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Hastings (Ore) driving test centre

South East, England

Hastings (Ore) at a glance

Pass rate
52.4%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
10.4 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
3,892
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
3.6%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Hastings (Ore) compares

Hastings (Ore) passes 52.4% of car tests, which is 2.3 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 10.4 weeks, 1.7 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 3,892 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 49.1% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Hastings (Ore)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 49.1%

44%50%57%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Hastings (Ore) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
49.1%
55.4%
49.8%
49.3%
52%
56.8%
52.2%
49.2%
54.4%
52.5%
55.2%
53.8%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 10.4w

7w14w21wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Hastings (Ore), most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
10.4 weeks
13.6 weeks
13.9 weeks
13.2 weeks
13.3 weeks
12.5 weeks
6.9 weeks
19 weeks
21.7 weeks
20.4 weeks
18.7 weeks
20.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 352

175327479Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Hastings (Ore), most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
352
343
307
485
375
296
178
256
309
326
364
301

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Hastings (Ore) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 3,892 2,039 52.4%
2024-25 3,065 1,508 49.2%
2023-24 3,761 1,798 47.8%
2022-23 2,821 1,280 45.4%
2021-22 2,719 1,334 49.1%
2020-21 887 419 47.2%
2019-20 3,794 1,635 43.1%
2018-19 3,890 1,654 42.5%
2017-18 4,171 1,834 44%
2016-17 3,836 1,807 47.1%

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 Hastings (Ore) 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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