Pass rate by year
| Year (Apr–Mar) | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4,483 | 51.4% |
| 2024/25 | 4,660 | 46.7% |
| 2023/24 | 5,894 | 46.0% |
| 2022/23 | 4,632 | 45.3% |
| 2021/22 | 5,420 | 42.5% |
| 2020/21 | 1,690 | 46.1% |
| 2019/20 | 4,855 | 42.0% |
| 2018/19 | 5,061 | 45.9% |
| 2017/18 | 5,458 | 45.7% |
| 2016/17 | 5,234 | 44.1% |
| 2015/16 | 3,892 | 43.6% |
| 2014/15 | 3,511 | 44.2% |
| 2013/14 | 4,221 | 41.1% |
| 2012/13 | 4,108 | 42.0% |
| 2011/12 | 4,816 | 44.2% |
| 2009/10 | 4,827 | 42.7% |
| 2008/09 | 5,220 | 44.5% |
| 2007/08 | 4,348 | 41.1% |
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 | 398 | 232 | 58.3% |
| February 2026 | 234 | 136 | 58.1% |
| January 2026 | 289 | 167 | 57.8% |
| December 2025 | 288 | 166 | 57.6% |
| November 2025 | 379 | 184 | 48.5% |
| October 2025 | 527 | 256 | 48.6% |
| September 2025 | 519 | 224 | 43.2% |
| August 2025 | 292 | 157 | 53.8% |
| July 2025 | 485 | 226 | 46.6% |
| June 2025 | 425 | 215 | 50.6% |
| May 2025 | 365 | 195 | 53.4% |
| April 2025 | 282 | 146 | 51.8% |
DVSA, DRT122A · figures for the latest months are provisional
Who passes
Men passed 50.7% of their tests at Redditch in 2025/26 and women 52.4%. Of 2,166 learners taking their first test here, 1,115 passed (51.5%; Great Britain 50.5%), and 52 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 Redditch in September 2026 had booked it a median of 4.0 weeks earlier; 60.5% took it within seven weeks of booking.
DVSA, DRT122F · median weeks between booking and taking the test, DVSA examiners only
Other test centres in West Midlands
| Test centre | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham (Cocks Moors) | 486 | 53.5% |
| Birmingham (Garretts Green) | 22,480 | 44.4% |
| Birmingham (Kings Heath) | 9,072 | 46.8% |
| Birmingham (Kingstanding) | 16,133 | 48.5% |
| Birmingham (Shirley) | 9,385 | 56.6% |
| Birmingham (South Yardley) | 14,471 | 42.8% |
| Burton on Trent | 7,273 | 54.7% |
| Coventry | 13,771 | 40.0% |
| Dudley | 13,721 | 45.2% |
| Featherstone | 13,193 | 36.4% |
| Hereford | 4,110 | 58.8% |
| Lichfield | 5,944 | 53.0% |
| Ludlow | 5,051 | 58.7% |
| Nuneaton | 6,764 | 53.2% |
| Oswestry | 1,851 | 52.4% |
| Rugby | 6,664 | 51.4% |
| Shrewsbury | 5,064 | 51.0% |
| Stafford | 5,365 | 45.8% |
| Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) | 8,413 | 40.6% |
| Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) | 6,646 | 41.6% |
| Telford | 4,963 | 48.9% |
| Warwick (Wedgenock House) | 15,070 | 48.5% |
| Wednesbury | 7,508 | 35.0% |
| Wolverhampton | 11,561 | 34.3% |
| Worcester | 11,590 | 51.9% |