2 Start Training (Worthing) Driving Test Centre
The 2 Start Training (Worthing) driving test centre is located in Hilsea, England (PO3 5HU). Below are the official pass-rate statistics, multi-year trend, demographic breakdown, and how this centre compares against the UK average and its neighbours, all drawn from the DVSA quarterly statistical release.
Pass vs fail at a glance
42.857 passed, 27.81 failed, 70.667 total
How 2 Start Training (Worthing) compares
2 Start Training (Worthing) performs well above the UK average. Learners passing here are more likely to pass than at most other UK centres, though this can also reflect quieter test routes and fewer challenging junctions.
Where 2 Start Training (Worthing) ranks among 152 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Most common faults at this centre
The fault categories most frequently recorded against learners on test. Knowing them lets you target practice on the things examiners are most likely to penalise.
- 1Junctions - observation10
- 2Mirrors - change direction9
- 3Move off - safely8
- 4Junctions - turning right7
- 5Response to signs - traffic lights6
Per-centre fault breakdowns are derived from the DVSA national fault distribution applied to centre-level test outcomes.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Wait times at 2 Start Training (Worthing) have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at 2 Start Training (Worthing) typically wait around 13 weeks from booking to test day.
Wait time is estimated from regional demand patterns reported in the National Audit Office investigation into car driving test waiting times (Dec 2024) and the DVSA Despatch blog updates, combined with this centre's test volume. Real availability fluctuates with examiner staffing and cancellations, always check the official DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Tests offered at 2 Start Training (Worthing)
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder with postcode PO3 5HU.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode PO3 5HU, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Drivers booked at 2 Start Training (Worthing) report to a DVSA centre in Hilsea, Portsmouth, postcode PO3 5HU. The hgv/lgv routes used here are drawn from the streets the centre's examiners drive every week, so the test reflects local conditions rather than a generic syllabus. 70.667 tests across 2024-25-2024-25. That's a small sample, and the single-period rates you'll see in the chart can swing wildly without much underlying change. The multi-year roll-up is the only stable read.
By raw pass rate 2 Start Training (Worthing) sits at 60.6%, with the DVSA's national hgv/lgv average over the same window running at 48.7%. The gap (11.9 points clear of the UK figure) places the centre at rank #71 of 152, inside the upper half of the country's hgv/lgv test centres. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for 2 Start Training (Worthing) in DRT122C, so the split between first-time and retake pass rates isn't published for this centre.
All figures shown are aggregated from the DVSA quarterly statistical release covering the most recent reporting periods available. Pass-rate calculations exclude tests cancelled by the candidate or examiner. Sample sizes and methodology are described in the source attribution at the foot of this page.
What learners should know about 2 Start Training (Worthing)
- Above-average pass rate at 2 Start Training (Worthing) doesn't mean above-average ease. The fundamentals examiners mark are the same nationally: junctions, mirrors, observation, signal timing. A 65%+ pass rate means more candidates clear those, not that the bar is lower.
- With 70.667 tests on record at 2 Start Training (Worthing), the per-quarter pass rates are noisy. The trend chart on this page is more informative than any specific number from a specific period.
- Ask any instructor working 2 Start Training (Worthing) about the centre's "usual fails", they'll have two or three specific junctions or manoeuvres in mind. Practise those until they're automatic before your date.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the DVSA's own cancellation feed is free.
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On the day at 2 Start Training (Worthing)
Ten minutes early is the right target at 2 Start Training (Worthing). Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder (postcode PO3 5HU) the day before. Demand sits at moderate with a modelled wait of about 13 weeks, which generally leaves more room to choose a date. Bring the provisional photocard licence, the examiner checks for it first, and make sure your car is roadworthy with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Portsmouth is fully booked, 2 Start Training (Worthing) is the next closest centre, roughly 3 miles away.
Expect about 40 minutes once you set off, to the same national DVSA script. It opens with an eyesight check at 20 metres and one show-me plus one tell-me question, after which the examiner rides along for the drive. Around 20 minutes of that is independent driving, guided either by a sat nav the examiner provides or by road signs to a named destination, with one of four set manoeuvres and a one-in-three chance of an emergency stop. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. Across recent DVSA marking, the fault logged most often at this centre is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
The result is given immediately when you get back. Whatever the outcome, the examiner reads through the marked faults and prints your DL25 feedback form; pass and they take the provisional licence to trigger your full one by post. The threshold is the national one, 15 driving faults at most and zero serious or dangerous, which 60.6% of 2 Start Training (Worthing)'s candidates reach right now.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. PassRates.uk aggregates DVSA centre-level totals across reporting periods.
Edited by Vikas. DVSA data period: 2024-25.