Norwich (Jupiter Road) Driving Test Centre
Norwich (Jupiter Road) in Norwich currently passes 42.2% of tests, 6.5 points below 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 August 2026
Norwich (Jupiter Road) sits in the bottom quarter of car pass rates nationally (Bottom 10%, rank #293 of 323). The strongest car alternative nearby is Ipswich, about 39.9 miles away.
Pass vs fail at a glance
All-time 10.7K passed, 12.0K failed, 22.6K total
How Norwich (Jupiter Road) compares
Norwich (Jupiter Road) gives up 6.5 points to the national average and is ranked 293 of 323 in its category; treat that as a route-difficulty signal, not a verdict on your chances.
Where Norwich (Jupiter Road) ranks among 323 centres
Pass-rate trend by year
Across the recorded years Norwich (Jupiter Road) has drifted from 52% to 42.2%, down 9.8 points, with the best year at 54.8% in 2021-22.
Pass rate by demographic
Waiting time at Norwich (Jupiter Road)
The headline figure for reaching 10% availability is 5 weeks, but the typical (median) learner who took their test at Norwich (Jupiter Road) in May 2026 had waited 14.9 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 Norwich (Jupiter Road)
- 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 NR6 6SS, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
Norwich (Jupiter Road) is the DVSA car test centre in Norwich, Norfolk. Examiners drive a mix of the roads immediately surrounding the centre; the DVSA does not publish its test routes. 22.6K tests across 2017-18-2024-25. That's a working sample, enough to take the pass rate at face value but not so large that a single quiet quarter passes unnoticed.
Rank: #293 of 323. Pass rate: 42.2%. UK average: 48.7%. That's a bottom quartile centre by the DVSA's own published figures. 42.1% of first-timers pass at Norwich (Jupiter Road), 6.9 points below the UK figure of 49%. If your booking is your first attempt, factor in a few lessons on the local test-area roads.
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 Norwich (Jupiter Road)
- A lower pass rate at Norwich (Jupiter Road) usually means specific local junctions or road types that catch out candidates trained elsewhere. Book local-area familiarisation lessons with an instructor who works this centre, not one who covers a different patch.
- Practising the roads around the centre is the preparation that most reliably pays off. Most ADI instructors in Norwich will know the road types and junctions learners commonly meet near the centre.
- Don't pay third-party sites for booking access at Norwich (Jupiter Road). Use gov.uk/book-driving-test directly; cancellations show up on the same booking flow.
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On the day at Norwich (Jupiter Road)
Plan to arrive at Norwich (Jupiter Road) 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 12 to 16 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 Lowestoft(Mobbs Way) is fully booked, Norwich (Jupiter Road) is the next closest centre, roughly 22 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 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 will know the result before you leave Norwich (Jupiter Road). 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 42.2% 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.
DVSA data period: 2024-25.