Nottingham (Beeston) Driving Test Centre

· City of Nottingham

49.9%
final pass rate 5,367 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2015-16

Key Statistics

49.9% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -2.1pp
53.0% Male Pass Rate
46.9% Female Pass Rate
16,699 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

Nottingham (Beeston) pass rate over 4 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012: 51.1% 2013: 53.4% 2014: 52.0% 2015: 49.9%

Monthly Breakdown (2015-16)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 448 215 48.0% 48.1% 47.9%
May 427 218 51.1% 51.9% 50.2%
Jun 464 229 49.4% 52.6% 46.6%
Jul 484 261 53.9% 60.9% 48.3%
Aug 322 171 53.1% 55.8% 50.6%
Sep 366 177 48.4% 46.4% 50.3%
Oct 520 257 49.4% 53.7% 45.2%
Nov 434 239 55.1% 59.7% 49.8%
Dec 436 211 48.4% 52.3% 44.6%
Jan 423 207 48.9% 51.6% 46.1%
Feb 557 271 48.7% 53.4% 43.4%
Mar 486 223 45.9% 48.7% 43.3%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.1pp higher rate than female candidates at Nottingham (Beeston).

45% 48% 51% 54% 57% 60% 2012 2013 2014 2015 2012: 45.5% 2013: 49.7% 2014: 49.8% 2015: 46.9% 2012: 58.0% 2013: 58.0% 2014: 54.3% 2015: 53.0%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at Nottingham (Beeston)? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 477.362 of the tests conducted here.

17: 789.0% 18: 819.0% 19: 603.0% 20: 443.0% 21: 354.0% 22: 351.0% 23: 346.0% 24: 300.0% 25: 248.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at Nottingham (Beeston) with 819.0% from 53.191489361702125 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 248.0%. The 571.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1763.559789.0%60.0%225.0%
1853.191819.0%56.8%225.0%
1949.515603.0%56.8%153.0%
2056.897443.0%59.2%132.0%
2153.757354.0%59.1%93.0%
2252.874351.0%55.4%92.0%
2347.778346.0%48.8%86.0%
2448.125300.0%58.6%77.0%
2551.667248.0%48.4%62.0%

Automatic vs Manual

42.0%Automatic Pass Rate
49.9%Overall Pass Rate
255Auto Tests/Year

At Nottingham (Beeston), the automatic test pass rate is 42.0%, which is 7.9 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 49.9%. 255 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 42.6% compared to 40.5% for males.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

40% 43% 46% 49% 52% 55% 2013 2014 2015 2013: 53.4% 2014: 52.0% 2015: 49.9% 2013: 44.9% 2014: 44.5% 2015: 42.0%
Automatic Overall

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