Featherstone driving test centre

England • West MidlandsAbout 12 weeks

Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency

Driving Test Centre Featherstone LGV

Cat & Kitten Lane,

Featherstone

WV10 7JD

36.4%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

13.6 percentage points below average

Out of every 100 car tests at Featherstone last year, about 36 passed (13.6 points below the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

35.1%

15.4 points below the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

12 weeks

Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.

This centre in numbers

92

13,193 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 36.4% overall pass rate

Featherstone's pass rate has changed

Featherstone's pass rate was 2.3 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 36.4% from 13,193 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 12 weeks in July 2026.

What a lower rate actually means

Busier roads and trickier junctions push the rate down. About 92 people still pass here every week, and they practised the same roads you can.

Fault snapshot

Control - steering

This was the most commonly recorded fault here in April 2025 - March 2026. It is a useful place to start a conversation, not a prediction for your test.

Recorded
7,361
marks
Rate
55.8
marks per 100 tests

Before the day, take a calm look at the parts of moving off that feel least settled: observations, control and choosing a safe gap. Your instructor can help you practise the bits that need another go.

Explore the full fault breakdown

National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.

Across the region

West Midlands centres by current pass rate.

  • Hereford58.8%
  • Ludlow58.7%
  • Birmingham (Shirley)56.6%
  • Burton on Trent54.7%
  • Birmingham (Cocks Moors)53.5%
  • Nuneaton53.2%
  • Lichfield53%
  • Featherstone36.4%

Pass rate · last 12 months

Overall, male and female monthly rates for this centre. Gaps bridge months with no tests.

Men and women breakdown

Men and women here

Men have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 13,193 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 32%.

How faults are marked

Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.

  • Serious · 110.3
  • Dangerous · 10.8
  • Driving · 600.6

Faults that end tests

Top categories by total marks in April 2025 - March 2026. Colour shows severity mix within each bar.

  • Control - steering7,361
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation6,409
  • Move off - safely6,037
  • Maintain progress - speed5,652
  • Mirrors - change direction4,686
  • Junctions - observation4,643
  • Positioning - normal driving3,936
  • Signals - correctly3,901
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering5.10.849.955.8
Maintain progress - undue hesitation3.20.045.448.6
Move off - safely4.60.340.845.8
Maintain progress - speed2.20.040.642.8
Mirrors - change direction9.82.523.235.5
Junctions - observation10.22.822.235.2
Positioning - normal driving7.10.422.329.8
Signals - correctly1.90.027.629.6
Use of speed4.80.020.725.6
Signals - timed0.80.023.724.5
About these figures
Fault categories are self-reported by DVSA examiners; a single test can record more than one fault, so these describe examiner records, not route difficulty.

More about this centre

Waiting time, automatic and first-attempt detail, and DVSA-initiated cancellations - only the slices this centre publishes.

Waiting time

Median wait and slot availability as of July 2026.

Slots still bookable

5.9%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

24 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

268

Automatic transmission

3,739 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

35.3%

3,739 automatic tests

Male

39.7%

1,188 tests

Female

33.2%

2,551 tests

First-time passes

First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.

Faultless passes

59

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

+1.3 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 10.2% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

1,499

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Medical absences725
  • Leave390
  • Acts of nature384

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