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Wanstead (London) driving test centre

London, England

Wanstead (London) at a glance

Pass rate
44.4%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
16.3 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
8,258
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
5.2%
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How Wanstead (London) compares

Wanstead (London) passes 44.4% of car tests, which is 5.7 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 16.3 weeks, 4.2 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 8,258 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 49.2% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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Trends at Wanstead (London)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 49.2%

38%45%52%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Wanstead (London) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
49.2%
45.9%
51.9%
49.2%
46.7%
47.8%
40.4%
42.9%
38%
38.9%
41.3%
41.3%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 16.3w

4w13w22wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Wanstead (London), most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
16.3 weeks
17.3 weeks
13.6 weeks
11.3 weeks
6.1 weeks
11.8 weeks
19.3 weeks
21.6 weeks
21.9 weeks
14.6 weeks
11.1 weeks
8.5 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 830

470647823Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Wanstead (London), most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
830
752
726
463
662
697
628
688
674
750
686
702

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Wanstead (London) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 8,258 3,670 44.4%
2024-25 8,370 3,379 40.4%
2023-24 9,623 3,882 40.3%
2022-23 7,728 2,999 38.8%
2021-22 7,743 2,871 37.1%
2020-21 2,380 965 40.5%
2019-20 7,856 2,726 34.7%
2018-19 10,316 3,684 35.7%
2017-18 12,888 4,304 33.4%
2016-17 12,152 3,933 32.4%

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 Wanstead (London) 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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