Birmingham (Kingstanding) Driving Test Centre
The Birmingham (Kingstanding) driving test centre is located in Birmingham, England. 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
71.5K passed, 115.4K failed, 186.9K total
How Birmingham (Kingstanding) compares
Birmingham (Kingstanding) has a slightly tougher pass rate than the UK average. Routes here may be more demanding than rural centres.
Where Birmingham (Kingstanding) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The most common driving test faults nationally
These are the fault types DVSA examiners record most often across all car tests in Great Britain, ranked most to least common. They are a national pattern, not a measurement taken at this centre, but they are the faults worth targeting in practice wherever you sit your test.
- 1Junctions - observationNot looking properly before pulling out at junctions.
- 2Mirrors - change directionNot checking mirrors before signalling, changing speed or direction.
- 3Move off - safelyPulling away without safe control or proper observation.
- 4Junctions - turning rightPoor positioning or judgement when turning right at junctions.
- 5Response to signs - traffic lightsMissing or misreading traffic signs, signals or road markings.
This ranking is DVSA national fault data, shown here for context. DVSA does not publish a separate fault breakdown for individual test centres.
Pass rate by demographic
Estimated wait time and demand
Booking requires patience: on this estimate, learners booking at Birmingham (Kingstanding) would typically wait around 18 to 22 weeks from booking to test day.
This wait is an estimate modelled from regional demand and this centre's test volume, not a live booking figure. See how it is worked out on our methodology page, and check the DVSA booking service for live slots.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Birmingham (Kingstanding)
- car
Accessibility & facilities
Parking and toilet details aren't included in DVSA's published feed. For the current on-site facilities, check the DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode B44 9UL, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Birmingham (Kingstanding) is one of the DVSA's car test sites in England, located in Birmingham, West Midlands. The choice of routes reflects the local mix of road types rather than any standard national template. If you're cross-checking this pass rate against other sources, the sample size matters. 186.9K tests over 2017-18-2024-25 is large enough that any rounding you see between sites is just rounding, not disagreement on the underlying data.
Birmingham (Kingstanding) runs close to the national curve: 44.6% pass rate, 4.1 points below the UK average of 48.7%. The rank is #272 of 323 car centres. First-attempt figure: 43.9%. UK first-attempt average: 49%. Birmingham (Kingstanding) runs 5.1 points behind, candidates who succeed here on the first try are usually the ones who've driven the local routes specifically.
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 Birmingham (Kingstanding)
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Birmingham (Kingstanding). The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- 186.9K tests through this centre over the published window. At that throughput, competition for short-notice slots is constant, set up a cancellation alert and check often.
- Ask any instructor working Birmingham (Kingstanding) 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.
- If you missed the earlier slots at Birmingham (Kingstanding), the DVSA's official cancellation pool refreshes constantly. Check at off-peak times (early morning, late evening) for better odds.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Birmingham (Kingstanding)
Arrive at Birmingham (Kingstanding) with about ten minutes to spare and know your parking options in advance, they vary site to site across the DVSA network. The DVSA centre finder maps the centre and its surroundings. With very high demand and waits near 18 to 22 weeks, take any earlier slot the booking service offers rather than holding out. Don't set off without your provisional photocard licence; the test cannot start without it, and your car needs L plates and a working interior mirror. If Birmingham (Sutton Coldfield) is fully booked, Birmingham (Kingstanding) is the next closest centre, roughly 2 miles away.
Plan for a drive of roughly 40 minutes, identical in structure to every other DVSA centre. First comes the 20-metre eyesight check and a pair of vehicle-safety questions, one show-me, one tell-me, then the examiner joins you for the road section. About 20 minutes is independent driving by sat nav or by following signs to a named target, you tackle one of four set manoeuvres, and around a third of candidates get an emergency stop. The drive works through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within about a twenty-minute radius, and at a centre this busy that usually means heavier traffic to read. Across DVSA marking nationally, the fault recorded most often on car tests is junctions - observation, worth drilling on the local routes before your date.
You find out there and then, back at Birmingham (Kingstanding). The examiner runs through the faults on the DL25 feedback form and, on a pass, keeps your provisional licence so a full licence follows in the post. Clearing the test means staying under 16 driving faults, that is 15 or fewer, with no serious or dangerous fault; 44.6% of candidates here manage it on the current marking.
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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.