ABOUT US
Lee & Amy are a husband and wife team who created Tolson Driver Training in 2020 and are the company directors. We are both fully qualified Government Approved Driving Instructors (ADI's). Lee has been an instructor for over 18 years and Amy since 2016. Lee also mentors trainee instructors, supporting them throughout their ADI training. In 2022, Rob Peters joined us as a trainee instructor on a DVSA trainee licence. In 2022 Rob Peters joined the team.
Amy
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I was born and raised in Kent in the Cranbrook area, I moved to Portsmouth for 4 years, where I started my career as an ADI and we returned to Kent in 2019 to bring up our family.
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After a long career in the Motorsport Industry as an Events Coordinator I moved to Portsmouth to be with Lee and his Daughters, but it was time to settle down into a job that was more family friendly with the hours I was working. This lead me to a role as a trainer for an IT software company. Unfortunately I was made redundant however this opened a door to new career, the more I realised I enjoyed the training role the more it became clear that I should join Lee as a driving instructor. Fast forward a few years, I'm a fully qualified ADI, we are back in Kent and we have our little boy, Zachary.
Lee
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I was born in Portsmouth where I lived until 2019 when Amy and I moved to back to Kent to raise our family. I have 2 Daughters, Georgia who is 22 and Leah who is fast approaching 18! And of course now our little boy Zachary who is 5. At college I trained and qualified as a chef and worked hard for many years in the hotel and restaurant industry. As my girls were born and got older I too realised that I was in an industry that just wasn't going to give me the time to be with my family. I trained as a driving instructor and qualified over 18years ago and never looked back.
For the past couple of years I have also been a mentor to trainee driving instructors supporting them on their journey to become a fully qualified ADI
Outside of work Lee and I love to keep busy with family and friends, enjoying days out and socialising and look forward to our holidays abroad.
The satisfaction that this job brings us is enormous. Nothing can beat the smile of a student who has just passed their driving test . And we couldn't be prouder of them. We love helping others achieve their potential, their goals, their dreams. To us it's not just a job, it's an important part of our life and the pleasure it brings us to help our students reach their goals is fantastic.
Rob
I was born in Ashford and have lived in Kent all my life. I've been married to my amazing wife Emma for ten years and our home is completed by two cocker spaniels, Lucca and Alto. We've spent our life together in Maidstone until recently moving to Headcorn.
My work life has been spent in retail where my passion has always been in coaching and developing people. As the industry has changed over the years and consequently opportunities to spend quality time on training are fewer, I decided to change careers to concentrate on the thing I love most - seeing people grow and develop new skills. That has bought me to this point as a driving instructor.
I was incredibly lucky to meet Lee and Amy and completed all my training with Lee. He was a great mentor and helped me achieve my goal to become and ADI. I'm very proud to be the first franchisee of Tolson Driver Training and am excited to be part of an amazing business who put their students at the centre of everything they do.
In my spare time I enjoy running (I've completed 2 marathons and have a place in the London marathon in October 2022), long walks with our dogs, reading and cooking.