Eastern Scotland

Overview

Graeme Bennett has spent over two decades doing the kind of driver coaching most instructors never touch. From prestige and high-performance vehicle instruction to Land Rover Experience off-road days through the Scottish landscape.

He's focused on behavioural coaching for drivers sent on regulated courses after things went wrong.

Graeme reads a driver quickly and adapts the day to them, because he has coached almost every type there is. He holds full DVSA Approved Driving Instructor status alongside IAM RoadSmart F1RST and RoSPA Gold, and he is one of a small number of UK coaches qualified to RoSPA Level 4 in Advanced Behavioural Driver Training.

Whether you own a performance car you want to drive properly, or you simply want a calmer, sharper, more deliberate day behind the wheel, Graeme builds the session around your goals and the roads you actually drive.

Core Expertise

• Performance and prestige driving. Years of instruction in high-performance and prestige vehicles, coaching owners to get the best from a capable car safely and with control rather than bravado.
• Off-road and low-grip control. A qualified Land Rover Experience off-road instructor, Graeme teaches the vehicle-handling and risk-reading skills that transfer straight back to wet, rural and poorly surfaced roads.
• Behavioural change, not just technique. Qualified to RoSPA Level 4 in behavioural driver training, he works on the decisions and habits behind the wheel, the part of driving that actually keeps you safe once the course is over.
• Roadcraft-based road coaching. Observation, anticipation and safe progress built on the police driving system, tailored to experienced full-licence holders.
• Fleet and post-incident coaching. Extensive experience assessing fleet driver risk and coaching drivers back to confidence after incidents.

Professional Background

• Consultant, Driver Training & Risk Coaching — advanced and regulated driver programmes across corporate and public-sector clients.
• Assistant Manager, Trainer Services, TTC Group — supported a national team of trainers, maintained delivery standards, and acted as Operational Driver CPC Lead.
• Land Rover Experience Off-Road Instructor (Scotland) — delivering off-road capability days following a six-day train-the-trainer programme.
• Licensed NDORS Instructor — delivering national driver awareness courses since 2018.
• Regional Manager, Drink Drive Rehabilitation Scheme — managed regulated programme delivery across Scotland.
• Earlier career progressing from ADI to senior instructor and mentor, including corporate fleet training and coaching.

Qualifications

• DVSA Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) since 2005
• IAM RoadSmart F1RST (2019)
• RoSPA Gold Advanced Test, Car (2012)
• RoSPA Level 4 Award in Advanced Behavioural Driver Training (2021)
• BTEC Level 4 Award in Coaching for Driver Development (2019)
• ORDIT registered instructor trainer (2011)
• Approved Fleet Driver Trainer (2007)
• Highfield Level 4 Award in IQA of Assessment Processes & Practice (2023)
• PDA in Internal Verification of Workplace Assessment, SCQF Level 8 (2025)
• Member: IAM RoadSmart, RoSPA, Motor Schools Association, Driving Instructors Association, Chartered Management Institute

Coaching Philosophy

Graeme's RoSPA Level 4 behavioural training shapes how he coaches. Rather than just correcting technique, he works on what a driver is doing and why, so the improvement holds once the session is over.

Across performance, off-road and everyday road driving, his focus is on the decisions a driver makes early, well before the moment that tests them.