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Birmingham driving test centre

DVSA name: Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) · 110 - 116 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5UB

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Pass rate 2023/24
44.1%
GB 50.0% · West Midlands 46.2%
Median wait, May 2023
15.1weeks
Free slots 12.6 weeks ahead
Tests a year
2,712
1,195 passed

Key facts

  • Birmingham's pass rate was 44.1% in 2023/24 from 2,712 tests, 5.9 points below the national average of 50.0%.
  • Since 2019/20 the pass rate has risen by 8.8 points, from 35.3% to 44.1%.
  • Male candidates passed at 47.6% and female candidates at 40.2%, a gap of 7.4 points, wider than at most centres.
  • On waiting times, learners who took a test in May 2023 had waited a median of 15.1 weeks since booking (longer than the national median of 11.9 weeks); the first week with 10% or more of slots still free was 12.6 weeks ahead.
  • A year earlier (May 2022) the median wait was 7 weeks, so waits have grown by about 8.1 weeks.
  • 28.8% of the standard slots in the booking window were still unbooked in May 2023, which usually means a cancellation or new date is realistic here.

Sutton Coldfield's most recent published pass rate is 44.1 per cent, from 2023/24 — the last full year DVSA has published for this centre — so treat it as background rather than as current form. What is current is the driving. The practice loops on this page are entirely at 30 mph, every kilometre of the forty-eight, and they are built from ordinary junctions: thirty give-way junctions across the set, against four named roundabouts and just six sets of traffic signals. Forty-three schools sit inside the area, which is the number to keep in mind if you are testing at school-run time.

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5 loops from the centre, 48 km in all, with 7 roundabouts and 80 marked turns. Generated from the road network within 2.5 km of Birmingham; not DVSA’s own routes, but the same roads.

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Drive all 5 loops around Birmingham from your phone before you ever sit in the car: every roundabout, every junction, in the order you will meet them.

  • 5 routes · 48 km · 80 marked turns
  • Examiner-style marking on signalling and observation
  • Street View tour of each route
  • Every roundabout and junction, in the order you'll meet them
  • The four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios, included
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  1. Route 1 · via College Road
    9.2 km loop with 3 roundabouts, 6 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Jockey Road.
    9.2 km · 16 turns · 3 roundabouts
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  2. Route 2 · via Highbridge Road
    9.4 km loop with 1 roundabout, 9 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Court Lane.
    9.4 km · 18 turns · 1 roundabout
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  3. Route 3 · via Jockey Road
    9.2 km loop with 8 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Boldmere Road.
    9.2 km · 15 turns
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  4. Route 4 · via Chester Road
    8.0 km loop with 1 roundabout, 6 right turns, 8 left turns and a stretch of Monmouth Drive.
    8.0 km · 15 turns · 1 roundabout
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  5. Route 5 · via Highbridge Road
    11.9 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 8 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Stonehouse Road.
    11.9 km · 16 turns · 2 roundabouts
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The same access also opens the four test manoeuvres and eight roundabout scenarios: the two things a route drive cannot teach you.

Every kilometre of these loops is at 30 mph. There is no 20 zone, no 40 road, no dual carriageway and no A-road anywhere on the set — only the B4139, B4142, B4148 and B4531. It is suburban driving from start to finish.

What fills it is give-way junctions: thirty of them across five practice loops and forty-eight kilometres, against four named roundabouts — Jockey Road, Manor Road, Stonehouse Road and Monmouth Drive — and a single mini-roundabout. One loop has no roundabout at all. If your weakness is emerging at an unmarked junction with parked cars on both sides, this is the centre that will find it.

Six sets of traffic signals, sixteen signalled crossings and seven zebras, with one piece of traffic calming on the whole set. Most of the pedestrian priority is controlled, but the zebras are numerous enough to matter.

The turning is even rather than heavy: six to nine right turns and six to eight lefts on each loop, in eight to twelve kilometres.

Boldmere Road, Birmingham Road, Jockey Road, Chester Road, Stonehouse Road, Highbridge Road, Antrobus Road, Monmouth Drive, Court Lane, College Road, Hurstwood Road and Thornby Road carry the driving. There are no level crossings, and forty-three schools in the area.

Pass rate at Birmingham, 2007/08 to 2023/24

Share of car tests passed each April-to-March year. Dashed line: Great Britain average for 2025/26.

30%42.5%55%GB 50%44.1%07/0811/1215/1619/2023/24

Month by month, 2023/24

0%30%60%AprMayJun

By year and gender

YearTestsPass rateMaleFemale
2023/242,71244.1%47.6%40.2%
2022/2311,78342.8%46.1%38.7%
2021/227,70935.1%39.3%29.6%
2020/212,20136.3%37.2%35.1%
2019/207,18435.3%38.5%31.9%
2018/196,48137.6%42.5%32.9%
2017/189,84140.3%45.4%35.6%
2016/176,74837.9%43.3%32.7%

West Midlands average 46.2% · GB 50%

Waiting time for a test at Birmingham

Median weeks between booking and taking the test, for tests taken each month. Dashed line: GB median for August 2026.

01530GB 11.9 wks15.1Jun 2020Feb 2021Nov 2021Aug 2022May 2023
MonthMedian waitWeeks to free slotsSlots offeredStill free
May 202315.112.63828.8%
Apr 20236.67.55226.7%
Mar 202313.216.84231.3%
Feb 202312.9244028.7%
Jan 202311.821.83624.6%
Dec 202210.123.54120.6%

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Test day at Birmingham

The centre is at 110–116 Boldmere Road, B73 5UB. Car tests only. DVSA says it will make arrangements at this test centre for candidates with a disability, so ask when you book rather than on the day.

Wylde Green station is 700 metres away.

Nothing is published about parking. Boldmere Road is a shopping street, so the side roads are the realistic option.

The waiting figure published for this centre is old — a median of 15.1 weeks for tests taken in May 2023 — and it is not a guide to what you would wait today. The booking service is the only reliable check.

The nearby Birmingham centres do have current figures. Kingstanding is three kilometres away and passes 48.5 per cent, but was waiting twenty-three weeks. Garretts Green is ten kilometres out at 44.4 per cent with a seven-week wait, the shortest queue in reach. South Yardley is 42.8 per cent at ten weeks.

Tests are booked, moved and cancelled only through GOV.UK.

What DVSA publishes about Birmingham

Taken from the GOV.UK test centre finder, checked 3 September 2026. Where DVSA says nothing, this site says nothing.

Tests conducted here
car
Wheelchair access
Not published. DVSA says it will make arrangements for candidates with a disability, which is not the same as step-free access. Ring DVSA before the day rather than assuming.

Learner reports from Birmingham

No reports yet for this centre. If you tested here, the first one is yours to write.

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What examiners mark most often

DVSA does not publish faults by centre, but it does publish them nationally. These collected the most marks across every car test in Great Britain in 2025/26, and they are the same ones you will be marked on at Birmingham.

  1. 1Junctions - observation
  2. 2Mirrors - change direction
  3. 3Junctions - turning right
  4. 4Response to signs - traffic lights
  5. 5Control - steering
  6. 6Move off - safely

All ten, and what each one means

Getting there

110 - 116 Boldmere Road
Sutton Coldfield B73 5UB

Directions in Google Maps · Check centre notes on GOV.UK

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Questions learners ask about Birmingham

Is Birmingham an easy test centre?
Its 44.1% pass rate in 2023/24 is below the 50.0% national average. Busy urban roads and complex junctions usually explain lower rates; knowing the local routes closes most of that gap.
How long is the wait for a driving test at Birmingham?
In May 2023 the median gap between booking and sitting a test at Birmingham was 15.1 weeks, and you had to look about 12.6 weeks ahead to find a week with at least 10% of slots free. DVSA publishes this monthly; the figure above updates when they do.
Where is Birmingham driving test centre?
Birmingham test centre is at 110 - 116 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5UB. Arrive at least 10 minutes early with your provisional licence; parking rules vary by centre, so check the learner reports below.
How many driving tests does Birmingham do a year?
2,712 car tests were conducted at Birmingham in 2023/24, of which 1,195 were passed.

Source: DVSA tables DRT122A (pass rates by centre and month) and DRT122F (waiting times and availability), Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRank adds the comparisons and rankings.

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