Norris Green Driving Test Centre

· Merseyside

45.3%
final pass rate 8,649 tests/year · 6 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

45.3% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -0.2pp
46.2% Male Pass Rate
44.3% Female Pass Rate
64,014 Total Tests (6 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Norris Green pass rate over 6 years

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 46.2% 2008: 46.3% 2009: 45.3% 2010: 44.4% 2011: 45.5% 2012: 45.3%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 665 301 45.3% 44.2% 46.2%
May 631 298 47.2% 45.5% 48.9%
Jun 538 244 45.4% 45.5% 45.3%
Jul 1,008 450 44.6% 46.7% 42.4%
Aug 651 287 44.1% 44.6% 43.6%
Sep 653 284 43.5% 44.4% 42.6%
Oct 873 409 46.8% 48.6% 44.9%
Nov 888 400 45.0% 46.3% 43.7%
Dec 558 260 46.6% 48.2% 44.9%
Jan 628 292 46.5% 48.8% 44.0%
Feb 788 349 44.3% 45.9% 42.6%
Mar 768 342 44.5% 44.6% 44.4%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 1.9pp higher rate than female candidates at Norris Green.

40% 42% 44% 46% 48% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2007: 45.0% 2008: 44.7% 2009: 43.2% 2010: 43.0% 2011: 43.6% 2012: 44.3% 2007: 47.4% 2008: 47.9% 2009: 47.3% 2010: 45.8% 2011: 47.3% 2012: 46.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Norris Green? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 427.487 of the tests conducted here.

17: 778.0% 18: 1045.0% 19: 694.0% 20: 584.0% 21: 577.0% 22: 485.0% 23: 435.0% 24: 438.0% 25: 365.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Norris Green with 1045.0% from 44.72573839662447 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 365.0%. The 680.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1745.031778.0%44.3%145.0%
1844.7261045.0%44.1%212.0%
1951.429694.0%45.4%162.0%
2047.112584.0%48.2%155.0%
2148.789577.0%47.2%141.0%
2245.49485.0%43.9%116.0%
2350.633435.0%53.5%120.0%
2444.783438.0%47.6%103.0%
2549.495365.0%50.3%98.0%

Automatic vs Manual

39.5%Automatic Pass Rate
45.3%Overall Pass Rate
256Auto Tests/Year

At Norris Green, the automatic test pass rate is 39.5%, which is 5.8 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 45.3%. 256 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 40.0% compared to 39.3% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

35% 38% 41% 44% 47% 50% 2008 2009 2010 2012 2009: 45.3% 2010: 44.4% 2011: 45.5% 2012: 45.3% 2008: 37.4% 2009: 37.7% 2010: 38.0% 2012: 39.5%
Automatic Overall

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