Horsforth Driving Test Centre
At Horsforth, 51.3% of candidates pass, one of the 323 test centres we rank from the DVSA data. Below you will find the full pass-rate history, the demographic split, the official DVSA waiting time and a comparison with the nearest centres.
DVSA data last updated July 2026
Horsforth sits in the top half of car pass rates nationally (Top 46%, rank #147 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Knaresborough, about 13.8 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 72.9K passed, 86.5K failed, 159.4K total
How Horsforth compares
The 2.6-point edge at Horsforth (ranked 147 of 323 in its category) is real but small; local route familiarity moves your odds more than the venue does.
Where Horsforth ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
The direction of travel here is upward: Horsforth has added 6 points since 2017-18, from 45.3% to 51.3%, with its strongest year at 51.3% in 2024-25.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Horsforth
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 15.3 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Horsforth in May 2026 had waited 8.6 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 Horsforth
- car
- motorcycle module 2 (on-road)
- 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 LS18 5NY, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Where do you actually take your car test if you book Horsforth? You start in Horsforth, West Yorkshire, and the examiner takes you through whatever mix of urban and outlying roads sits within a roughly twenty-minute drive of the centre. 159.4K tests over 2017-18-2024-25. That's enough volume that the headline pass rate here moves slowly, a single bad quarter shifts it by a fraction of a percentage point rather than visibly.
How does Horsforth compare nationally? 51.3% pass rate, #147 of 323 car centres in the DVSA network, 2.6 points above the UK average of 48.7%. The upper half of the country, in other words. First-attempt pass rate at Horsforth: 51.5%, against 49% nationally. That's a 2.5-point lead. Well-prepared candidates with no prior test attempts pass here at a noticeably higher rate than the UK average.
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 Horsforth
- Centre difficulty is roughly average at Horsforth. The same fault categories that fail candidates nationally (junctions, mirrors, observation) are what fail candidates here, in similar proportions.
- Volume at Horsforth is among the highest in the network. Don't take the first available date on faith, refreshing the DVSA booking page across a few days regularly turns up cancellations.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Horsforth will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Book through the official DVSA service (gov.uk/book-driving-test). Third-party "fast-track" sites charge a premium for the same booking; the official DVSA booking service is free.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at Horsforth
Ten minutes early is the right target at Horsforth. Parking differs between DVSA centres, so it pays to scout the route on the DVSA centre finder the day before. This centre sees high demand, modelled at roughly 16 to 20 weeks to a slot; booking well ahead and watching for cancellations both help. 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 Leeds is fully booked, Horsforth is the next closest centre, roughly 5 miles away.
The practical lasts about 40 minutes and uses the standard DVSA format nationwide. After an eyesight check at 20 metres and one show-me and one tell-me question, the examiner sits in for the drive. Roughly 20 minutes of that is independent driving, either following a sat nav set by the examiner or following road signs, and you will complete one of four set manoeuvres; about one in seven tests includes an emergency stop, a frequency the DVSA reduced in late 2025. 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 will know the result before you leave Horsforth. The examiner explains the faults marked on your DL25 feedback form and, if you have passed, takes the provisional licence so a full one can be posted out. The pass standard is fixed nationally, 15 driving faults maximum and zero serious or dangerous faults, and 51.3% of candidates here meet it under current DVSA 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.