DVSA official data · 2024/25
Pass rates for every East and South East London test centre we cover, from the latest full year of DVSA figures, set against the 48.7% national average.
Ranked highest to lowest. Tests conducted is the DVSA sample size for the year, so every centre here is statistically robust (well over 100 tests).
| Test centre | Pass rate | |
|---|---|---|
Sidcup DA14 5DT | 59% | Routes & tips → |
Mitcham CR0 3AQ | 48.9% | Routes & tips → |
Hornchurch RM12 6LL | 48.3% | Routes & tips → |
Loughton IG10 1RB | 48% | Routes & tips → |
Tottenham N17 8JL | 47.9% | Routes & tips → |
Wood Green N22 5LF | 46.8% | Routes & tips → |
Goodmayes IG3 8SH | 43.7% | Routes & tips → |
Wanstead E11 2PU | 40.4% | Routes & tips → |
Belvedere DA17 6AH | 38.3% | Routes & tips → |
Chingford E4 8JA | 36.5% | Routes & tips → |
Source: DVSA, “Car driving test data by test centre” (table DRT122A), financial year April 2024 to March 2025. View on GOV.UK
The gap between Sidcup (59%) and Chingford (36.5%). Where you book can swing your odds more than you might expect.
Tests conducted at Goodmayes, one of the busiest centres in the capital, which still passes only 43.7%, below the national average.
The single biggest thing you control is practising the actual test routes for your centre. We teach every route on this list.
Sidcup has the highest pass rate in the area at 59% for 2024/25, based on 12,809 tests. The lowest is Chingford at 36.5%, a gap of 22.5 percentage points. Source: DVSA official statistics.
The Great Britain national average for 2024/25 was 48.7%. Several East London centres sit below this, partly because their test routes use fast multi-lane roads such as the A12 and A406 and complex one-way systems.
Not automatically. Pass rates reflect the road conditions and the mix of candidates at each centre, not how lenient the examiners are. The biggest factor you control is practising on the actual test routes for the centre you are booked at.
Our instructors know every East and South East London test route. Book lessons built around the centre you are booked at.