AA, RED, BSM or Independent?

Look at what people say online, the individual instructors can be either good or bad regardless of whether they are in a school or not. All instructors have their latest "check test" score published on the .gov website so you can see how the government thinks they perform.

I chose mine via recommendations on our local Facebook page. It is good to see who other people have used, but don't be afraid to try more than one. When I first had lessons I didn't get on with the instructor (or like the car much as it was made for people much taller than me) even though nobody else who used him from my school seemed to have any problems. It took me years to pluck up the courage to try again, but it's going so much better this time.