Needham Driving School - Needham, Massachusetts

Lillie Liu

The instructor won’t teach you anything important that will help you pass the road test. Most of the time is spent on driving to the places of parallel parking. Yet, in one hour I only got to do 2 parallel parking. Moreover, the instructor is not being encouraging. They will make you feel you are not prepared for the road test and hope you can pay for more classes. A complete waste of money and time. I have taken three class and I feel very disappointed! Would not recommend.

Joanna Brown

We absolutely loved our experience with Needham Driving School. My daughter is high-functioning autistic and Sharon was her driving instructor. Sharon was so patient and went above and beyond with extra lessons for my daughter. Sharon made sure my daughter was comfortable and confident along the way, always making safety the top priority. My daughter passed her driving test the first time with flying colors. The staff were so friendly and accommodating with scheduling. You could tell they all had a vested interest in how their students were progressing throughout the process. The email reminders were super helpful and it was easy to manage all the details online if needed. We will be coming back to NDS for our two younger children. We wouldn't go anywhere else after this experience. Thank you Paul and Sharon!

marley kim

I am extremely unhappy with the service I received at this driving school. Many of the driving instructors do not provide supportive feedback for the teens to learn from their mistakes. This left my child very unprepared for my driving exam, which they thus failed. Moreover, they were not given feedback as to why they failed the exam. I wrote an email requesting for a retake, where I discovered that it will cost an additional $75 out of pocket. This is extremely upsetting as all of the money I spent on this place did not prepare my child whatsoever.

Mr.wiggins 147

Needham driving school has been very disappointing. They make it pretty much impossible to get enough hours to do your road test and it will take you forever unless you are able to be on twitter every second of the day. Its really an awful system they have up right now and I've heard of much better ones done by other driving schools in the area. Also one driving instructor Dionna made it the worst experience I've ever had in a driving lesson. She did manage to teach me nothing and only made driving for that hour harder and miserable after howing up late to pick me up.

House Blaster

Meagan taught a really engaging zoom class, and made sure that her students had a very good grasp on the subject at hand before moving on. Prepared me really well both for the learner's permit test and driving in general. Thank you Needham Driving School!

Christopher Bezdedeanu

Had a great time here at Needham Driving School. Meagan Ryan was an awesome teacher and the PowerPoints were very informative and much more effective than just a lecture with note taking. Highly recommend it to anyone who needs to take Drivers Ed (try to take the weekend or weeknight classes with Meagan!)

Ashley Kwok

Very disappointed with this driving school after going to a different one - I wish I could get a refund. Do NOT schedule a road test with them. Too Long;Didn't Read summary at the bottom.

Fun fact - forget about calling them. They just let all calls go to voicemail. I was there when someone called and the person in the office didn't pick up. I've called them multiple times to no avail.

If you're someone that needs to be in the same car with an instructor that tailors their teaching to you, this is not the place. If you're lucky enough to get a lesson in the first place (the slots fill up fast), it will be with different instructors and different cars. It's very annoying and not conducive to actually learning how to drive and forming good habits.

Here are some of my bad experiences:
Some of the instructors are okay and very patient. Some are clearly there to just do their job - I wasted 5-10 minutes of multiple sessions just waiting for my instructor to finish going to the bathroom (a sign that admin needs to do better with scheduling back to back lessons). I even picked up another instructor like an errand girl when I was supposed to be learning how to drive. There is one instructor that has said questionable things to me as a POC. Of course, as the student who is significantly younger and who just wants to learn how to drive, this made me uncomfortable and feel like I was unable to speak up. Additionally, during student pickups, I've witnessed instructors refuse to drop a student off at a more convenient location for the student, forcing them to go back home because they're 'not a taxi service,' but other instructors drop their students off.

The road test has a $100 fee for nothing. They glamorize their passing rate during the first lesson but didn't even bring me to the road test route during my last lesson (signalling a lack of communication between teachers and admin). You are not allowed to get comfortable with a new car because the proctor is already in there. I do not even know what the $100 fee goes to because I'm sure going to the RMV is significantly cheaper if money is an issue for you.

TL;DR I'm sure other people have had good experiences with Needham Driving School, but frankly, I feel like I've been snubbed as an adult learner. I wasn't going to leave a review about my experiences until my sister told me that this school took advantage of how I don't know what the best practice is for driving schools (i.e., driving in the same car, being familiar with the operations of that very car, and having the same instructor who can observe your bad habits and correct them). Thankfully, I passed the driver's test with the help of another school. I just wish I didn't waste 9 hours of my life forming bad driving habits.

Alex W

Needham Driving School is the best! AnnaSab is AMAZING!!! My friends and I had her for the class and loved it! Her enthusiasm and love of what she does made it so much fun and made the days fly by. I loved her class so much I had her for all of my hours as well. Her experience as a life coach brings a ton of "positive energy" and makes learning enjoyable. She really connects with each of her students and genuinely cares about each and every teenager. She goes above and beyond as a teacher and also teaches students to think positively and believe in themselves. I could not have asked for a better driving experience and for a better teacher. Paul is also extremely nice and makes sure all students learn in a friendly environment. I would highly recommend Needham Driving School!!!!