What is the ADI Part 2 pass rate?

Across the 110 centres DVSA publish figures for, the average ADI Part 2 pass rate in 2025-26 is 57.4%. Individual centres vary widely - the full table is on this page.

Where is the highest ADI Part 2 pass rate?

Upton has the highest published ADI Part 2 pass rate at 81.58% (2025-26).

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ADI Part 2 pass rates

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average across 110 centres (2025-26)

57.4%

tests conducted at published centres

13,210

Trend

ADI Part 2 pass rate over time

Mean across centres publishing figures each year.

2007-082025-26

Every centre

ADI Part 2 pass rate by centre

Highest first, 2025-26. Small centres may show a rate without counts - DVSA suppress counts under ten.

Centre	Pass rate	Tests
Upton	81.58%	76
Kendal (Oxenholme Road)	80.25%	81
Grimsby Coldwater	79.49%	39
Northwich	78.13%	64
Herne Bay	77.38%	84
Norwich (Peachman Way)	76.92%	130
Barnsley	75.44%	57
Dunfermline	73.33%	45
Ayr	72.73%	44
Worksop	72.55%	51
Lincoln	70.42%	71
Scunthorpe	69.57%	138
Grangemouth	69.41%	85
Ipswich	69.23%	52
Leeds (Fearnville)	69.23%	117
Shrewsbury	68.04%	97
Chester	67.86%	84
Blyth	67.12%	73
Enfield (Innova Business Park)	66.67%	66
Horsforth	66.53%	239
Chichester	66.22%	74
Glasgow (Anniesland)	66.07%	112
Bletchley	65.97%	144
Darlington	65%	60
Pontefract	64.71%	102
Chingford (London)	64.47%	76
Cambridge (Brookmount Court)	64.29%	98
Bridgend	64%	-
Durham	63.95%	86
Taunton	63.92%	97
Bolton (Manchester)	63.82%	199
Gloucester	63.16%	114
Poole	62.88%	132
Maidstone	62.86%	210
Oxford (Cowley)	62.82%	78
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	62.24%	98
Glasgow (Shieldhall)	62.1%	124
Inverness (Seafield Road)	61.54%	-
Brentwood (London)	61.43%	70
Chippenham	60.84%	166
Kirkcaldy	60.78%	-
Bedford	60.71%	56
Sevenoaks	60.71%	84
Eastbourne	60.34%	116
Barnet (London)	60.19%	103
Folkestone	59.49%	79
Atherton (Manchester)	59.38%	64
Chesterfield	59.18%	49
Northampton	58.57%	140
Hull	57.94%	126
Bristol (Kingswood)	57.79%	244
Glasgow (Baillieston)	57.62%	210
Sale (Manchester)	57.52%	226
Swansea	57.14%	140
Lichfield	56.9%	58
Aberdeen North	56.79%	81
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	56.58%	228
Gosforth	56%	175
Loughton (London)	55.81%	43
Preston	55.8%	181
Burton on Trent	55.56%	72
Tilbury	55.56%	45
Edinburgh (Currie)	55.47%	128
Featherstone	55.42%	83
Peterborough	55.23%	172
Slough (London)	55%	160
Weston-super-Mare	55%	60
Sunderland	54.81%	104
Plymouth	53.75%	160
Southampton (Maybush)	53.25%	154
Nottingham (Chilwell)	52.99%	234
Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)	52.94%	221
Coventry	52.87%	174
Widnes (Liverpool)	52.31%	65
Wolverhampton	52.25%	222
Mill Hill (London)	52.17%	138
Pinner (London)	51.94%	129
Ashfield	51.66%	151
Leicester (Wigston)	51.58%	221
Winchester	50.98%	51
Nelson	50.76%	132
Belvedere (London)	50.59%	85
Derby (Alvaston)	50.34%	147
Chertsey (London)	49.15%	59
Newport (Gwent)	48.65%	74
Middlesbrough	48.59%	142
Yeading (London)	48.46%	130
Exeter	47.88%	165
Luton	47.88%	236
Stoke on Trent (Cobridge)	47.64%	191
Dundee	47.37%	57
Worcester	47.37%	95
Birmingham (South Yardley)	47.22%	485
Hornchurch (London)	46.94%	-
Sheffield (Handsworth)	46.91%	324
Camborne	45.45%	143
Sidcup (London)	45.08%	193
Cardiff (Llanishen)	44.51%	182
Speke (Liverpool)	44.3%	-
Guildford	44.21%	95
Gateshead	43.59%	117
Reading	43.55%	124
Redhill Aerodrome	43.48%	92
Goodmayes (London)	42.31%	364
St Helens (Liverpool)	42.11%	-
Norris Green (Liverpool)	39.16%	143
Colchester	38.3%	94
Huddersfield	36.52%	178
Llantrisant	35.82%	67
Tolworth (London)	35.65%	216

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA ADI qualifying test statistics.

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