Driving Test Centres in Kent: 8 DVSA Sites Ranked
8 DVSA driving test sites across Kent, part of England. Car pass rate 54% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK car average 48.7%.
DVSA data last updated June 2026
About Kent
Learners in Kent have 8 DVSA test sites to choose between. The county pulls candidates from Canterbury, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone and surrounding areas, recording 546.0K car tests in the DVSA dataset. The headline figure is a 54% volume-weighted car pass rate for 2024-25, compared with 48.7% nationally.
The 54% county car figure is 5.3 pp above the 48.7% UK car number (2024-25 DVSA data), which makes Kent better than average on the headline measure. Within-county variation matters as much as the average, individual centres can sit well above or well below the county number once you compare them side by side.
The headline spread within Kent sits between Tunbridge Wells (58.9%) at the top of the league and Folkestone (45.4%) at the bottom, a gap of 13.5 percentage points. Urban-heavy routes with multi-lane roundabouts, bus lanes and dense pedestrian traffic typically drag the bottom-of-county figure down, even within a single county.
Top 5 highest pass rates in Kent
All test centres in Kent
Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 1,000 current-period tests appear at the end.
Kent driving test: common questions
What is the average driving test pass rate in Kent?+
The car driving test pass rate across Kent is 54%, 5.3 points above the UK average of 48.7%. It is a volume-weighted figure from the 7 test centres in the county with enough current tests for a reliable rate.
Which Kent test centre has the highest pass rate?+
Tunbridge Wells has the highest current car pass rate in Kent at 58.9%, ahead of Maidstone on 58%. Pass rates reflect the routes and traffic a centre tests on, not just how candidates drive.
Which Kent test centre has the lowest pass rate?+
Among the county's busier centres, Folkestone currently has the lowest car pass rate at 45.4%. A lower rate usually points to tougher, busier test routes rather than stricter examiners.
How many driving test centres are there in Kent?+
Kent has 8 DVSA driving test centres, with sites around Canterbury, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone. Each centre's full pass-rate history, waiting time and demographic breakdown is linked above.
Is it easier to pass your driving test in Kent?+
On average a little, yes: the 54% county figure sits just above the national 48.7%. The bigger factor is the spread between centres, currently 45.4% to 58.9%, so which centre you book matters more than the county itself.
Where does the Kent pass-rate data come from?+
The figures come from the DVSA's quarterly car practical test statistics, the official UK government release. We only rank centres with at least 1,000 current-period tests, so a small sample never produces a misleading rate.