Barking (Town Quay) Driving Test Centre

· Suffolk

37.1%
final pass rate 6,035 tests/year · 2 years of data · DVSA data: 2017-18

Key Statistics

37.1% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +1.9pp
40.2% Male Pass Rate
33.2% Female Pass Rate
6,979 Total Tests (2 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Barking (Town Quay) pass rate over 2 years

35% 36% 37% 38% 39% 40% 2016 2017 2016: 35.2% 2017: 37.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2017-18)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 816 324 39.7% 42.9% 35.4%
May 875 316 36.1% 39.0% 31.7%
Jun 551 188 34.1% 38.8% 29.5%
Jul 418 157 37.6% 43.8% 30.4%
Aug 488 172 35.2% 39.3% 29.6%
Sep 481 181 37.6% 38.6% 36.4%
Oct 456 160 35.1% 36.2% 33.8%
Nov 303 115 38.0% 44.1% 32.5%
Dec 264 107 40.5% 41.9% 38.5%
Jan 495 183 37.0% 41.4% 32.1%
Feb 456 178 39.0% 40.2% 37.6%
Mar 432 158 36.6% 38.3% 34.7%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 7pp higher rate than female candidates at Barking (Town Quay).

25% 29% 33% 37% 41% 45% 2016 2017 2016: 29.8% 2017: 33.2% 2016: 39.1% 2017: 40.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Barking (Town Quay)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 2,625 of the tests conducted here.

17: 43.5% 18: 36.5% 19: 39.0% 20: 43.9% 21: 41.0% 22: 38.4% 23: 38.3% 24: 38.0% 25: 35.1% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

20-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Barking (Town Quay) with 43.9% from 326 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 35.1%.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1719143.5%42.8%45.3%
1835636.5%39.8%31.1%
1942139.0%43.4%34.0%
2032643.9%48.0%39.4%
2130041.0%44.2%37.9%
2225538.4%42.0%34.2%
2326438.3%41.4%35.3%
2425038.0%45.2%31.9%
2526235.1%40.4%31.1%

Automatic vs Manual

31.9%Automatic Pass Rate
37.1%Overall Pass Rate
1,289Auto Tests/Year

At Barking (Town Quay), the automatic test pass rate is 31.9%, which is 5.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 37.1%. With 1,289 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Male automatic candidates pass at 32.0% compared to 31.8% for females.

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