NTS (Norwich) Driving Test Centre
The NTS (Norwich) driving test centre is located in NTS, England (NR4 6DG). 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
106 passed, 37 failed, 143 total
How NTS (Norwich) compares
NTS (Norwich) 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 NTS (Norwich) 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 NTS (Norwich) have remained broadly stable through recent reporting periods. Booking is achievable but not immediate: learners booking at NTS (Norwich) 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 NTS (Norwich)
- HGV/LGV
For other test types at this location, search the DVSA centre finder with postcode NR4 6DG.
Accessibility & facilities
Parking, toilets, and disabled-access details vary by centre. Check the official DVSA find a driving test centre tool with postcode NR4 6DG, or call DVSA Customer Services on 0300 200 1122.
About this test centre
NTS (Norwich) sits in NTS, Norfolk, just inside the NR4 6DG postcode. It's a DVSA-run hgv/lgv test centre, and the routes from here work outward into the streets and arterial roads that learners from NTS tend to know already. Only 143 tests sit on the record at NTS (Norwich) for 2016-17-2017-18. That puts the centre in the tail of the volume distribution; treat any single-period rate as indicative, not definitive.
74.1% at NTS (Norwich), against a UK hgv/lgv average of 48.7%. That puts the centre 25.4 points clear of the national figure and ranks it #22 of 152 hgv/lgv centres in the DVSA's network. DVSA doesn't break out first-attempt figures for NTS (Norwich) 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 NTS (Norwich)
- Don't read a higher pass rate as a softer test. NTS (Norwich)'s rate reflects route geography more than examiner discretion, DVSA marking is centrally trained. Prepare for the same fault categories you'd prepare for anywhere.
- NTS (Norwich) is a low-volume centre (143 tests on record). Period-to-period swings can look dramatic without much underlying change, read the multi-year aggregate rather than any single quarter's figure.
- Practising the test routes is the single thing that most reliably moves a candidate's pass odds. Most ADI instructors in NTS will have a working knowledge of which routes NTS (Norwich) uses.
- The only legitimate booking route is gov.uk. Anything calling itself a "test booking concierge" is reselling the same slots at a markup, the slots aren't theirs to control.
Other test centres nearby
On the day at NTS (Norwich)
Give yourself ten minutes in hand when you head to NTS (Norwich), and look up where to park beforehand, facilities differ from one DVSA site to the next. The DVSA centre finder (postcode NR4 6DG) shows the exact location. Modelled waits here sit around 13 weeks at moderate demand, which tends to mean less competition for a date that suits you. You must have your provisional photocard licence on you, plus a car with L plates and a working interior mirror for the examiner. If Norwich (Peachman Way) is fully booked, NTS (Norwich) is the next closest centre, roughly 2 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.
Results come immediately on return to the centre. The examiner talks you through any faults marked, prints the DL25 feedback form, and (if you passed) takes your provisional licence so the full one can be issued by post. A pass needs no more than 15 driving faults and zero serious or dangerous faults, the standard 74.1% of candidates at NTS (Norwich) meet 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: 2017-18.