Cheetham Hill Driving Test Centre

· Greater Manchester

41.6%
final pass rate 8,498 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

41.6% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.3pp
44.0% Male Pass Rate
39.0% Female Pass Rate
47,282 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Cheetham Hill pass rate over 5 years

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 50.2% 2008: 48.1% 2009: 46.8% 2011: 41.9% 2012: 41.6%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 626 268 42.8% 43.5% 42.1%
May 773 309 40.0% 42.5% 37.3%
Jun 549 210 38.3% 39.9% 36.5%
Jul 854 322 37.7% 38.3% 37.1%
Aug 685 279 40.7% 40.4% 41.1%
Sep 589 258 43.8% 46.3% 40.8%
Oct 848 346 40.8% 46.2% 34.4%
Nov 771 319 41.4% 42.4% 40.4%
Dec 549 231 42.1% 48.6% 34.7%
Jan 763 349 45.7% 47.2% 44.1%
Feb 763 328 43.0% 44.7% 41.0%
Mar 728 316 43.4% 47.8% 38.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 5pp higher rate than female candidates at Cheetham Hill.

35% 39% 43% 47% 51% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 46.6% 2008: 44.3% 2009: 42.3% 2011: 38.2% 2012: 39.0% 2007: 53.5% 2008: 51.6% 2009: 50.8% 2011: 45.5% 2012: 44.0%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Cheetham Hill? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 392.457 of the tests conducted here.

17: 616.0% 18: 693.0% 19: 547.0% 20: 444.0% 21: 389.0% 22: 345.0% 23: 378.0% 24: 358.0% 25: 418.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Cheetham Hill with 693.0% from 46.19718309859155 tests, while 22-year-olds have the lowest at 345.0%. The 348.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1746.207616.0%57.1%134.0%
1846.197693.0%51.8%164.0%
1942.652547.0%48.5%119.0%
2042.292444.0%48.7%107.0%
2146.961389.0%45.7%85.0%
2238.462345.0%42.9%60.0%
2346.341378.0%47.2%76.0%
2442.222358.0%50.0%76.0%
2541.121418.0%44.6%88.0%

Automatic vs Manual

32.4%Automatic Pass Rate
41.6%Overall Pass Rate
599Auto Tests/Year

At Cheetham Hill, the automatic test pass rate is 32.4%, which is 9.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 41.6%. With 599 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 38.7% compared to 30.3% for females.

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