Brentwood (London) Driving Test Centre
Brentwood (London) in Brentwood currently passes 48.5% of tests, in line with the UK average of 48.7%. The sections below cover the year-by-year trend, who passes most often, how long learners wait, and how it stacks up against neighbouring centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Brentwood (London) sits in the bottom half of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 37%, rank #204 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Erith (London), about 11.0 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 18.7K passed, 20.4K failed, 39.0K total
How Brentwood (London) compares
Brentwood (London) sits within a percentage point of the UK figure and is ranked 204 of 323 in its category: the venue itself is unlikely to move your odds either way.
Where Brentwood (London) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Brentwood (London) has held a narrow 7.9-point range across the whole series (47.2% at the low in 2022-23, 55.1% at the high in 2018-19); what you see is what you get.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Brentwood (London)
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 24 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Brentwood (London) in May 2026 had waited 6 weeks from booking to test day.
Official DVSA data, May 2026. The median is the time between booking and taking the test; for live availability use the DVSA booking service.
Centre details
Address
Source: DVSA find a driving test centre (Open Government Licence v3.0), captured 2026-05-12.
Tests offered at Brentwood (London)
- car
- ADI part 2
- ADI part 3
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 CM14 5JN, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Brentwood (London) is the DVSA car test centre in Brentwood, Essex. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. Over 2017-18-2024-25, 39.0K candidates sat tests here. The figures are statistically usable for centre-to-centre comparisons, which is most of what people land on this page wanting to do.
Rank: #204 of 323. Pass rate: 48.5%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a lower half centre by the DVSA's own published figures. 48.1% first-attempt pass at Brentwood (London), UK is 49%. The two numbers move together; whatever edge or drag the centre has on overall pass rate doesn't show up at the first-attempt level.
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 Brentwood (London)
- Brentwood (London) doesn't deviate much from the national curve, so generic preparation advice (mock tests, mirror discipline, junction observation) applies here in the same shape it would anywhere.
- Ask any instructor working Brentwood (London) 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.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Brentwood (London). Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Brentwood (London)
Plan to arrive at Brentwood (London) about ten minutes before your slot. Parking varies between DVSA centres, so check the route and the surrounding streets on the DVSA centre finder a day or two ahead. With demand running high here and waits near 14 to 18 weeks, it is worth holding any earlier cancellation slot you are offered. Bring your provisional photocard licence; the examiner will not start without it, and you will need a roadworthy car with L plates and a working interior mirror. If Hornchurch (London) is fully booked, Brentwood (London) is the next closest centre, roughly 5 miles away.
The test runs for around 40 minutes and follows the same DVSA format used at every centre. The examiner checks your eyesight at 20 metres, asks you a tell-me safety question, then sits in for the drive, with one show-me question while you are driving. About 20 minutes of it is independent driving, either following a sat nav the examiner sets up or following road signs to a named place. You will do one of four set manoeuvres, and roughly one in seven candidates is asked to perform an emergency stop. The drive covers the local mix of road types within roughly a twenty-minute radius of the centre. 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 Brentwood (London). 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; 48.5% 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.