South Norwood Driving Test Centre

· Greater London

43.0%
final pass rate 8,349 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2011-12

Key Statistics

43.0% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.9pp
46.5% Male Pass Rate
40.0% Female Pass Rate
40,874 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

South Norwood pass rate over 5 years

35% 37% 39% 41% 43% 45% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 35.2% 2008: 38.6% 2009: 39.7% 2010: 40.1% 2011: 43.0%

Monthly Breakdown (2011-12)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 592 258 43.6% 49.5% 37.8%
May 663 294 44.3% 44.4% 44.3%
Jun 717 317 44.2% 47.2% 41.9%
Jul 637 262 41.1% 47.7% 35.7%
Aug 603 271 44.9% 52.0% 37.8%
Sep 771 325 42.2% 47.8% 36.8%
Oct 691 290 42.0% 46.3% 38.1%
Nov 726 312 43.0% 43.4% 42.6%
Dec 620 275 44.4% 46.3% 42.9%
Jan 702 307 43.7% 45.5% 42.1%
Feb 711 288 40.5% 46.5% 35.3%
Mar 916 395 43.1% 43.5% 42.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.5pp higher rate than female candidates at South Norwood.

30% 34% 38% 42% 46% 50% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2007: 31.8% 2008: 35.2% 2009: 36.5% 2010: 36.0% 2011: 40.0% 2007: 38.8% 2008: 42.3% 2009: 42.7% 2010: 44.6% 2011: 46.5%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at South Norwood? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 389.794 of the tests conducted here.

17: 342.0% 18: 530.0% 19: 476.0% 20: 407.0% 21: 355.0% 22: 391.0% 23: 340.0% 24: 336.0% 25: 311.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

18-year-olds have the highest pass rate at South Norwood with 530.0% from 47.1264367816092 tests, while 25-year-olds have the lowest at 311.0%. The 219.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1748.299342.0%51.3%71.0%
1847.126530.0%49.8%123.0%
1948.249476.0%48.9%124.0%
2039.151407.0%44.1%83.0%
2139.205355.0%53.6%69.0%
2240.889391.0%48.8%92.0%
2344.324340.0%45.8%82.0%
2443.662336.0%56.9%93.0%
2538.889311.0%45.0%70.0%

Automatic vs Manual

35.8%Automatic Pass Rate
43.0%Overall Pass Rate
1,474Auto Tests/Year

At South Norwood, the automatic test pass rate is 35.8%, which is 7.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 43.0%. With 1,474 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 40.0% compared to 34.7% for females.

Automatic vs overall pass rate trend

30% 33% 36% 39% 42% 45% 2008 2009 2010 2009: 39.7% 2010: 40.1% 2011: 43.0% 2008: 34.9% 2009: 39.4% 2010: 35.8%
Automatic Overall

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