Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 5,419 | 50.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6,449 | 48.2% |
| 2023/24 | 9,020 | 43.2% |
| 2022/23 | 7,564 | 46.4% |
| 2021/22 | 7,217 | 49.2% |
| 2020/21 | 3,174 | 50.1% |
| 2019/20 | 10,173 | 49.3% |
| 2018/19 | 10,082 | 48.1% |
| 2017/18 | 11,142 | 49.0% |
| 2016/17 | 8,276 | 48.9% |
| 2015/16 | 9,221 | 48.1% |
| 2014/15 | 8,426 | 50.3% |
| 2013/14 | 8,094 | 49.3% |
| 2012/13 | 8,522 | 48.3% |
| 2011/12 | 9,134 | 50.4% |
| 2010/11 | 9,065 | 49.2% |
| 2009/10 | 9,055 | 48.8% |
| 2008/09 | 9,503 | 48.7% |
| 2007/08 | 9,642 | 46.9% |
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 | 573 | 260 | 45.4% |
| February 2026 | 354 | 191 | 54.0% |
| January 2026 | 395 | 207 | 52.4% |
| December 2025 | 338 | 165 | 48.8% |
| November 2025 | 454 | 224 | 49.3% |
| October 2025 | 409 | 199 | 48.7% |
| September 2025 | 414 | 200 | 48.3% |
| August 2025 | 473 | 259 | 54.8% |
| July 2025 | 531 | 260 | 49.0% |
| June 2025 | 417 | 203 | 48.7% |
| May 2025 | 503 | 275 | 54.7% |
| April 2025 | 558 | 298 | 53.4% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 53.7% of their tests at Oxford (Cowley) in 2025/26 and women 47.2%. Of 2,711 learners taking their first test here, 1,328 passed (49.0%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 50 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 Oxford (Cowley) in September 2026 had booked it a median of 4.4 weeks earlier; 61.3% 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% |
| Burgess Hill | 11,237 | 45.5% |
| 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% |
| 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% |