Kettering driving test centre
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Driving Test Centre Kettering
Orion Way, Kettering Business Park
Kettering
NN15 6NL
49.1%
2025/26 pass rate · all attempts
About the 50.0% national averageOut of every 100 car tests at Kettering last year, about 49 passed (1.0 points below the 50.0% UK average).
DVSA DRT122A · OGL v350.1%
0.4 points below the national first-attempt average.
7 weeks
Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.
112
11,876 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 49.1% overall pass rate
Kettering's pass rate has changed
Kettering's pass rate was 3.1 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 49.1% from 11,876 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
The reported wait was 7 weeks in July 2026.
What a lower rate actually means
Fault snapshot
Maintain progress - speed
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
- 7,157 marks
- Rate
- 60.3 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.
National pass rates also move with the calendar - see UK seasonality.
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 11,876 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.
How faults are marked
Every mark is serious, dangerous, or a driving (minor) fault. Shown per 100 tests.
- Serious · 85.3
- Dangerous · 6.1
- Driving · 531.3
Named categories
Counts per 100 tests.
| Fault | Serious / 100 | Dangerous / 100 | Driving / 100 | All / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maintain progress - speed | 3.9 | 0.0 | 56.4 | 60.3 |
| Control - steering | 4.3 | 0.4 | 41.4 | 46.1 |
| Move off - safely | 3.4 | 0.2 | 39.2 | 42.9 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 10.0 | 1.5 | 23.3 | 34.9 |
| Junctions - observation | 9.5 | 1.8 | 22.7 | 33.9 |
| Move off - control | 2.3 | 0.2 | 27.5 | 29.9 |
| Positioning - normal driving | 4.5 | 0.1 | 23.6 | 28.2 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 2.0 | 0.1 | 26.1 | 28.2 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 1.6 | 0.0 | 26.4 | 28.0 |
| Signals - correctly | 0.8 | 0.0 | 22.4 | 23.2 |
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.
5.4%
As of July 2026
24 weeks
DRT122F · July 2026
255
Automatic transmission
3,139 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
41.0%
3,139 automatic tests
41.0%
1,259 tests
41.0%
1,880 tests
First-time passes
First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.
120
Zero-fault first-time passes
-1.1 pts
All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate
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