Driving Test Pass Rates in Kettering
Kettering has 3 DVSA driving test centres with a volume-weighted average pass rate of 61% 13 pp above the UK national average of 48%. The full ranking, gender split, first-time pass rate and centre-by-centre data is below.
About Kettering
Kettering is a English city served by a small cluster of 3 DVSA practical driving test centres. Together, these centres have processed 39.3K tests on record, every result tracked here is sourced from the DVSA's quarterly statistical release and aggregated to give a like-for-like view of how each centre performs.
As a whole, Kettering runs notably ahead of the UK average. The volume-weighted city pass rate of 61% is 13 percentage points above the 48% UK figure, which often correlates with quieter routes, fewer multi-lane roundabouts, and easier urban junctions.
Within the city the spread between the easiest and hardest centre is 23 percentage points: Kettering leads at 70.7%, while Kettering sits at 47.7%. That gap matters when you book, the same candidate can have a meaningfully different experience depending on which routes they drive on test day. Most learners pick the centre closest to where they take their lessons, but it's worth a few mock runs at your shortlisted centre's actual routes before the real thing.
Kettering vs the UK average
Kettering above the UK average pass rate by 13 percentage points. Candidates here pass at notably higher rates than the UK average, though this often reflects quieter routes rather than easier examiners.
Easiest & hardest centres in Kettering
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Bars sorted high to low. Hover or tap a bar for centre details. Faded bars are low-sample (<500 tests). Dashed line marks the UK national average (48%).
Pass rate by gender across Kettering
Across Kettering's test centres, men pass at 62.3% and women at 53.7% a gender gap of 8.7 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 5 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in Kettering
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above are aggregated across all available years of DVSA quarterly statistical data for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city, larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 500 tests on record are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons. The best-performing centre in Kettering is Kettering at 70.7%, and the toughest is Kettering at 47.7%. Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity, pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government License v3.0. 24.0K passes recorded across 3 Kettering centres. Last refreshed 2026-05-01.