Driving Lessons for Senior Pupils

Driving Lessons for Senior Pupils

Glasgow's Castlemilk High and neighbouring St Margaret Mary's Secondary School decided to provide free driving lessons for senior pupils aged 15 to 17 as part of the school curriculum. Last year, 22 boys took part in a pilot scheme and this year another 63 boys and girls have jumped at the chance to take the wheel. And now the scheme is being extended so more pupils can learn to drive for free - some of them before they are legally allowed on the road. As well as getting driving, theory and hazard lessons, pupils also get talks from police, fire officers and road safety experts.

Organisers hope the project will help cut the high number of young people killed or injured in road smashes. Schools of Ambition co-ordinator Rod O'Donnell said the free driving lessons were "hugely ambitious and imaginative". He added: "At a time when there is major national concern over the number of young driver accident statistics, the Castlemilk scheme is impressive. It not only addresses the whole area of responsible driving and road safety in a dramatically practical manner but it is also adding to the skills and self-confidence of a significant number of young people from the Castlemilk area.

Since 2005 G&M Driving Centre have been the only Driving School in Glasgow to be allowed to supply driving lessons to secondary school kids inside their school premises. This project has since brought our company to the attention of the national press to such a level that recently we were featured in 2 Scottish newspapers.