Thanks for all your replies.
Are we talking about wholesale control take over, or small prompts/restrictions on the stick, combined with guiding comments?
Prompts and restrictions with comments, yes, but a lot of the time and in upper air (on navex). Don't forget I've reached the stage of having started up, taxied out and left the area for PFLs and steep turns, rejoined, taxied in and shut down
all solo; so I do know how to fly!
(This was whilst under my last FI.)
Not sure how the CFI/FI system works at this FTO. It's Weald Air at Headcorn and they're all career instructors with their own businesses.