driver training with a refreshingly modern style and syllabus. However, did you know that Drivex Academy can trace its roots back to 1997 and the creation of The Way Ahead School of Motoring?
The Way Ahead School of Motoring made its public launch in 1998 and quickly became the leading driving school on the Isle of Wight. For example, The Way Ahead was:
- The first driving school on the Isle of Wight to create and produce its own Course Guide and Log Book. This Course Guide and Log Book was even used by the Driving Standards Agency and the Transport Research Laboratory to help develop the next generation of driver training materials.
- The first driving school on the Isle of Wight to introduce driving lessons for 16 year-olds with its famous Headstart driving lessons.
- The first driving school on the Isle of Wight to introduce a Skid-Control training course.
- The only driving school on the Isle of Wight to gain entry onto the ORDIT Register, in other words the only IOW-based driving school to be given official Driving Standards Agency accreditation to train people to become driving instructors AND to train existing instructors up to a higher standard.
- The first driving school on the Isle of Wight to introduce Licence Category B+E Trailer Training Courses.
Drivex Academy can trace its roots back to 1997 and the creation of The Way Ahead School of Motoring.
In 2006 the Directors of The Way Ahead created Drivex Limited, a business aimed at delivering high-quality driver assessments and training for businesses, charities and other organisations who are seeking to manage their exposure to Occupational Road Risk.
At the same time those instructors at The Way Ahead who wished to participate in delivering practical driver training for Drivex Limited successfully obtained their Driving Standards Agency Fleet Certificates at the first attempt.
Drivex continued the pioneering tradition established by The Way Ahead and soon developed its own reputation for delivering high-quality driver assessment and training facilities, to such an extent that Drivex now has clients all over the South of the U.K.
To those instructors who were delivering practical in-vehicle training for Drivex clients it soon became apparent that the low-risk, fuel-efficient driving skills being promoted would benefit new drivers as well. The result was a dramatic improvement in both the learner drivers' enjoyment of their training as well as a substantial improvement in driving test pass rates!
With the continued desire to remain at the forefront of learner driver training on the Isle of Wight and to reflect the modern, fresh approach to driver training that epitomises the Drivex philosophy, the decision was taken in 2013 to introduce a new 'minimum qualification standard' for all instructors of learner drivers above and beyond those accepted by other driving schools. To accompany this change a new syllabus incorporating the latest low-risk, fuel-efficient driving techniques is introduced and from this point all learner driver training now falls within scope of the Drivex family with Drivex Academy.
The result was a dramatic improvement in both the learner drivers' enjoyment of their training as well as a substantial improvement in driving test pass rates!
To find out more about learning to drive with Drivex Academy contact Steve Cocks or Roger Spaven on 01983 810012.