Driving Test Centres in East Sussex: 6 DVSA Centres Ranked
6 DVSA driving test centres across East Sussex, part of England. Average pass rate 56% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.
About East Sussex
Across East Sussex, 6 DVSA test centres serve learners between Hastings, St Anthony's Hill and Ore. The county's 128.4K recorded car tests put it among the larger sub-regional networks in England, and the volume-weighted current pass rate sits at 56% (UK average 48.7%).
On the 7.3 pp above the UK comparison (2024-25 DVSA data), East Sussex looks kinder than the UK average on paper. Pass rates within the county aren't uniform though, and the spread between the easiest and hardest centre tells the real story. Plenty of candidates travel to a neighbouring centre to find a route that suits them better.
The headline spread within East Sussex sits between Eastbourne (83%) at the top of the league and Hastings (Ore) (49.2%) at the bottom, a gap of 33.8 percentage points. Spreads of 10 to 15 percentage points within a single county are common, the route a centre uses matters far more than the county boundary.
Top 5 highest pass rates in East Sussex
All test centres in East Sussex
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.