Bradford (Heaton) driving test centre
Yorkshire and The Humber, England
Bradford (Heaton) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 56.1%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 11.7 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 8,354
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 29.5%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Bradford (Heaton) compares
Bradford (Heaton) passes 56.1% of car tests, which is 6 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 11.7 weeks, 0.4 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 8,354 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 56.6% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
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Trends at Bradford (Heaton)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 56.6%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 56.6% | |
| 57.9% | |
| 56.6% | |
| 55.2% | |
| 49.5% | |
| 57.3% | |
| 55.1% | |
| 58.5% | |
| 60.1% | |
| 56.5% | |
| 56.8% | |
| 54% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 11.7w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 11.7 weeks | |
| 7.4 weeks | |
| 4.7 weeks | |
| 3.3 weeks | |
| 3.9 weeks | |
| 5.4 weeks | |
| 5.6 weeks | |
| 5 weeks | |
| 5 weeks | |
| 4.6 weeks | |
| 5.4 weeks | |
| 4.7 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 926
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 926 | |
| 902 | |
| 786 | |
| 601 | |
| 715 | |
| 609 | |
| 673 | |
| 627 | |
| 577 | |
| 554 | |
| 676 | |
| 708 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 8,354 | 4,690 | 56.1% |
| 2024-25 | 7,594 | 3,762 | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 6,965 | 3,628 | 52.1% |
| 2022-23 | 6,383 | 3,310 | 51.9% |
| 2021-22 | 5,588 | 2,810 | 50.3% |
| 2020-21 | 1,601 | 792 | 49.5% |
| 2019-20 | 7,552 | 3,160 | 41.8% |
| 2018-19 | 8,459 | 3,396 | 40.1% |
| 2017-18 | 7,298 | 3,056 | 41.9% |
| 2016-17 | 8,431 | 3,365 | 39.9% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Bradford (Thornbury)
0 km away
47.8% pass · 6.6 weeks wait
- Horsforth
9 km away
49.7% pass · 9.4 weeks wait
- Halifax
11 km away
45% pass · 14.1 weeks wait
- Heckmondwike
11 km away
45.8% pass · 6.4 weeks wait
- Leeds (Colton Mill)
16 km away
51.8% pass · 6.6 weeks wait
- Huddersfield
17 km away
49.2% pass · 12.6 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Bradford (Heaton) 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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