Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods) Driving Test Centre

· West Midlands

45.5%
final pass rate 286 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2022-23

Key Statistics

45.5% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +3.0pp
48.1% Male Pass Rate
42.2% Female Pass Rate
8,979 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods) pass rate over 4 years

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2017 2018 2019 2022 2017: 38.5% 2018: 39.8% 2019: 42.5% 2022: 45.5%

Monthly Breakdown (2022-23)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Jan 111 45 40.5% 43.5% 36.7%
Feb 175 85 48.6% 51.0% 45.6%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5.9pp higher rate than female candidates at Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods).

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2017 2018 2019 2022 2017: 35.2% 2018: 34.6% 2019: 38.1% 2022: 42.2% 2017: 42.0% 2018: 46.0% 2019: 48.3% 2022: 48.1%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 125 of the tests conducted here.

17: 40.0% 18: 53.1% 19: 42.9% 20: 63.6% 21: 62.5% 22: 30.0% 23: 50.0% 24: 53.8% 25: 52.9% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

20-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods) with 63.6% from 11 tests, while 17-year-olds have the lowest at 40.0%. The 23.6 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
171540.0%50.0%28.6%
183253.1%68.4%30.8%
192142.9%57.1%14.3%
201163.6%57.1%75.0%
211662.5%77.8%42.9%
22030.0%20.0%40.0%
23050.0%42.9%66.7%
241353.8%66.7%42.9%
251752.9%70.0%28.6%

Automatic vs Manual

48.8%Automatic Pass Rate
45.5%Overall Pass Rate
80Auto Tests/Year

At Birmingham (Cocks Moors Woods), the automatic test pass rate is 48.8%, which is 3.3 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 45.5%. 80 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

Female automatic candidates pass at 51.1% compared to 45.5% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2017 2018 2019 2022 2017: 38.5% 2018: 39.8% 2019: 42.5% 2022: 45.5% 2017: 30.5% 2018: 34.8% 2019: 40.7% 2022: 48.8%
Automatic Overall

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