Chris Elwick Driver Training wins Driving School of the Year, North England in the 2025 Prestige Awards

Friday 13th may be unlucky for some, however, we have some exciting news to announce - what better day to tell you about it than today!

We were recently nominated and shortlisted in the 2025/26 Prestige awards, we can now officially announce that after undergoing the shortlisting and judging process, we have won the award for Driving School of the Year 2025, North England (Tyne & Wear).

This exciting news and the fantastic achievement has been made possible by our team of amazing instructors who work diligently to help our pupils achieve their goal of learning to drive.

We are proud of the hard work and determination that our learners dedicate to learning such a complex life skill, and thank them for choosing us as their trusted driving school in Sunderland.

The Prestige Awards was launched to celebrate the businesses and individuals that consistently offer excellent products and services to local residents, ex-pats and tourist visitors alike.

The awards team conduct extensive research to identify the major cities and regions around the world with a vibrant SME community and independent scene. They believe that SME businesses are the backbone of any economy, whilst also typically reflecting the unique characteristics of its particular city or region. Osmaan Mahmood, Founder & CEO of Prestige Awards, said: “although small businesses may not be able to compete with multinational companies on their size and scale, there is a personalised service-driven focus that is often void from large organisations.”

With each destination having been carefully selected, Prestige readers are invited to nominate businesses that have proven to be the best in their market over the past 12 months. All shortlisted companies put forward in the Prestige Awards are asked to support their nomination with evidence of their work, positive feedback from their clients, information on previous accreditation and recognition as well as highlighting the most outstanding parts of their businesses.

The judging panel base their decisions upon areas such as service excellence, quality of the product/service provided, innovative practices, value, ethical or sustainable methods of working, as well as consistency in performance. The winners selected are those who can best demonstrate their strengths in these areas.

Driving School of the Year 2025, North England (Tyne & Wear)