What is the ADI Part 3 pass rate?

Across the 237 centres DVSA publish figures for, the average ADI Part 3 pass rate in 2025-26 is 29.7%. Individual centres vary widely - the full table is on this page.

Where is the highest ADI Part 3 pass rate?

Scarborough has the highest published ADI Part 3 pass rate at 75% (2025-26).

The instructional ability test

ADI Part 3 pass rates

The hardest step: an examiner watches you deliver a real lesson to a real pupil and assesses your teaching, not your driving. Nationally, roughly two in three attempts fail - which is exactly why the per-centre numbers below are worth a look. Three attempts are allowed.

Taken at practical driving test centres. Where DVSA suppress a small centre's counts, the pass rate is still published and shown.

average across 237 centres (2025-26)

29.7%

tests conducted at published centres

5,699

Trend

ADI Part 3 pass rate over time

Mean across centres publishing figures each year.

2007-082025-26

Every centre

ADI Part 3 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
Scarborough	75%	-
Southend-on-Sea	60%	35
Bury St Edmunds	54.55%	-
Bangor	50%	-
Buxton	50%	-
Hexham	50%	-
Oswestry	50%	-
Pembroke Dock	50%	-
Uxbridge (London)	50%	-
Workington	50%	-
Folkestone	48.57%	35
Sunderland	48.39%	93
Basildon	47.83%	-
Maidstone	47.73%	44
Ipswich	46.67%	45
Newport (Isle of Wight)	46.15%	-
Cambridge (Brookmount Court)	45.88%	85
Stafford	45.83%	-
Hendon (London)	44.44%	-
Southall (London)	44.44%	36
Chingford (London)	43.75%	64
Doncaster	43.59%	78
Norwich (Peachman Way)	43.33%	90
Stevenage	42.86%	-
Tunbridge Wells	42.86%	-
Worksop	42.86%	-
Herne Bay	42.5%	-
Wrexham	42.31%	-
Preston	42.05%	88
Abergavenny	41.67%	-
Skegness	41.67%	-
Ashford (Kent)	41.38%	-
Chelmsford (Hanbury Road)	41.38%	-
Blyth	41.3%	-
Canterbury	40.91%	-
Kettering	40.68%	59
Lincoln	40.68%	59
Llantrisant	40.63%	-
Carmarthen	40%	-
Grimsby Coldwater	40%	-
Knaresborough	39.47%	-
Wanstead (London)	39.22%	-
Bishops Stortford	38.89%	54
Shrewsbury	38.89%	-
Lowestoft (Mobbs Way)	38.46%	39
Bridlington	37.5%	-
Dumfries	37.5%	-
Dundee	37.5%	-
Elgin	37.5%	-
Gosforth	37.16%	148
Newton Abbot	36.84%	57
Watford	36.84%	-
Chesterfield	36.73%	-
Barnsley	36.51%	63
Borehamwood (London)	36.36%	-
Chichester	36.36%	33
Swansea	36.05%	-
Yeovil	35.48%	-
Burton on Trent	35.42%	48
Hull	35.35%	99
Merthyr Tydfil	35.29%	-
Macclesfield	34.88%	43
Mill Hill (London)	34.83%	89
Swindon	34.57%	-
Cheltenham	34.55%	-
Wakefield	34.43%	61
Peterborough	34.21%	114
Livingston	33.8%	71
Gillingham	33.7%	92
Banbury	33.33%	-
Barry	33.33%	-
Bletchley	33.33%	96
Bristol (Avonmouth)	33.33%	-
Kings Lynn	33.33%	-
Monmouth	33.33%	-
Stirling	33.33%	-
Wallasey	33.33%	-
Leicester (Wigston)	33.06%	121
Scunthorpe	32.76%	58
Aylesbury	32.56%	-
Wood Green (London)	32.56%	-
Hartlepool	32%	-
Leicester (Cannock Street)	31.82%	66
Letchworth	31.82%	-
Northwich	31.71%	-
Taunton	31.71%	-
Gateshead	31.58%	-
Launceston	31.58%	-
Ashfield	31.31%	99
Darlington	31.25%	-
Newport (Gwent)	31.25%	-
Tilbury	31.03%	-
Pontefract	30.95%	-
Bedford	30.91%	-
Rochdale (Manchester)	30.91%	-
Aberdeen North	30.77%	-
Bishopbriggs	30.77%	52
Pinner (London)	30.77%	91
Dudley	30.51%	-
Portsmouth	30.36%	-
Slough (London)	30.33%	122
Halifax	30.3%	-
Durham	30.19%	-
Glasgow (Shieldhall)	29.79%	94
Kirkcaldy	29.73%	-
West Wickham (London)	29.59%	98
Guildford	29.41%	-
Llanelli	29.41%	-
Hornchurch (London)	29.27%	-
Nuneaton	29.27%	-
Bristol (Kingswood)	29.05%	148
Nottingham (Colwick)	28.77%	-
Stoke on Trent (Cobridge)	28.77%	-
Aberdeen South (Cove)	28.57%	-
Aberystwyth (Park Avenue)	28.57%	-
Colchester	28.57%	-
Enfield (Innova Business Park)	28.57%	-
Loughton (London)	28.57%	-
Sevenoaks	28.57%	-
Sheffield (Middlewood Road)	28.57%	-
Chippenham	28.21%	78
Rotherham	28.17%	71
Edinburgh (Musselburgh)	28.13%	96
Redditch	28.13%	-
Bolton (Manchester)	28.06%	139
Stoke on Trent (Newcastle under Lyme)	28.04%	107
Cardiff (Llanishen)	28%	-
Burgess Hill	27.87%	61
York	27.78%	-
Crewe	27.69%	-
Basingstoke	27.66%	47
Bridgend	27.27%	-
East Kilbride	27.27%	-
Galashiels	27.27%	-
Greenock	27.27%	-
Mitcham (London)	27.27%	-
Yeading (London)	27.14%	-
Derby (Alvaston)	27.04%	-
Isleworth (Fleming Way)	26.98%	-
Weston-super-Mare	26.83%	-
Boston	26.67%	-
Blackburn with Darwen	26.51%	-
Inverness (Seafield Road)	26.32%	-
Winchester	26.32%	-
Irvine	26.19%	-
West Didsbury (Manchester)	25.97%	231
Crawley	25.81%	-
Gloucester	25.76%	-
Middlesbrough	25.71%	-
Norris Green (Liverpool)	25.62%	121
Southampton (Maybush)	25.61%	-
Oxford (Cowley)	25.42%	-
Warrington	25.37%	67
Barnstaple	25%	-
Cardigan	25%	-
Chertsey (London)	25%	-
Dunfermline	25%	-
Glasgow (Anniesland)	25%	124
Northallerton	25%	-
Skipton	25%	-
Nelson	24.59%	-
Bodmin	24.53%	53
Morden (London)	24.49%	98
Plymouth	24.35%	115
Lichfield	24.29%	-
Rugby	24.24%	-
Nottingham (Chilwell)	24.2%	157
Bradford (Thornbury)	23.94%	-
Sheffield (Handsworth)	23.9%	159
Exeter	23.61%	-
Loughborough	23.53%	-
Upton	23.44%	64
Sidcup (London)	23.26%	-
Carlisle	23.08%	-
Chorley	23.08%	-
Dorchester	23.08%	-
Greenford (London)	23.08%	-
St Albans	23.08%	-
Brentwood (London)	22.22%	-
Goodmayes (London)	22.22%	279
Grangemouth	22.22%	-
Redhill Aerodrome	22.22%	-
Steeton	22.22%	-
Edinburgh (Currie)	22.12%	113
Wednesbury	21.77%	124
Blackpool	21.62%	-
Airdrie	21.43%	-
Dumbarton	21.43%	-
Leighton Buzzard (Stanbridge Road)	21.43%	-
Birmingham (Kings Heath)	21.31%	-
Horsforth	20.95%	-
Grantham (Somerby)	20.83%	-
Chadderton	20.75%	-
Barnet (London)	20.41%	-
Leeds (Fearnville)	20.41%	-
Paisley	20.41%	-
Birmingham (Kingstanding)	20.18%	114
Bredbury (Manchester)	20%	-
Bury (Manchester)	20%	-
Featherstone	20%	-
Luton	20%	155
Lee On The Solent	19.23%	-
Hamilton	19.12%	-
Belvedere (London)	19.05%	-
Reading	18.69%	107
Warwick (Wedgenock House)	18.46%	-
Heckmondwike	18.42%	-
Atherton (Manchester)	18.03%	-
Farnborough	17.95%	-
Birmingham (Shirley)	17.86%	-
Worcester	17.86%	-
Chester	17.81%	-
Poole	17.72%	-
Glasgow (Baillieston)	17.71%	-
Wolverhampton	17.46%	-
Speke (Liverpool)	17.19%	-
Coventry	16.82%	-
Birmingham (Garretts Green)	16.8%	-
Hinckley	16.67%	-
Perth (Arran Road)	16.67%	-
Bradford (Heaton)	16.35%	-
St Helens (Liverpool)	16.33%	-
Tolworth (London)	16.13%	-
Camborne	16.07%	-
Telford	15.91%	-
Sale (Manchester)	15.58%	-
Northampton	15.53%	-
Eastbourne	15.38%	-
Southport (Liverpool)	15.38%	-
Cheetham Hill (Manchester)	14.88%	-
Birmingham (South Yardley)	14.47%	152
Ayr	13.04%	-
Ludlow	12.5%	-
Widnes (Liverpool)	11.9%	-
Huddersfield	11.36%	-
Bromley (London)	10.64%	-
Hereford	7.69%	-

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

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