Melton Mowbray driving test centre

England • East MidlandsAbout 23 weeks

Melton Mowbray Driving Test Centre

Phoenix House

Nottingham Road

Melton Mowbray

LE13 0UL

69.7%

2025/26 pass rate · all attempts

19.6 percentage points above average

Out of every 100 car tests at Melton Mowbray last year, about 70 passed (19.6 points above the 50.0% UK average).

DVSA DRT122A · OGL v3
First-time pass

71.2%

20.6 points above the national first-attempt average.

Reported wait

23 weeks

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

This centre in numbers

27

1,984 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 69.7% overall pass rate

Melton Mowbray's pass rate has changed

Melton Mowbray's pass rate was 5.7 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 69.7% from 1,984 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

The reported wait was 23 weeks in July 2026.

A good place to sit it

69.7% of tests here end in a pass, about 27 people a week.

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
719
marks
Rate
36.2
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

East Midlands centres by current pass rate.

  • Melton Mowbray69.7%
  • Wellingborough60%
  • Buxton58.7%
  • Grantham (Somerby)57.9%
  • Ashfield57.3%
  • Chesterfield56.2%
  • Skegness55.9%
  • Worksop55.2%

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 1,984 tests the difference is small enough to move year to year.

Axis starts at 66%.

How faults are marked

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

  • Serious · 48.0
  • Dangerous · 1.9
  • Driving · 357.4

Faults that end tests

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

  • Control - steering719
  • Move off - safely659
  • Junctions - observation540
  • Move off - control498
  • Maintain progress - speed444
  • Reverse park - Control444
  • Maintain progress - undue hesitation369
  • Use of speed327
Serious Dangerous Driving

Named categories

Counts per 100 tests.

Top 10 fault categories
FaultSerious / 100Dangerous / 100Driving / 100All / 100
Control - steering3.40.232.736.2
Move off - safely2.60.130.533.2
Junctions - observation5.60.621.027.2
Move off - control2.10.122.925.1
Maintain progress - speed1.10.021.322.4
Reverse park - Control2.50.019.922.4
Maintain progress - undue hesitation1.40.117.118.6
Use of speed2.10.114.316.5
Mirrors - change direction2.70.112.715.4
Mirrors - change speed1.40.012.213.7
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

1.4%

As of July 2026

Weeks to 10%+ availability

8 weeks

DRT122F · July 2026

Overtime slots added

0

Automatic transmission

382 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.

Pass rate

62.6%

382 automatic tests

Male

65.9%

138 tests

Female

60.7%

244 tests

First-time passes

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

Faultless passes

120

Zero-fault first-time passes

First vs overall

-1.5 pts

All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate

DVSA cancellations

About 1.7% of tests attempted here. DVSA-initiated, not learner no-shows.

Tests cancelled

34

DRT122B · April 2025 - March 2026

  • Leave26
  • Medical absences6
  • Acts of nature2

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