Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 13,518 | 52.8% |
| 2024/25 | 11,305 | 51.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11,237 | 50.3% |
| 2022/23 | 11,948 | 48.2% |
| 2021/22 | 10,234 | 50.4% |
| 2020/21 | 2,907 | 53.3% |
| 2019/20 | 7,747 | 47.2% |
| 2018/19 | 7,373 | 44.5% |
| 2017/18 | 7,195 | 44.6% |
| 2016/17 | 8,386 | 43.8% |
| 2015/16 | 7,382 | 40.4% |
| 2014/15 | 8,631 | 39.8% |
| 2013/14 | 7,899 | 42.6% |
| 2012/13 | 8,375 | 44.8% |
| 2011/12 | 8,252 | 46.6% |
| 2010/11 | 8,761 | 47.9% |
| 2009/10 | 9,042 | 46.5% |
| 2008/09 | 9,825 | 46.9% |
| 2007/08 | 9,649 | 45.8% |
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 | 1,251 | 676 | 54.0% |
| February 2026 | 1,116 | 582 | 52.2% |
| January 2026 | 1,131 | 561 | 49.6% |
| December 2025 | 1,048 | 536 | 51.1% |
| November 2025 | 1,285 | 660 | 51.4% |
| October 2025 | 1,311 | 684 | 52.2% |
| September 2025 | 1,057 | 592 | 56.0% |
| August 2025 | 954 | 533 | 55.9% |
| July 2025 | 1,135 | 608 | 53.6% |
| June 2025 | 1,099 | 598 | 54.4% |
| May 2025 | 1,124 | 590 | 52.5% |
| April 2025 | 1,007 | 521 | 51.7% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 53.6% of their tests at Portsmouth in 2025/26 and women 51.9%. Of 7,293 learners taking their first test here, 3,858 passed (52.9%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 260 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 Portsmouth in September 2026 had booked it a median of 16.1 weeks earlier; 28.3% 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% |
| Oxford (Cowley) | 5,419 | 50.6% |
| 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% |