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Bishops Stortford driving test centre

East of England, England

Bishops Stortford at a glance

Pass rate
51.3%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
11.3 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
6,409
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
7.3%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Bishops Stortford compares

Bishops Stortford passes 51.3% of car tests, which is 1.2 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 11.3 weeks, 0.8 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 6,409 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 51.7% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Bishops Stortford

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 51.7%

48%52%56%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Bishops Stortford driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
51.7%
49.9%
54.9%
50.5%
49.5%
51%
52.7%
49.4%
49.8%
51.3%
49.2%
55.9%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 11.3w

7w11w14wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Bishops Stortford, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
11.3 weeks
14.3 weeks
9.6 weeks
7 weeks
7.8 weeks
12 weeks
12.1 weeks
10.3 weeks
13.3 weeks
14.1 weeks
14.1 weeks
13.7 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 694

353520687Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Bishops Stortford, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
694
680
550
434
523
557
547
431
552
505
457
479

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Bishops Stortford driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 6,409 3,290 51.3%
2024-25 6,826 3,443 50.4%
2023-24 8,006 3,966 49.5%
2022-23 5,315 2,689 50.6%
2021-22 5,127 2,428 47.4%
2020-21 1,379 685 49.7%
2019-20 6,238 2,884 46.2%
2018-19 6,648 2,908 43.7%
2017-18 7,248 3,242 44.7%
2016-17 7,997 3,627 45.4%

Where it is

Nearby test centres

There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.

Everything on this page describes Bishops Stortford driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets DRT122A and DRT122F, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to June 2026. This page was last updated .

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