Brentwood Driving Test Centre

· Essex

39.0%
final pass rate 3,846 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

39.0% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +3.2pp
40.3% Male Pass Rate
37.6% Female Pass Rate
29,720 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Brentwood pass rate over 6 years

30% 32% 34% 36% 38% 40% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 33.2% 2008: 34.1% 2009: 32.8% 2010: 34.4% 2011: 35.8% 2012: 39.0%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 323 121 37.5% 38.5% 36.1%
May 362 142 39.2% 38.1% 40.6%
Jun 362 132 36.5% 36.3% 36.7%
Jul 370 122 33.0% 37.0% 29.0%
Aug 333 138 41.4% 41.5% 41.4%
Sep 398 154 38.7% 39.2% 38.1%
Oct 387 153 39.5% 41.3% 37.4%
Nov 314 132 42.0% 49.4% 34.6%
Dec 185 78 42.2% 46.9% 36.8%
Jan 251 98 39.0% 37.5% 40.5%
Feb 248 102 41.1% 42.3% 39.8%
Mar 313 128 40.9% 40.1% 41.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 2.7pp higher rate than female candidates at Brentwood.

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 31.7% 2008: 31.6% 2009: 32.5% 2010: 33.2% 2011: 34.4% 2012: 37.6% 2007: 34.5% 2008: 36.4% 2009: 33.0% 2010: 35.3% 2011: 36.9% 2012: 40.3%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Brentwood? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 343.876 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1007.0% 18: 692.0% 19: 292.0% 20: 167.0% 21: 156.0% 22: 140.0% 23: 105.0% 24: 102.0% 25: 110.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Brentwood with 1007.0% from 45.747126436781606 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 102.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 905.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1745.7471007.0%46.2%199.0%
1838.202692.0%40.2%136.0%
1933.962292.0%34.6%54.0%
2037.5167.0%44.2%27.0%
2145.161156.0%40.4%28.0%
2233.784140.0%39.4%25.0%
2331.25105.0%49.1%15.0%
2443.182102.0%31.0%19.0%
2535.088110.0%41.5%20.0%

Automatic vs Manual

32.4%Automatic Pass Rate
39.0%Overall Pass Rate
293Auto Tests/Year

At Brentwood, the automatic test pass rate is 32.4%, which is 6.6 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 39.0%. 293 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

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 43.3% compared to 29.6% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

25% 28% 31% 34% 37% 40% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 32.8% 2010: 34.4% 2011: 35.8% 2012: 39.0% 2008: 31.1% 2009: 31.3% 2010: 27.8% 2012: 32.4%
Automatic Overall

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