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Inspire Instructor Training Podcast

by Phil Cowley
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  • Passing Part 3: What The Examiner Actually Sees

    September 30, 2026 · 1 hr 20 min

    What is the examiner actually doing from the back seat on your Part 3? Diana sits down with Wayne Pinnington, who spent more than 20 years with DSA and DVSA as a car examiner, an ADI examiner, and then a test centre manager and LDTM, at…

  • Belief Needs Evidence, Action Comes First

    September 16, 2026 · 29 min

    Diana opens this one with a confession. When she was qualifying she had done the reading, sat through the Zooms, learned the theory, and genuinely expected to be the bee's knees the moment she started teaching. She wasn't. Not because the…

  • 10 Controversial Things This ADI Does Differently

    September 8, 2026 · 59 min

    Emma Fonnaland posted a list called "controversial things I do as a driving instructor". It did over 300,000 views and the comments filled with instructors telling her she was wrong. Phil read it, found he disagreed with almost none of it…

  • Stop Fixing Faults, Start Finding Needs

    September 2, 2026 · 12 min

    Faults are the evidence. Needs are the cause. If you only ever fix the thing you saw, you will be fixing it again next week. This episode is about the gap between those two words, and why it decides more Part 3 and Standards Check results…

  • Should You Let Your Pupil Make The Mistake?

    August 26, 2026 · 17 min

    This one came straight out of a question in our Skool community, and it's the argument that splits every instructor Facebook group going: do you step in and be proactive, or do you let the pupil make the mistake and learn from it? Phil's…

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  • Intelligent Instructor "Facilitator of Excellence''

    February 27, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    GuestRachael Butler — Sales & Marketing Director, Intelligent Instructor 10 years at Intelligent Instructor (joined ~6 months after launch)Curates and organises content for Intelligent Instructor PlusRuns 24 online events per year (12…

  • PDA, Trust And Standards Checks

    January 9, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

    ]Episode summary: In this episode, Diana Todd is joined by Kat Tomkinson (Driving Instructor Kat) to discuss PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance) and how it can show up in driving lessons when autonomy feels threatened. Kat shares practical…

  • Celebrating The Ordinary Instructor

    November 15, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min

    In this first episode of the new look Inspire Instructor Training Podcast, host Diana Todd chats with Sarah Baldock, founder of SB Driving School in Maidstone, Kent. Together they explore what it means to be a driving instructor in today’s…

  • My Learner Driver

    July 3, 2025 · 42 min

    🎧 Episode Summary: In this powerful episode, Phil sits down with driving instructor and course creator Kate Monk, the founder of My Learner Driver – an online course designed to help parents of learner drivers become active participants…

  • Become The Learner

    June 20, 2025 · 41 min

    Episode Theme:Stepping into the learner’s role to sharpen your instructor skills, and practical tactics for easing driving-related anxiety.Why Play Learner?Gain fresh perspective on your own training styleSpot best (and worst) teaching…

  • DVSA Consultation

    June 14, 2025 · 55 min

    We dig into the DVSA Consolation on changes to the test booking system. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/improving-car-driving-test-booking-rules/improving-car-driving-test-booking-rules?utm_source=dvsa&utm_me…

  • Start With The Why

    May 28, 2025 · 48 min

    In this Book Club edition of the Inspire Instructor Training Podcast, Phil is joined by Terry Cook (The Instructor Podcast), Andy Sinker, and Kev Lynes to explore Start With Why by Simon Sinek. But this isn’t just a book review — it’s a…

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About the show

The Instructor Training Podcast is aimed at Driving Instructors and Trainee Driving Instructors wanting to improve their lessons and pass their Standards Check or Part 3. Our aim is to break it down and make it simple. 

I will be joined by some of the best trainers and Adi’s in the business along with chats with Pdi’s to gain their perspective on the process of becoming an instructor.