Stoke-on-Trent, England

Driving Test Centres in Stoke-on-Trent: 3 DVSA Centres Ranked

3 DVSA driving test centres across Stoke-on-Trent, part of England. Average pass rate 41.9% (2024-25 DVSA data), UK average 48.7%.

Centres
3
3 with 500+ tests
Stoke-on-Trent avg
41.9%
-6.8 pp vs UK
UK average
48.7%
for comparison
Total tests
118.8K
lifetime DVSA

About Stoke-on-Trent

Learners in Stoke-on-Trent have 3 DVSA test centres to choose between. The county pulls candidates from Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding areas, recording 118.8K car tests in the DVSA dataset. The headline figure is a 41.9% volume-weighted pass rate, compared with 48.7% nationally.

The 41.9% county figure is 6.8 pp below the 48.7% UK number (2024-25 DVSA data), which makes Stoke-on-Trent tougher than average on the headline measure. Within-county variation matters as much as the average, individual centres can sit anywhere from ten points above to ten points below the county number once you compare them side by side.

The headline spread within Stoke-on-Trent sits between Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme) (89.9%) at the top of the league and Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge) (38.8%) at the bottom, a gap of 51.1 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 Stoke-on-Trent

  1. 1
    Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 582 tests (2023-24)
    89.9%
  2. 2
    Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 7.1K tests (2024-25)
    40.7%
  3. 3
    Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 6.5K tests (2024-25)
    38.8%

Top 5 lowest pass rates in Stoke-on-Trent

  1. 1
    Stoke-On-Trent (Cobridge)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 6.5K tests (2024-25)
    38.8%
  2. 2
    Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 7.1K tests (2024-25)
    40.7%
  3. 3
    Stoke-on-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme)
    Stoke-on-Trent, 582 tests (2023-24)
    89.9%

All test centres in Stoke-on-Trent

Sorted by pass rate, centres with fewer than 500 lifetime tests appear at the end.

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