​With over 30 years in the business, Dalton is the driving school that has educated more drivers (of all ages and skill levels) in south Sydney. Our difference lies in customised driving lessons, support for supervising parents, an advanced driving program, practice tests and qualified instructors with decades of valuable experience.
Dalton instructors care about getting your learner driver through their driving test, but also making sure they are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe on the roads.
We currently provide driving lessons in the Sutherland Shire, St. George, Inner West, Illawarra & Bankstown areas. Lessons for learners are undertaken in our fleet of late model cars, fitted with dual controls for extra safety, whilst lessons for older and advanced drivers may be taken in the driver’s own car. Value for money packages are available, as well as a free session under the federal government funded Keys 2 Drive program for eligible participants.
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Everyone’s needs are different, and our expertise allows us to pinpoint your learning needs, whether it is negotiating a right hand turn safely or successfully completing a reverse park. To make learning easier, tuition must follow a specific order so that the necessary skills can be developed quickly. We utilise this order to provide the most efficient training with the best results. It’s all about quality, rather than quantity.
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We also offer unique customer support, providing guidance and resolving issues to ensure everything goes smoothly throughout the learning process. We are truly here to help!
MEET OUR TEAM
MARK
The principal of Dalton Driving School, is well respected in the industry, having taught over 4,000 learner drivers, conducted over 40,000 incident free driving lessons, trained over 250 driving instructors in NSW and beyond, and provided road safety lectures to over 30,000 high school students.
He holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction, is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW), is an accredited coach for the Safer Drivers Course and a Service NSW Older Driver Assessor.
JOE
An experienced automatic instructor with over 25 years experience. He holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction and is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW).
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As part of his commitment to promoting road safety education, Joe has been involved in Kogarah Council’s Senior Drivers Program; as well as a number of local high school road safety programs, providing evaluation drives to students to help them assess and improve their safety on the road.
SHARON
An experienced manual and automatic instructor with over 30 years experience. She holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction and is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW).
As part of her long standing commitment with road safety education, Sharon has participated in various road safety initiatives including high school driver education programs and the Sutherland Shire Council Young Driver Awareness weeks; and is trained in teaching advanced driving techniques. This area of training is important to her as she teaches students in the North Illawarra area as well as the Sutherland Shire.
KEL
An experienced manual instructor with over 25 years experience. He holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction, is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW), and is a Service NSW Older Driver Assessor.
As part of his commitment to promoting road safety education, Kel has been involved in local high school road safety programs.
Kel services the St George and Sutherland Shire, and is one of the few manual instructors in these areas with the expertise to establish the correct manual car control skills quickly and confidently.
DEAN
An automatic & manual instructor with 20 years mentoring and training experience. He holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction and is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW).
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Dean is passionate about teaching new drivers the skills necessary to be safe drivers for life, and he works closely with home tutors to achieve this outcome. With his proven abilities as a trainer, excellent communications skills and commitment to his local community in Helensburgh, Dean offers the highest standards in driving tuition, test preparation and support for his students and their families in the Illawarra and Sutherland Shire.
MICHAEL
An automatic instructor with 35 years professional driving and training experience. He holds a Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction, is a member of the Australian Driver Trainers Association (NSW) and is an accredited coach for the Safer Drivers Course.
Michael has combined his vast driving experience, from transporting dangerous goods to chauffeur driving, with his expertise as a high school self-defence instructor and model plane flight trainer, to become a driving instructor.
Teaching in the St George and Sutherland Shire areas for the past 7 years, Michael has had the opportunity to fine tune his skills and expertise to provide the correct training and specific tuition methods to suit the needs of each learner, ensuring they become independent, safe drivers.
JAMES
An automatic instructor with 15 years experience as an educator, teaching at institutions such as the University of Sydney and National Institute of Dramatic Art.
In addition to his Certificate IV qualification in Driving Instruction, James has a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Hons) University of Sydney in Theatre & Performance Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Dramatic Art (Directing), NIDA. He is also an accredited Mental Health First Aider.
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James has grown up around driving instructors and the driving school industry, absorbing from an early age the importance of safe driving for everyone on the road; and with this experience and his proven advanced teaching and communication skills, James is able to provide the highest standards of tuition to meet the specific needs of every learner driver.
His specialty is assisting learners with anxiety issues, providing strategies to build confidence for the test and general driving.