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Hello, from Brazil!
I have been training Judo for 1 year. I started in a very good club, there the coach was not only very experienced, but also an excellent teacher. He was a very technic and demanding. For beginner, usually he would make them train only Ukemi (a lot) and basic throws while correcting them. Only after two months he would let them start doing randoris.
The club was frequented by great number of athletes and common to see them bringing medals from big championships (state and national) to the club. Even so, those guys were very humble and attentive with beginners.
The class generally was: 30 minutes of warm up, 30 minutes of uchikomi and 30 minutes of randori. In uchikomi, the sensei (or other coach) would be always correcting the pairs. In randori, those guys could really throw you with very clean and lightning fast throws.
Unfortunately, I had to move and I am unable to train there now.
Then I found this other club using the NGB of my country. Went there for an experimental class after 3 months of no judo. Stepped in the mat, did the warm up. Now, things got complicated...
The sensei started the uchikomi and... left. His only instruction was "Do twenty each". To make things worse, I was paired with a white belt, that never trainned judo before (so, we both would make some bad movements). No one said which throws to do or tried to correct us. I tried to teach the guy some throws ('cause no one would)... But I have only one year of judo in my belt and I should not be the one doing this!!!
Then the sensei returned and we did the randori. The guys there... Were kind of rough. They white belt never returned... And I don't blame him.
Next class, was my turn. The class went the same way the last class went. But this time I was paired with a purple belt who though he had something to prove. He was doing an osoto-gari entangling the leg. I know this is dangerous, but I am a white belt, so I didn't say anything. And no one did.
And in randori with him, guess what this guy did? Yes, leg entangling. There went my ankle.
I asked the sensei to leave because of the pain. I left to never return.
What leave me more sad is that this club is listed in my country's NGB site. No wonder Judo is difficult to find here outside the biggest privates sports centers (something you guys don't have in UK, right?). Think, how many beginners did quit because of this club? Or clubs like this? Many friends of mine that did Judo stopped because of the same motives! There should be a way to control the instruction quality of those clubs!
I have been training Judo for 1 year. I started in a very good club, there the coach was not only very experienced, but also an excellent teacher. He was a very technic and demanding. For beginner, usually he would make them train only Ukemi (a lot) and basic throws while correcting them. Only after two months he would let them start doing randoris.
The club was frequented by great number of athletes and common to see them bringing medals from big championships (state and national) to the club. Even so, those guys were very humble and attentive with beginners.
The class generally was: 30 minutes of warm up, 30 minutes of uchikomi and 30 minutes of randori. In uchikomi, the sensei (or other coach) would be always correcting the pairs. In randori, those guys could really throw you with very clean and lightning fast throws.
Unfortunately, I had to move and I am unable to train there now.
Then I found this other club using the NGB of my country. Went there for an experimental class after 3 months of no judo. Stepped in the mat, did the warm up. Now, things got complicated...
The sensei started the uchikomi and... left. His only instruction was "Do twenty each". To make things worse, I was paired with a white belt, that never trainned judo before (so, we both would make some bad movements). No one said which throws to do or tried to correct us. I tried to teach the guy some throws ('cause no one would)... But I have only one year of judo in my belt and I should not be the one doing this!!!
Then the sensei returned and we did the randori. The guys there... Were kind of rough. They white belt never returned... And I don't blame him.
Next class, was my turn. The class went the same way the last class went. But this time I was paired with a purple belt who though he had something to prove. He was doing an osoto-gari entangling the leg. I know this is dangerous, but I am a white belt, so I didn't say anything. And no one did.
And in randori with him, guess what this guy did? Yes, leg entangling. There went my ankle.
I asked the sensei to leave because of the pain. I left to never return.
What leave me more sad is that this club is listed in my country's NGB site. No wonder Judo is difficult to find here outside the biggest privates sports centers (something you guys don't have in UK, right?). Think, how many beginners did quit because of this club? Or clubs like this? Many friends of mine that did Judo stopped because of the same motives! There should be a way to control the instruction quality of those clubs!
They'll be able to provide insights on the local situation. 
