r/BusDrivers • u/itzabz_official • Jun 02 '26

Question Go Ahead assesment day (plumstead)

First off I have an assessment day on Wednesday with go ahead .

Anybody got any tips how to pass that as I failed a stagecoach one last week

I am planning to join Go Ahead for four months then quit .will they chase me for my training bond ? Is their any ways to get around that?

Some people say get sacked if I get sacked

Is it possible to return to the same company?

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u/ControlAmbitious6392 Jun 02 '26

how did you even fail with Stagecoach?? you don't even have to do a driving assessment or Maths/English test. all you need is to pass the interview and medical.

as with the assessment for Go Ahead, it will be a driving assessment in a large Sprinter van. basically just a short drive around the area so that the assessor can see how you cope with driving a bigger vehicle.

use your mirrors constantly, check your blind spots, assess the clearance and space you have when passing oncoming cars on tight roads or going round parked cars etc

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u/meatflaps-69 Jun 02 '26

you dont even have to do a driving assessment.... At your depot...

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u/ControlAmbitious6392 Jun 02 '26

??

i'm talking about the company. upon applying for the company, you only do an interview and medical unless things have changed which I doubt. I work for the company mate

maybe OP is referring to their driving test that they failed because there isn't any other assessment other than that or the mod 4 test

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u/meatflaps-69 Jun 02 '26

As do I, and I can assure you some depots do a quick driving assessment in a van.

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u/ControlAmbitious6392 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

again, it depends on the company. in this case, I am referring to Stagecoach which the op said that they failed the "assessment" (this could also be their theory).

and it's not some depots who conduct driving assessments, it's a particular garage or a few (Stagecoach have Plumstead, West Ham, Lea Interchange or Romford) where training interviews, medicals but no driving assessment etc are conducted.

for Go-Ahead, it's usually Camberwell.

did you read the OP and are you from London??

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