Barnet Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

37.1%
final pass rate 9,087 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

37.1% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +0.9pp
40.0% Male Pass Rate
33.6% Female Pass Rate
64,193 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Barnet pass rate over 6 years

30% 32% 34% 36% 38% 40% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 32.5% 2008: 32.5% 2009: 34.6% 2010: 35.1% 2011: 36.2% 2012: 37.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 609 236 38.8% 41.3% 35.8%
May 1,014 387 38.2% 41.6% 33.8%
Jun 867 293 33.8% 36.4% 30.9%
Jul 917 327 35.7% 37.7% 32.8%
Aug 941 366 38.9% 41.5% 35.5%
Sep 786 280 35.6% 37.6% 33.1%
Oct 867 321 37.0% 37.9% 36.0%
Nov 736 263 35.7% 41.9% 28.4%
Dec 505 183 36.2% 42.2% 30.0%
Jan 552 213 38.6% 43.0% 33.2%
Feb 628 258 41.1% 41.4% 40.7%
Mar 665 247 37.1% 40.4% 33.3%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.4pp higher rate than female candidates at Barnet.

30% 32% 34% 36% 38% 40% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 30.0% 2008: 30.6% 2009: 33.1% 2010: 32.6% 2011: 33.4% 2012: 33.6% 2007: 34.3% 2008: 34.0% 2009: 35.7% 2010: 37.1% 2011: 38.4% 2012: 40.0%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Barnet? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 318.544 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1007.0% 18: 806.0% 19: 566.0% 20: 432.0% 21: 344.0% 22: 372.0% 23: 373.0% 24: 365.0% 25: 364.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Barnet with 1007.0% from 42.819843342036556 tests, while 21-year-olds have the lowest at 344.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 663.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1742.821007.0%44.9%164.0%
1844.818806.0%41.4%160.0%
1939.526566.0%38.3%100.0%
2033.173432.0%34.4%69.0%
2130.488344.0%40.6%50.0%
2234.682372.0%49.2%60.0%
2330.061373.0%41.9%49.0%
2433.708365.0%37.4%60.0%
2529.268364.0%45.5%48.0%

Automatic vs Manual

31.0%Automatic Pass Rate
37.1%Overall Pass Rate
1,030Auto Tests/Year

At Barnet, the automatic test pass rate is 31.0%, which is 6.1 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 37.1%. With 1,030 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 36.9% compared to 28.7% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

25% 28% 31% 34% 37% 40% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 34.6% 2010: 35.1% 2011: 36.2% 2012: 37.1% 2008: 29.3% 2009: 33.1% 2010: 30.7% 2012: 31.0%
Automatic Overall

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