Driving Test Pass Rates in St Anthony's Hill
St Anthony's Hill has 1 DVSA driving test centre with a volume-weighted average car pass rate of 52.1% 3.4 pp above the UK national average of 48.7%.The full ranking, gender split and first-time pass rate are below.
DVSA data last updated October 2026
About St Anthony's Hill
Eastbourne is the only DVSA driving test centre tracked in St Anthony's Hill, with a current pass rate of 52.1% (2024-25 DVSA data).
The city's volume-weighted car pass rate is 52.1%, 3.4 percentage points above the 48.7% UK average. The figures come from 90.5K tests recorded across the city's centres; the full per-centre ranking is below.
St Anthony's Hill vs the UK average
St Anthony's Hill above the UK average pass rate by 3.4 percentage points. Pass rates in St Anthony's Hill run slightly ahead of the UK norm, suggesting modestly favourable test conditions.
Easiest & hardest centres in St Anthony's Hill
Pass rate by gender across St Anthony's Hill
Across St Anthony's Hill's test centres, men pass at 54% and women at 49.2%, a gender gap of 4.7 percentage points in favour of male candidates. Across the UK, the gap is around 2 percentage points on average.
By test category
All test centres in St Anthony's Hill
Every centre in St Anthony's Hill marks the same sheet, so the choice between them counts for less than whether control, steering is solid. There are 15 categories on that sheet.
DVSA publishes all 21 vehicle safety questions in advance, 14 tell me and 7 show me. You get 2 of them on the day, one at the roadside and one while you are driving. Get one wrong or both wrong and it counts as one driving fault, not two.
Look further ahead. Practise pull-push on a quiet residential loop with a continuous commentary. never steer while stationary; always inch forward first. Free to use, no sign up. Everything for the day itself is on the practical test hub.
About these statistics
Pass rates shown above use the latest DVSA reporting period for each centre. Rates are volume-weighted across the city: larger centres carry proportionally more weight than smaller ones. Centres with fewer than 1,000 tests in the current period are flagged as low-sample to avoid statistically noisy comparisons.
Always factor in your own preparation, instructor recommendations, and route familiarity. Pass rates are a useful signal, not a guarantee.
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Every centre in St Anthony's Hill needs a valid theory pass before you can book, and the certificate lasts two years from the day you sit it. Nationally 44.8% pass the theory.
Sign shapes and colours, road markings and what each one tells you to do. All 14 DVSA topics are free to practise, with no sign up. See the theory pass rate by centre or the full practice hub.
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Data: DVSA quarterly statistical release, released under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 46.8K passes recorded across 1 St Anthony's Hill centre.