Newport (Isle Of Wight) Driving Test Centre

· Highland

52.4%
final pass rate 3,875 tests/year · 10 years of data · DVSA data: 2016-17

Key Statistics

56.2% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.8pp
60.7% Male Pass Rate
52.6% Female Pass Rate
25,428 Total Tests (10 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Newport (Isle Of Wight) pass rate over 10 years

45% 49% 53% 57% 61% 65% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2007: 49.7% 2008: 50.6% 2009: 51.2% 2010: 52.3% 2011: 52.1% 2012: 53.3% 2013: 60.8% 2014: 59.4% 2015: 57.0% 2016: 56.2%

Monthly Breakdown (2016-17)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 189 112 59.3% 63.5% 55.8%
May 281 168 59.8% 67.7% 53.2%
Jun 230 130 56.5% 62.5% 52.2%
Jul 245 140 57.1% 60.2% 54.7%
Aug 271 161 59.4% 64.3% 54.9%
Sep 315 170 54.0% 58.4% 50.6%
Oct 305 171 56.1% 61.2% 52.7%
Nov 315 161 51.1% 55.2% 47.7%
Dec 240 132 55.0% 61.6% 49.2%
Jan 193 101 52.3% 55.2% 50.0%
Feb 196 114 58.2% 61.2% 55.9%
Mar 218 125 57.3% 57.5% 57.1%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 8.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Newport (Isle Of Wight).

45% 49% 53% 57% 61% 65% 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2007: 46.6% 2008: 49.3% 2009: 49.0% 2010: 49.7% 2011: 49.9% 2012: 51.8% 2013: 58.2% 2014: 57.5% 2015: 52.9% 2016: 52.6% 2007: 53.4% 2008: 52.0% 2009: 53.5% 2010: 55.0% 2011: 54.7% 2012: 55.2% 2013: 63.7% 2014: 61.4% 2015: 61.4% 2016: 60.7%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Newport (Isle Of Wight)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 534.164 of the tests conducted here.

17: 533.0% 18: 373.0% 19: 197.0% 20: 108.0% 21: 112.0% 22: 109.0% 23: 100.0% 24: 82.0% 25: 72.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Newport (Isle Of Wight) with 533.0% from 63.12056737588652 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 72.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 461.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1763.121533.0%69.7%178.0%
1856.545373.0%57.1%108.0%
1965197.0%59.0%52.0%
2050108.0%70.3%22.0%
2155.882112.0%61.4%38.0%
2257.353109.0%48.8%39.0%
2366100.0%56.0%33.0%
2455.26382.0%75.0%21.0%
256572.0%78.1%26.0%

Automatic vs Manual

48.0%Automatic Pass Rate
56.2%Overall Pass Rate
225Auto Tests/Year

At Newport (Isle Of Wight), the automatic test pass rate is 48.0%, which is 8.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 56.2%. 225 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.

Female automatic candidates pass at 48.4% compared to 46.5% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

45% 49% 53% 57% 61% 65% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2009: 51.2% 2010: 52.3% 2011: 52.1% 2012: 53.3% 2013: 60.8% 2014: 59.4% 2015: 57.0% 2016: 56.2% 2008: 51.5% 2009: 46.7% 2010: 46.6% 2012: 50.6% 2013: 56.9% 2014: 50.4% 2015: 48.4% 2016: 48.0%
Automatic Overall

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