First-time driving test pass rates by centre, 2025/26

257 centres ranked by the share of candidates who pass on their first ever driving test, highest to lowest. Across Great Britain 974,492 first tests produced 492,194 passes, a first-time rate of 50.5%, against 50% when retakes are counted in.

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#	Test centre	Region	First tests	First-time pass rate	All attempts	Gap
1	Dorchester	South West	2,415	71.8%	69.0%	+2.8
2	Melton Mowbray	East Midlands	1,215	71.2%	69.7%	+1.5
3	Barrow In Furness	North West	1,008	70.0%	69.6%	+0.4
4	Kendal (Oxenholme Road)	North West	1,217	67.1%	65.1%	+2.0
5	Lee On The Solent	South East	4,817	65.5%	63.2%	+2.3
6	Tunbridge Wells	South East	3,225	65.4%	64.5%	+0.9
7	Abergavenny	Wales	3,367	64.7%	64.2%	+0.5
8	Yeovil	South West	4,348	64.1%	63.4%	+0.7
9	Chichester	South East	3,703	63.3%	61.6%	+1.7
10	Workington	North West	1,707	63.3%	61.9%	+1.4
11	Norwich (Peachman Way)	East of England	7,263	63.1%	61.7%	+1.4
12	Ipswich	East of England	6,504	63.0%	62.3%	+0.7
13	Bangor	Wales	2,311	62.7%	62.2%	+0.5
14	Northallerton	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,625	62.7%	60.4%	+2.3
15	Alnwick	North East	680	62.5%	55.5%	+7.0
16	Heysham	North West	2,082	61.9%	59.2%	+2.7
17	Ludlow	West Midlands	2,281	61.6%	58.7%	+2.9
18	Maidstone	South East	4,343	61.6%	60.2%	+1.4
19	Buxton	East Midlands	2,278	61.4%	58.7%	+2.7
20	Weston-super-Mare	South West	2,442	61.3%	61.0%	+0.3
21	Sevenoaks	South East	3,658	60.9%	59.0%	+1.9
22	Knaresborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,311	60.8%	58.5%	+2.3
23	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,968	60.6%	58.5%	+2.1
24	Brecon	Wales	808	60.3%	58.7%	+1.6
25	Farnborough	South East	5,929	60.1%	59.7%	+0.4
26	Hereford	West Midlands	2,186	60.0%	58.8%	+1.2
27	Carlisle	North West	1,866	59.9%	58.7%	+1.2
28	Grantham (Somerby)	East Midlands	3,936	59.6%	57.9%	+1.7
29	Newtown	Wales	1,080	59.5%	58.0%	+1.5
30	Sidcup (London)	London	8,171	59.5%	58.7%	+0.8
31	Wellingborough	East Midlands	786	59.4%	60.0%	-0.6
32	Letchworth	East of England	2,717	59.3%	57.5%	+1.8
33	Ashfield	East Midlands	4,283	59.2%	57.3%	+1.9
34	Dumfries	Scotland	1,200	59.2%	53.9%	+5.3
35	Taunton	South West	4,526	59.2%	59.5%	-0.3
36	Lanark	Scotland	1,030	58.5%	58.1%	+0.4
37	Birmingham (Shirley)	West Midlands	4,791	58.3%	56.6%	+1.7
38	East Kilbride	Scotland	1,066	58.2%	57.7%	+0.5
39	Haddington	Scotland	1,253	58.2%	57.5%	+0.7
40	Ayr	Scotland	1,185	58.0%	57.5%	+0.5
41	Bredbury (Manchester)	North West	5,536	57.9%	56.0%	+1.9
42	Dundee	Scotland	2,226	57.9%	57.3%	+0.6
43	Basingstoke	South East	2,771	57.7%	56.8%	+0.9
44	Gillingham	South East	8,007	57.6%	56.4%	+1.2
45	Northwich	North West	1,962	57.3%	57.6%	-0.3
46	Southport (Liverpool)	North West	4,076	57.2%	56.5%	+0.7
47	Preston	North West	5,178	56.9%	56.3%	+0.6
48	Guildford	South East	2,346	56.8%	57.1%	-0.3
49	Rhyl	Wales	2,090	56.7%	56.9%	-0.2
50	Eastbourne	South East	3,065	56.6%	55.4%	+1.2
51	Irvine	Scotland	2,637	56.6%	55.7%	+0.9
52	Burton on Trent	West Midlands	3,842	56.5%	54.7%	+1.8
53	Chesterfield	East Midlands	3,440	56.5%	56.2%	+0.3
54	Newport (Isle Of Wight)	South East	1,942	56.4%	54.1%	+2.3
55	Trowbridge	South West	1,572	56.4%	55.2%	+1.2
56	Herne Bay	South East	5,179	56.3%	55.9%	+0.4
57	Livingston	Scotland	1,835	56.3%	55.7%	+0.6
58	Worksop	East Midlands	3,301	56.2%	55.2%	+1.0
59	Chippenham	South West	4,870	56.0%	56.4%	-0.4
60	Stevenage	East of England	2,375	55.8%	55.3%	+0.5
61	Bridlington	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,602	55.6%	55.5%	+0.1
62	Barry	Wales	1,244	55.5%	57.0%	-1.5
63	Llantrisant	Wales	4,687	55.5%	54.0%	+1.5
64	Skipton	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,782	55.5%	57.3%	-1.8
65	Warrington	North West	3,992	55.5%	55.5%	+0.0
66	Bristol (Avonmouth)	South West	4,840	55.4%	55.5%	-0.1
67	Reading	South East	4,749	55.4%	55.4%	+0.0
68	Skegness	East Midlands	1,132	55.4%	55.9%	-0.5
69	Bridgend	Wales	3,064	55.1%	53.3%	+1.8
70	Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	East of England	4,702	55.0%	55.4%	-0.4
71	Hexham	North East	725	55.0%	53.0%	+2.0
72	Rugby	West Midlands	3,088	55.0%	51.4%	+3.6
73	Upton	North West	5,194	54.9%	52.6%	+2.3
74	Durham	North East	4,867	54.8%	53.2%	+1.6
75	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,406	54.7%	53.1%	+1.6
76	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,665	54.7%	54.4%	+0.3
77	Nuneaton	West Midlands	3,267	54.6%	53.2%	+1.4
78	Newton Abbot	South West	3,383	54.5%	53.8%	+0.7
79	Bedford	East of England	4,785	54.4%	53.7%	+0.7
80	Wallasey	North West	537	54.4%	54.3%	+0.1
81	Bradford (Heaton)	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,882	54.3%	56.1%	-1.8
82	Oswestry	West Midlands	936	54.3%	52.4%	+1.9
83	Wrexham	Wales	2,533	54.2%	51.9%	+2.3
84	Carmarthen	Wales	1,350	54.1%	54.2%	-0.1
85	Chorley	North West	2,663	54.0%	52.8%	+1.2
86	Blyth	North East	3,526	53.9%	50.9%	+3.0
87	Barnstaple	South West	2,540	53.8%	51.4%	+2.4
88	Tolworth (London)	London	5,219	53.7%	53.6%	+0.1
89	Bishopbriggs	Scotland	3,005	53.6%	49.8%	+3.8
90	Enfield (Innova Business Park)	London	4,407	53.6%	53.9%	-0.3
91	Redhill Aerodrome	South East	2,492	53.5%	53.9%	-0.4
92	Bristol (Kingswood)	South West	7,629	53.4%	51.9%	+1.5
93	Cambridge (Brookmount Court)	East of England	7,215	53.4%	53.8%	-0.4
94	Leeds (Colton Mill)	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,169	53.4%	51.8%	+1.6
95	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	3,826	53.3%	53.2%	+0.1
96	Lichfield	West Midlands	3,184	53.3%	53.0%	+0.3
97	Peterhead	Scotland	1,179	53.3%	53.2%	+0.1
98	Peterborough	East of England	5,406	53.2%	52.8%	+0.4
99	Shrewsbury	West Midlands	2,432	53.2%	51.0%	+2.2
100	Poole	South West	5,450	53.0%	53.4%	-0.4
101	Sale (Manchester)	North West	5,346	53.0%	51.4%	+1.6
102	Bromley (London)	London	6,884	52.9%	52.9%	+0.0
103	Derby (Alvaston)	East Midlands	4,342	52.9%	51.8%	+1.1
104	Kings Lynn	East of England	3,397	52.9%	51.9%	+1.0
105	Portsmouth	South East	7,293	52.9%	52.8%	+0.1
106	Bolton (Manchester)	North West	5,792	52.8%	51.8%	+1.0
107	Boston	East Midlands	2,442	52.8%	50.7%	+2.1
108	Leeds (Fearnville)	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,032	52.8%	51.8%	+1.0
109	Monmouth	Wales	706	52.8%	51.0%	+1.8
110	Steeton	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,106	52.6%	52.8%	-0.2
111	Chertsey (London)	South East	4,850	52.5%	52.9%	-0.4
112	Lincoln	East Midlands	3,315	52.5%	52.1%	+0.4
113	Llanelli	Wales	2,101	52.4%	51.0%	+1.4
114	West Wickham (London)	London	6,172	52.3%	51.6%	+0.7
115	Worcester	West Midlands	5,818	52.3%	51.9%	+0.4
116	Macclesfield	North West	2,337	52.2%	51.9%	+0.3
117	Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)	Wales	760	52.1%	55.1%	-3.0
118	Nelson	North West	2,957	52.1%	51.7%	+0.4
119	Blackpool	North West	4,214	51.9%	51.8%	+0.1
120	Hartlepool	North East	2,847	51.9%	51.0%	+0.9
121	Northampton	East Midlands	6,892	51.8%	52.1%	-0.3
122	Hastings (Ore)	South East	1,903	51.7%	52.4%	-0.7
123	Redditch	West Midlands	2,166	51.5%	51.4%	+0.1
124	Aberdeen South (Cove)	Scotland	2,472	51.4%	52.4%	-1.0
125	Dumbarton	Scotland	878	51.4%	52.8%	-1.4
126	Sunderland	North East	5,253	51.3%	51.1%	+0.2
127	Swansea	Wales	5,695	51.2%	48.2%	+3.0
128	Colchester	East of England	4,102	51.1%	50.6%	+0.5
129	Horsforth	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,945	51.1%	49.7%	+1.4
130	Bishops Stortford	East of England	3,272	50.9%	51.3%	-0.4
131	Yeading (London)	London	3,657	50.9%	52.8%	-1.9
132	Swindon	South West	6,307	50.8%	51.1%	-0.3
133	Galashiels	Scotland	1,032	50.7%	47.4%	+3.3
134	Uxbridge (London)	London	3,227	50.7%	52.3%	-1.6
135	Southampton (Maybush)	South East	5,495	50.6%	50.3%	+0.3
136	Pembroke Dock	Wales	971	50.5%	50.1%	+0.4
137	Grangemouth	Scotland	2,127	50.4%	50.7%	-0.3
138	Morden (London)	London	8,690	50.4%	51.0%	-0.6
139	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	2,247	50.3%	51.2%	-0.9
140	Mill Hill (London)	London	5,120	50.3%	51.4%	-1.1
141	Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,167	50.3%	48.7%	+1.6
142	Tilbury	East of England	2,473	50.3%	50.4%	-0.1
143	Leicester (Wigston)	East Midlands	8,783	50.2%	51.2%	-1.0
144	Kettering	East Midlands	5,647	50.1%	49.1%	+1.0
145	Newport (Gwent)	Wales	4,004	50.1%	48.9%	+1.2
146	Winchester	South East	2,269	50.0%	52.2%	-2.2
147	Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	Scotland	3,741	49.9%	49.4%	+0.5
148	Hendon (London)	London	5,695	49.9%	51.4%	-1.5
149	Erith (London)	London	2,773	49.8%	51.6%	-1.8
150	Isleworth (Fleming Way)	London	6,921	49.7%	50.4%	-0.7
151	Kirkcaldy	Scotland	2,369	49.7%	50.9%	-1.2
152	Bletchley	South East	4,758	49.6%	51.5%	-1.9
153	Huddersfield	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,086	49.4%	49.2%	+0.2
154	St Albans	East of England	3,873	49.4%	50.7%	-1.3
155	Hull	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,921	49.3%	47.9%	+1.4
156	Borehamwood (London)	East of England	3,660	49.2%	50.8%	-1.6
157	Nottingham (Chilwell)	East Midlands	4,888	49.2%	49.9%	-0.7
158	Basildon	East of England	4,011	49.0%	49.1%	-0.1
159	High Wycombe	South East	1,650	49.0%	51.5%	-2.5
160	Oxford (Cowley)	South East	2,711	49.0%	50.6%	-1.6
161	Clacton-on- Sea	East of England	2,229	48.9%	48.2%	+0.7
162	Darlington	North East	4,899	48.9%	47.1%	+1.8
163	Barnet (London)	London	6,805	48.8%	49.9%	-1.1
164	Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	East of England	3,892	48.8%	49.9%	-1.1
165	Gosforth	North East	5,224	48.7%	48.4%	+0.3
166	Rochdale (Manchester)	North West	5,079	48.6%	48.3%	+0.3
167	Aberdeen North	Scotland	1,937	48.5%	48.2%	+0.3
168	Pinner (London)	London	7,556	48.5%	49.7%	-1.2
169	Cardiff (Llanishen)	Wales	7,552	48.4%	46.5%	+1.9
170	Slough (London)	South East	5,207	48.4%	50.8%	-2.4
171	Gloucester	South West	3,837	48.3%	47.8%	+0.5
172	Salisbury	South West	3,395	48.3%	48.5%	-0.2
173	Aylesbury	South East	2,587	48.2%	49.3%	-1.1
174	Telford	West Midlands	2,558	48.1%	48.9%	-0.8
175	Tottenham	London	4,880	48.1%	48.9%	-0.8
176	West Didsbury (Manchester)	North West	8,938	48.1%	47.7%	+0.4
177	Glasgow (Baillieston)	Scotland	5,062	48.0%	47.4%	+0.6
178	Loughton (London)	East of England	3,359	48.0%	47.0%	+1.0
179	Chester	North West	4,395	47.9%	47.3%	+0.6
180	Nottingham (Colwick )	East Midlands	7,214	47.6%	46.4%	+1.2
181	Bradford (Thornbury)	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,986	47.5%	47.8%	-0.3
182	Airdrie	Scotland	2,288	47.4%	47.4%	+0.0
183	Warwick (Wedgenock House)	West Midlands	7,035	47.3%	48.5%	-1.2
184	Birmingham (Kingstanding)	West Midlands	8,099	47.2%	48.5%	-1.3
185	Perth (Arran Road)	Scotland	1,395	47.2%	48.8%	-1.6
186	Brentwood (London)	East of England	2,890	47.1%	48.5%	-1.4
187	Middlesbrough	North East	4,498	47.1%	47.7%	-0.6
188	Paisley	Scotland	3,960	47.1%	48.6%	-1.5
189	Launceston	South West	1,586	47.0%	46.3%	+0.7
190	Pontefract	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,639	47.0%	46.9%	+0.1
191	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	3,529	47.0%	47.0%	+0.0
192	Wood Green (London)	London	5,584	47.0%	46.8%	+0.2
193	Bury St Edmunds	East of England	4,224	46.9%	46.2%	+0.7
194	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	5,139	46.6%	45.4%	+1.2
195	Canterbury	South East	2,054	46.3%	45.8%	+0.5
196	Mitcham (London)	London	6,855	46.3%	47.0%	-0.7
197	Hinckley	East Midlands	2,087	46.2%	46.4%	-0.2
198	Ashford (Kent)	South East	2,473	45.9%	46.2%	-0.3
199	Hornchurch (London)	London	4,169	45.9%	46.3%	-0.4
200	Heckmondwike	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,401	45.8%	45.8%	+0.0
201	Stafford	West Midlands	2,538	45.8%	45.8%	+0.0
202	Bury (Manchester)	North West	3,304	45.7%	46.3%	-0.6
203	Birmingham (Kings Heath)	West Midlands	4,394	45.6%	46.8%	-1.2
204	Burgess Hill	South East	5,444	45.6%	45.5%	+0.1
205	Chadderton	North West	7,300	45.6%	46.8%	-1.2
206	Exeter	South West	4,182	45.6%	46.8%	-1.2
207	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	5,073	45.5%	46.6%	-1.1
208	Bodmin	South West	2,829	45.2%	47.5%	-2.3
209	Inverness (Longman Drive)	Scotland	1,470	45.2%	45.8%	-0.6
210	Scarborough	Yorkshire and The Humber	1,586	45.2%	45.1%	+0.1
211	Atherton (Manchester)	North West	5,708	45.1%	44.3%	+0.8
212	Dudley	West Midlands	6,539	45.1%	45.2%	-0.1
213	Watford	East of England	6,479	44.8%	46.2%	-1.4
214	Sheffield (Handsworth)	Yorkshire and The Humber	4,393	44.7%	44.1%	+0.6
215	Glasgow (Anniesland)	Scotland	3,222	44.3%	44.3%	+0.0
216	Stirling	Scotland	1,414	44.3%	43.0%	+1.3
217	Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	North West	5,002	44.1%	44.7%	-0.6
218	Lowestoft (Mobbs Way)	East of England	3,394	44.1%	43.3%	+0.8
219	Scunthorpe	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,950	44.0%	45.4%	-1.4
220	Grimsby Coldwater	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,403	43.1%	42.8%	+0.3
221	Cheltenham	South West	2,550	42.9%	43.2%	-0.3
222	Halifax	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,670	42.9%	45.0%	-2.1
223	Edinburgh (Currie)	Scotland	3,427	42.8%	41.6%	+1.2
224	Crawley	South East	5,334	42.7%	42.7%	+0.0
225	Crewe	North West	2,449	42.6%	43.8%	-1.2
226	Loughborough	East Midlands	2,577	42.6%	42.3%	+0.3
227	Folkestone	South East	3,352	42.2%	42.4%	-0.2
228	Wanstead (London)	London	4,024	42.2%	44.4%	-2.2
229	St Helens (Liverpool)	North West	5,599	42.1%	40.9%	+1.2
230	Birmingham (Garretts Green)	West Midlands	9,212	42.0%	44.4%	-2.4
231	Southall (London)	London	4,175	41.8%	44.8%	-3.0
232	Speke (Liverpool)	North West	3,280	41.5%	40.5%	+1.0
233	Elgin	Scotland	1,207	41.3%	42.3%	-1.0
234	Widnes (Liverpool)	North West	2,699	41.3%	42.7%	-1.4
235	Hamilton	Scotland	2,969	40.7%	42.0%	-1.3
236	Goodmayes (London)	London	9,983	40.6%	43.7%	-3.1
237	Birmingham (South Yardley)	West Midlands	6,393	40.5%	42.8%	-2.3
238	Greenock	Scotland	1,469	40.5%	41.7%	-1.2
239	Greenford (London)	London	3,388	40.0%	41.4%	-1.4
240	Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)	West Midlands	3,032	40.0%	41.6%	-1.6
241	Banbury	South East	4,308	39.6%	41.3%	-1.7
242	Cardigan	Wales	582	39.5%	41.0%	-1.5
243	Belvedere (London)	London	2,037	39.1%	40.5%	-1.4
244	Glasgow (Shieldhall)	Scotland	3,106	39.0%	39.9%	-0.9
245	Plymouth	South West	4,589	38.8%	40.7%	-1.9
246	Stoke on Trent (Cobridge)	West Midlands	3,367	38.7%	40.6%	-1.9
247	Leicester (Cannock Street)	East Midlands	5,632	38.5%	40.2%	-1.7
248	Coventry	West Midlands	5,871	38.3%	40.0%	-1.7
249	Camborne	South West	2,585	37.8%	40.6%	-2.8
250	Chingford (London)	London	5,824	37.5%	39.9%	-2.4
251	Gateshead	North East	3,883	37.1%	37.5%	-0.4
252	Dunfermline	Scotland	2,477	36.4%	36.4%	+0.0
253	Norris Green (Liverpool)	North West	5,598	36.0%	37.8%	-1.8
254	Luton	East of England	3,430	35.8%	39.2%	-3.4
255	Featherstone	West Midlands	5,266	35.1%	36.4%	-1.3
256	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	4,751	33.4%	34.3%	-0.9
257	Wednesbury	West Midlands	3,257	31.5%	35.0%	-3.5

What a first-time pass rate measures

The headline pass rate at a test centre mixes two groups: people sitting the driving test for the first time, and people coming back for a second, third or fifth attempt. The figure on this page counts only the first group. Of the candidates who arrived at each centre having never sat a driving test before, this is the share who drove away with a licence, which is the question you are actually asking if you have never taken the test.

The difference is smaller than most people expect. In 2025/26 the first-time rate across Great Britain was 50.5%, against 50.0% counting every attempt, a gap of 0.5 points. Centre by centre it splits almost evenly: of the 257 centres here with both figures published, 140 pass first-timers at a higher rate than their candidates overall and 107 at a lower one, with a median difference of 0.2 points. Retaking is not the drag on a centre's headline number that it is often assumed to be.

28,207 of those first-time passes were clean sheets, with no driving faults recorded at all, not even a minor. That is 5.7% of everyone who passed at the first attempt.

Centres with fewer than 500 first tests in the year are left out, because at that size a couple of dozen results moves the rate by several points and the ranking stops meaning anything. 54 centres are excluded on that rule.