Grantham Driving Test Centre

· Lincolnshire

50.6%
final pass rate 3,333 tests/year · 7 years of data · DVSA data: 2013-14

Key Statistics

50.6% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -12.3pp
56.7% Male Pass Rate
45.2% Female Pass Rate
23,490 Total Tests (7 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Grantham pass rate over 7 years

50% 53% 56% 59% 62% 65% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 52.6% 2008: 54.8% 2009: 54.1% 2010: 57.5% 2011: 63.0% 2012: 62.9% 2013: 50.6%

Monthly Breakdown (2013-14)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 244 136 55.7% 63.2% 48.8%
May 234 134 57.3% 61.7% 52.9%
Jun 198 109 55.1% 61.9% 50.0%
Jul 268 142 53.0% 55.6% 50.7%
Aug 374 166 44.4% 54.8% 34.0%
Sep 249 117 47.0% 54.4% 40.7%
Oct 283 144 50.9% 54.3% 47.6%
Nov 355 180 50.7% 55.6% 47.1%
Dec 242 134 55.4% 58.6% 52.4%
Jan 312 157 50.3% 58.7% 43.7%
Feb 301 140 46.5% 50.0% 43.6%
Mar 273 126 46.2% 55.6% 38.1%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 11.5pp higher rate than female candidates at Grantham.

45% 50% 55% 60% 65% 70% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007: 50.3% 2008: 51.7% 2009: 51.8% 2010: 54.5% 2011: 59.0% 2012: 57.8% 2013: 45.2% 2007: 55.1% 2008: 58.0% 2009: 56.4% 2010: 61.0% 2011: 67.6% 2012: 68.7% 2013: 56.7%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Grantham? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 414.445 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1065.0% 18: 611.0% 19: 275.0% 20: 162.0% 21: 116.0% 22: 97.0% 23: 103.0% 24: 70.0% 25: 94.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Grantham with 1065.0% from 50.100200400801604 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 70.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 995.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1750.11065.0%59.5%250.0%
1847.761611.0%53.3%160.0%
1943.558275.0%57.1%71.0%
2042.857162.0%51.8%33.0%
2151.613116.0%63.0%32.0%
2243.54897.0%54.3%27.0%
2347.458103.0%65.9%28.0%
2446.80970.0%73.9%22.0%
2540.74194.0%55.0%22.0%

Automatic vs Manual

38.8%Automatic Pass Rate
50.6%Overall Pass Rate
98Auto Tests/Year

At Grantham, the automatic test pass rate is 38.8%, which is 11.8 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 50.6%. 98 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 50.0% compared to 35.9% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 41% 47% 53% 59% 65% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2009: 54.1% 2010: 57.5% 2011: 63.0% 2012: 62.9% 2013: 50.6% 2008: 50.4% 2009: 45.8% 2010: 62.7% 2012: 62.7% 2013: 38.8%
Automatic Overall

Nearby Test Centres