Wellingborough driving test centre
Glamis Hall
Goldsmith Road
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire
NN8 3RU
60.0%
2025/26 pass rate · all attempts
10.0 percentage points above averageOut of every 100 car tests at Wellingborough last year, about 60 passed (10.0 points above the 50.0% UK average).
DVSA DRT122A · OGL v359.4%
8.8 points above the national first-attempt average.
21 weeks
Reported in July 2026 (DRT122F); this centre median is not a booking promise.
17
1,450 published tests in April 2025 - March 2026 · 60.0% overall pass rate
Wellingborough's pass rate has changed
Wellingborough's pass rate was 4.9 points higher than the previous financial year. The pass rate was 60.0% from 1,450 tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
The reported wait was 21 weeks in July 2026.
A good place to sit it
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
- 532 marks
- Rate
- 36.7 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
Women have the higher published pass rate here in April 2025 - March 2026; no wider explanation is inferred from these figures. On 1,450 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 · 61.7
- Dangerous · 7.0
- Driving · 427.7
Named categories
Counts per 100 tests.
| Fault | Serious / 100 | Dangerous / 100 | Driving / 100 | All / 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control - steering | 3.7 | 0.9 | 32.1 | 36.7 |
| Maintain progress - speed | 3.7 | 0.1 | 32.5 | 36.2 |
| Move off - safely | 2.8 | 0.1 | 32.6 | 35.5 |
| Maintain progress - undue hesitation | 1.7 | 0.0 | 28.9 | 30.6 |
| Mirrors - change direction | 8.6 | 1.0 | 19.5 | 29.0 |
| Junctions - observation | 5.8 | 1.4 | 18.7 | 25.9 |
| Move off - control | 2.0 | 0.3 | 21.4 | 23.7 |
| Reverse park - Control | 2.9 | 0.1 | 18.0 | 21.0 |
| Clearance / obstructions | 1.9 | 0.2 | 18.1 | 20.2 |
| Mirrors - change speed | 1.0 | 0.1 | 18.4 | 19.5 |
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.
1.1%
As of July 2026
13 weeks
DRT122F · July 2026
28
Automatic transmission
653 automatic tests in April 2025 - March 2026.
57.6%
653 automatic tests
56.1%
239 tests
58.5%
414 tests
First-time passes
First attempts in April 2025 - March 2026. Cleaner than the all-attempt rate when published.
28
Zero-fault first-time passes
+0.6 pts
All-attempt rate vs first-attempt rate
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