Julie Mansley Manor Park Driving School

Fantastic experience: Just finished Driver Refresher lessons with Sue who was knowledgeable professional. She coached me back to self confidence driving after many years of not driving. Would highly recommend

Fantastic experience: After failing my test twice under a different instructor a few years ago i was apprehensive to start learning again, however under Julie I managed to pass first time. She is incredibly patient and has helped me unlearn bad habits whilst teaching me to drive safely and confidently - I really recommend :)

Fantastic experience: Would 100% recommend! Just passed my test on the first attempt after learning with Sue! Sue is a wonderful teacher that is incredibly encouraging and supportive. The lessons were adaptable and Sue was a great coach, her incorporation of a textbook helped clarify different scenarios and made me feel like I was making mountains of progress. She really made me feel very comfortable as a learner and I looked forward to our lessons each week. Pick up was flexible around Dorchester which allowed me to get the train and was very helpful. Sue raised my confidence as a driver and a person throughout the span of our lessons and I couldn't be more grateful, 5 stars!

Fantastic experience: I recently passed my test first time after learning with Sue. She was a brilliant teacher who was patient, thorough and encouraging. Thanks for all your help!

Fantastic experience: Julie is an absolutely fantastic teacher. I learned a lot and passed on my first time. She has a great energy and lovely personality. She's never judgemental or condescending and I would 100% recommend her to anyone of all ages. Thanks a lot Julie, good luck for the future :)

Fantastic experience: My driving instructor was Sue and she was absolutely amazing! She knew that I was an older and very nervous student. She phoned me before lessons even started to introduce her self and tell me about herself and the car. When we started getting into lessons I informed her that my GP has started a referral for an autism diagnosis. And she changed how she was doing lessons ti best suit me and my additional needs as well as always checking up on me and how the process was going. It was because of her that I passed my test first time with no mental health breakdowns like I had when I was 17. Thank you so so much Sue xx

Fantastic experience: I have passed the test at the first attempt Thank you Julie for being a wonderful instructor and support ,through out this process of learning. I was very nervous and knew NOTHING about driving in the beginning.From the first lesson ,you made sure that I am learning it right thereby boosting my confidence and it ease my nerves. I am very thankful to you ,words can’t express my gratitude.

Fantastic experience: I passed first time with the help of Julie! She is a great instructor and always put my nerves at ease. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: I waited for ages because I specifically wanted Julie to be my instructor, as the reviews were so good. The first lesson we had she immediately put me at ease, and she gets to know your pace and knowledge whilst always making sure you're safe and happy. I'm sure I drove her around the bend (she'll like that pun), but was always positive and supportive. Thanks to Julie I passed first time.

Fantastic experience: So I passed my test first time with my instructor, Sue. Sue is a very special instructor, and there is no way I would have passed my test without her, and her ability to adapt her teaching and style of teaching to what I needed. Having a variation of autism, having the way things were explained and the formats of the lessons changed until they were understood was executed brilliantly. To say that she taught me to pass the test would be a disservice, as in the course of the lessons, I learned to really drive. You learn how to listen to what the car is telling you, how to read the road, and other road users. Do I recommend Manor Park Driving School? Absolutely. You're in very, very good hands with Sue. She's a fantastic, friendly instructor that I, and my driving, are richer for meeting. (EDIT: Changed "was" for "way" in the second sentence)

Fantastic experience: Would absolutely recommend learning with Julie. She is a great teacher, she's calm and explains things in a clear way, helping me learn to drive and help me overcome my nerves.

Fantastic experience: So grateful for Julie who is a brilliant instructor and helped me pass my driving test! Julie took me on when my previous instructor let me down, she fit me in as quick as she could for lessons. I couldn’t have done it without her time, effort and patience that she gave me to get me to my driving test. I couldn’t recommend her enough! :)

Fantastic experience: Julie is a really great driving instructor, who is extremely patient and motivating. I would not have passed without her, and recommend her driving school very highly.

Fantastic experience: Couldn’t have asked for a better experience. My driving instructor, Sue is very knowledgeable and helpful. I would recommend this school to anyone. Thanks to Sue i passed the test first time. Thank you very much :)

Fantastic experience: Sue has been an amazing instructor, she got me through my test despite my learning being disrupted by the pandemic. I started off as a very nervous driver and sue helped me become the confident driver i am today, i cant thank her enough for her patience and teaching me to drive anywhere and any when; not just to pass the test!

Fantastic experience: So thankful to Sue who was an excellent instructor and helped me pass first time!! She is a very patient and conscientious instructor and I never would have passed without her expert advice. I had been driving for a year previously and she excellently prepared me. Couldn't recommend her highly enough for the huge impact she has had on my driving.

Fantastic experience: Amazing teacher, really enjoyed all my lessons and could reccomend her more! X

Fantastic experience: I have had sue for the last year and she has been wonderful and very understanding of my confidence as I started off as a nervous driver. She has helped me pass my theory and practical driving test first time! Would highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Excellent driving instructor xx

Fantastic experience: Julie is an amazing teacher. So patient and explains things clearly. Her sense of humour really helped me with my nerves. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her.

Fantastic experience: Really high quality lessons- Julie made sure every situation was covered thoroughly- all ready to pass my test first time in Dorchester today! :) She made me feel at ease throughout and very organised and reliable with booking lessons. Thank you Julie!

Fantastic experience: Highly recommend!! One of the best in Dorchester, extremely reliable and will have you passed in no time!

Fantastic experience: Julie is a brilliant instructor, got along straight away. She is nice, chatty and will always make you laugh; really makes you feel more relaxed during the lessons. Couldn’t have asked for a better instructor and managed to pass first time with her! Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Julie is a fantastic teacher and has really turned my confidence around! I now have my license and it’s all down to Julie! Would highly recommend to anyone

Fantastic experience: Julie is a really lovely lady who really cares if her pupils succeed or not - I managed to pass my test when she taught me, which was possibly more difficult that usual since im from Devon and she operates in Dorchester ! But would definitely recommend her to anyone !

Fantastic experience: Took my lessons here with Sue, she is a very good instructor and took the time to help me become a good enough driver myself to pass first time thank you

Fantastic experience: Julie is a fabulous instructor and I would 100% recommend!

Fantastic experience: I learnt to drive with Julie about 4 years ago. I remember being totally chaotic with driving, never too scared off the road just rushing into decisions whilst driving. I remember after over 40 lessons and about a week before i was about to leave for my first year of university Julie made me pull the car over and said "what's stopping you from taking this test" and made me list the reasons why i didn't think i was ready... even if she didn't, she showed me she had faith in me and knew i'd pass even if i wasn't so sure in myself. A week later i passed with no majors or minors, nothing and drove perfectly, long story short, she gave me the push i needed and its one of the best decisions i've ever made to get it out of the way before university started because now i am the most confident driver and its one of my best achievements ! Thank you.

Fantastic experience: Julie is an amazing driving instructor. She is very understanding and put me at ease when i was anxious. She is encouraging but will never push you out of your comfort zone. Can’t thank Julie enough for all the help she gave me during my lessons as well as in her own time!!

Fantastic experience: Very pleased! with sue got me through my test nice and quick would highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Very friendly and knowledgeable instructor

Fantastic experience: Sue is very understanding when you make mistakes, very friendly instructor + super good car!!!!

Fantastic experience: Sue taught me so much over the year in which she taught and I am so grateful! She is so kind and helpful and I would recommend her to anyone! Thank you Sue xx

Fantastic experience: Great quality of teaching and helped not only to pass but to become a better driver in the process. Full of knowledge and really helpful.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful Instructor! Would highly recommend Julie- she is patient, encouraging and made me feel at ease.

Fantastic experience: Had a few lessons with Pete for pointers before taking a test to upgrade to a manual license since my Canadian license only got me an automatic. Pete was very informative and calm. Would recommend him for any new drivers.

Fantastic experience: Julie is an amazing driving instructor, stays calm, and takes care in understating in how a person is and thinks and teaches around that. Highly recommend to anyone!

Fantastic experience: We wanted to find a good, safe, local driving instructor, with excellent reviews for our daughter to begin her driving lessons. After investigating online we found Julie. In Julie we found an excellent driving instructor, great communication, worked lessons around school and work schedule, gave both our daughter, my wife and I confidence. We received lesson updates throughout and was always available for any additional questions. Julie helped our daughter pass her theory/driving tests first time. We would highly recommend Julie to any potential students or in our case parents looking for their children. Thank you Julie.

Fantastic experience: Julie is so lovely, and she teaches you at whatever pace you feel comfortable with. Great instructor

Fantastic experience: Absolute amazing driving instructor, really good at understanding you and so helpful and outgoing, defiantly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Made learning to drive really enjoyable and was the reason I managed to get through my driving test without any minors. Would highly recommend if your looking to learn how to drive.

Fantastic experience: Can't recommend Julie enough! Julie has been an amazing instructor to me over the last few months, passing my test first time with 1 minor! Thanks again Julie

Fantastic experience: friendly, patient driving instructor, would recommend to anyone who struggles with confidence like I did!

Fantastic experience: Words cannot describe how amazing Julie is. When I first started learning I was a nervous wreck, she soon changed that - its thanks to Julie that I have grown in confidence and passed my test today - I cannot thank you enough xxxxxxxx

Fantastic experience: Julie is an absolutely amazing driving instructor. We got on from day one and I passed my test quickly and happily :) I can't thank her enough for all that she taught me and in particular the way she taught :) I have recommended to all my friends and family and will continue to recommend! I often said she was a walking encylcopaedia for driving! I could ask her any question and she would have the answers! I learnt so much not just about driving but about myself, my confidence and decision making have sky rocketed! So thankyou again Julie for teaching me to drive I couldn't have asked for anyone better! Calypso Taylor .

Fantastic experience: Julie's an incredible driving instructor there's not a bad word I could say about her, she's helped me not only in the car but also outside teaching me ways to control my anger and everything, highly recommended.

Fantastic experience: Really friendly and encouraging instructor. Definitely knows her stuff. Really good at picking out problems with your driving and setting them as objectives to quickly smash! 10/10 would recommend.

Fantastic experience: Fantastic driving instructor, great teaching method, very experienced and knowledgeable. Felt more like I was being taught to drive than taught to pass the test, highly recommend learning to drive with Julie

Fantastic experience: Super friendly and understanding instructor. Julie helped me to build up my confidence and trust in my own ability to drive competently. She is constantly getting you to self-assess and pinpoint areas that need improvement, which I found very helpful. She is always calm and knows exactly what she is doing. We also had many a good laugh too!

Fantastic experience: Well what can I say,what an amazing instructor Julie is :-) she helped me deal with everything I needed to pass my test with her 1st time! I'm so grateful to her helping me build my confidence enough to achieve a pass. I would highly recommend her to anybody,she is very calm,patient & listens to you & your individual needs with no pressure. Thankyou so much Julie :-) so happy!!

Fantastic experience: Great instructor, friendly and patient, would definitely recommend to anyone!

Fantastic experience: Would highly recommend Julie to anybody, cannot thank her enough for getting me through my test and on my first time! She is patient, calm and made driving lessons fun! Thank you Julie!!

Fantastic experience: This woman is amazing ! So calm and knowledgeable ! Started driving 3rd of May 2016 and passed 8th August 2016 ! All thanks to you Julie !

Fantastic experience: Julie taught me to drive and pass my test first time all in the space of 10 months! She is excellent at keeping you calm and making you think for yourself in unfamiliar situations, preparing you for Independent driving in the real world! She makes you feel very comfortable and has a lot of time and paitence for her students, would recommend to anyone!

Fantastic experience: Julie is a great driving instructor, patient, friendly and always encouraging. Managed to get me past nervousness at driving and now I have passed and am very pleased. Cannot recommend her more highly!

Fantastic experience: Julie was a massive help in keeping me calm and keeping my nerves down during my test. Such a calm instructor especially if you want to learn to drive well rather then fast. Would highly recommend! Thankyou Julie!

Fantastic experience: Just passed my driving test with Julie! Really enjoyed learning to drive with her, she is really friendly and patient. Always kept me feeling calm and not panicking about driving. I had a bad experience with a different driving school and I'm so glad I changed and started learning with Julie! Just wish I'd started learning with her first! Highly recommended!

Fantastic experience: Julie taught me to drive 9 years ago. After a difficult experience with a previous instructor I was very nervous to try again and it took me 4 years to pluck up the courage. Julie immediately put me at ease and never made me feel foolish! She was always warm and positive and gave me lots of confidence. Thanks to Julie I passed my test first time

Fantastic experience: Excellent, friendly instructor passed first time with only three minors would and have highly recommended too anyone and everyone:)

Fantastic experience: Julie is an absoultely fantastic driving instructor! Julie is a highly skilled instructor that is warm, knowledgable, funny and patient. She has a wonderful sense of humour that helped us get through some pretty quirky driving on my part! She spent a large amount of time working on ways to help me build my confidence and always encouraged me to believe in myself. I am truly grateful for everything she did to get me through my test and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to start driving!

Fantastic experience: I can not give Julie enough stars, she was absolutely wonderful and she is a fantastic driving instructor. I booked 2 lots of 10 lessons and passed on my first test, she made me feel calm, comfortable and confident when driving. She sets plans for what you want to do on the next lesson and helps you on what you think you need to improve and what she thinks that you need to improve. She would never put you on a test without thinking that you were totally ready. Julie is a right laugh and you have fun as well as learning an important life skill!! Definitely learn to drive with Manor Park Driving School! I'll miss it!

Fantastic experience: Julie is an excellent teacher who makes learning to drive a fun and enjoyable journey! Her skills as a teacher are amazing - she makes you feel confident and comfortable when learning. Julie taught myself and my sister to drive, resulting in two first time passes (one of which with no minors!). We highly recommended Julie to everyone looking for a great driving instructor! Thanks again :)

Fantastic experience: Julie was a great instructor- thorough, chatty and funny. I wouldn't have chosen anyone else to teach me how to drive.

Fantastic experience: Lovely lady , chatty , friendly , made me feel comfortable and she also helped me pass with only 3minors 10/10 would reccomend every time :)

Fantastic experience: I would recommend Julie as a excellent driving instructor who got all three of my boys through their driving tests. She was truly inspirational and encouraging to all of them. A huge thank you!!

Fantastic experience: Julie is a great instructor! Lessons are great fun and she gets you a test pass and is very patient. Would highly recommend, very friendly and good teaching techniques. Passed with her first time!

Fantastic experience: I would really recommend Julie to anyone looking for a driving instructor! I had taken my test before with another instructor in a different place and had lost a lot of confidence. In a short space of time Julie worked with me to improve my confidence, driving technique and ability to manage 'tricky' situations! This meant I passed my driving test in a place I wasn't really sure of in a different car I originally learnt in for the first time with her! Thank you so much for everything Julie!! I will miss my driving lessons with you!

Fantastic experience: I would absolutely recommend Julie as a driving instructor - I thoroughly enjoyed my lessons with her. Julie really knows what she is doing and I always felt I was in good hands. She is patient and calm and always gives helpful feedback. I always looked forward to lessons as she made them fun and relaxed and at the same I learned a lot. I couldn't believe I’d pass first time, but I did! Thanks Julie :)