Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 11,237 | 45.5% |
| 2024/25 | 11,191 | 43.2% |
| 2023/24 | 13,454 | 44.3% |
| 2022/23 | 7,611 | 46.1% |
| 2021/22 | 6,511 | 47.1% |
| 2020/21 | 1,662 | 45.2% |
| 2019/20 | 7,678 | 41.8% |
| 2018/19 | 8,831 | 41.1% |
| 2017/18 | 9,358 | 45.9% |
| 2016/17 | 8,848 | 48.9% |
| 2015/16 | 9,879 | 50.0% |
| 2014/15 | 8,566 | 50.6% |
| 2013/14 | 7,705 | 51.9% |
| 2012/13 | 7,852 | 51.2% |
| 2011/12 | 7,906 | 50.5% |
| 2009/10 | 7,388 | 50.4% |
| 2008/09 | 1,872 | 45.1% |
DVSA, DRT122A · centres where only one examiner tested in a year are left out of that year by DVSA
Month by month
| Month | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | 858 | 415 | 48.4% |
| February 2026 | 733 | 338 | 46.1% |
| January 2026 | 918 | 431 | 46.9% |
| December 2025 | 831 | 367 | 44.2% |
| November 2025 | 952 | 413 | 43.4% |
| October 2025 | 1,141 | 500 | 43.8% |
| September 2025 | 1,099 | 500 | 45.5% |
| August 2025 | 966 | 441 | 45.7% |
| July 2025 | 1,123 | 504 | 44.9% |
| June 2025 | 921 | 438 | 47.6% |
| May 2025 | 787 | 360 | 45.7% |
| April 2025 | 908 | 404 | 44.5% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 44.0% of their tests at Burgess Hill in 2025/26 and women 47.3%. Of 5,444 learners taking their first test here, 2,481 passed (45.6%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 67 of them did it without a single driving fault.
DVSA, DRT122A and DRT122C, 2025/26
Waiting for a test
People who took their test at Burgess Hill in September 2026 had booked it a median of 12.1 weeks earlier; 44.1% took it within seven weeks of booking.
DVSA, DRT122F · median weeks between booking and taking the test, DVSA examiners only
Other test centres in South East
| Test centre | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford (Kent) | 5,475 | 46.2% |
| Aylesbury | 5,255 | 49.3% |
| Banbury | 9,069 | 41.3% |
| Basingstoke | 5,009 | 56.8% |
| Bletchley | 9,415 | 51.5% |
| Canterbury | 4,670 | 45.8% |
| Chertsey (London) | 9,082 | 52.9% |
| Chichester | 6,672 | 61.6% |
| Crawley | 11,305 | 42.7% |
| Eastbourne | 6,031 | 55.4% |
| Farnborough | 10,482 | 59.7% |
| Folkestone | 7,818 | 42.4% |
| Gillingham | 14,886 | 56.4% |
| Greenham | 3,931 | 56.5% |
| Guildford | 4,542 | 57.1% |
| Hastings (Ore) | 3,892 | 52.4% |
| Herne Bay | 10,674 | 55.9% |
| High Wycombe | 3,534 | 51.5% |
| Lee On The Solent | 8,502 | 63.2% |
| Maidstone | 8,053 | 60.2% |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | 3,616 | 54.1% |
| Oxford (Cowley) | 5,419 | 50.6% |
| Portsmouth | 13,518 | 52.8% |
| Reading | 9,237 | 55.4% |
| Redhill Aerodrome | 5,408 | 53.9% |
| Sevenoaks | 6,740 | 59.0% |
| Slough (London) | 10,509 | 50.8% |
| Southampton (Maybush) | 10,480 | 50.3% |
| Tunbridge Wells | 5,726 | 64.5% |
| Winchester | 4,602 | 52.2% |
| Worthing | 8,495 | 59.8% |