Nicole Hicks - Approved Driving Instructor

05/01/2026

Some great learning opportunities out there on the roads today! ☃️

❄️ Break early and break gently
❄️ Accelerate gently
❄️ See and be seen
❄️ Increase your distance

Lights on and clear the snow from your roof and car - you dont want to be a mobile snowstorm!

Stay safe, stay slow and remember on a day like today, distance is your best friend!

23/12/2025

I'd like to wish all of my followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I hope your festive celebrations are filled with green lights and clear roads ahead! 🚦🚗🎄

​Congratulations to everyone who passed their test with me in 2025 — I can't wait to see more of you in the driver's seat in 2026!

29/11/2025

Get your Christmas vouchers - great present idea! Last date for postage is 19th December - call 01603 957097 or go to how-2-drive.com

19/11/2025

We’re making some subtle but meaningful changes to the practical driving test. 🚗

You may have seen that we have been trialling changes to the driving test at 20 driving test centres.

As part of the trial, learners drove on routes containing more high-speed, rural roads during their driving test, where location allowed. Now, we are rolling out the changes to all driving test centres in Great Britain from 24 November 2025.

As well as increasing the amount of time spent on higher-speed roads, we are:

✅ reducing the number of stops during the test from 4 to 3
✅ lowering the frequency of emergency stop exercises from 1 in 3 tests to 1 in 7
✅ adding flexibility to the independent driving segment, allowing it to run for the full duration of the test

These changes are designed to help improve road safety by better replicating the conditions motorists face in the real world. They won’t affect the skills needed to take a driving test.

Find out more about the changes 👉 https://ow.ly/vMIL50Xu1bT

23/10/2025

Great work Fatima! 👏🏻

Show us your moves!

Well done to Fatima who cracked the forward bay park on only her 2nd attempt!

NORWICH instructor, Nicole Hicks said, "You've made a great start with learning to park, well done 👏🏻" 🚗👌

24/09/2025

Thank you so much to a former pupil for this lovely review!

15/05/2025

Congratulations again to Liza, I'm so pleased for you! Hard work really does pay off!
See you again soon for the car shopping 🚗🙂

Congratulations to Liza who passed today with NORWICH instructor Nicole Hicks.

"I could not be any prouder of Liza today! She passed her driving test this morning with only the 1 fault .🎉She is an inspirational lady and has worked so incredibly hard on her journey to earn that full licence. Wishing you all the best, stay safe on the roads and enjoy that freedom!"

Well done on your awesome result Liza - wishing you all the best on your driving journey! 🚗🤩

28/04/2025

A super 5 stars for NORWICH instructor Nicole Hicks:

"I was very apprehensive about learning to drive initially, being outside of the usual 'first time driver' age range; however I was quickly put at ease by my instructor, Nicole. She made me feel really comfortable and was extremely encouraging. Her patience and ability to adapt her teaching style in line with what I was struggling with was invaluable to getting me on my way to passing my test. Our lessons were very adaptable in terms of planning and Nicole always gave me the option to choose what I wanted to work on. I quickly went from feeling anxious about upcoming lessons, to looking forward to them.

The How2Drive app is also a brilliant feature - the learning resources videos were a great addition to my practical lessons. I would highly recommend this driving school and especially my instructor Nicole - 10 out of 10!"

07/04/2025

PLEASE NOTE: from tomorrow 8th April, the DVSA requires learners to give 10 full working days notice to either cancel or change a practical test - to avoid losing their test fee. This is increasing from the current 3 days. Wait time to rebook another practical test after a failure, will increase from 10 days to 28 days also tomorrow

05/04/2025

Congratulations Caroline 🎉
Zero faults, I knew you could do it! Watching you grow in confidence and develop into such a capable, safe driver has been amazing to watch. I'm going to miss our lessons together! See you on the roads 🚗

Congratulations to Caroline on passing her driving test this morning with instructor Nicole Hicks - and with ZERO faults!!

"I'm so pleased for you and how far you've come on your driving journey. All the best and enjoy that drive to work!"

🥳👍

03/04/2025

Congratulations to James for passing his driving test yesterday and on the first attempt! 🎉

Some great feedback from instructor Nicole Hicks for her student!

"A first time pass for James this afternoon with just 2 driver faults. James also received compliments from the examiner on a really good, solid drive. Congratulations James, a well deserved pass!" 🤩🥳✨