# Barnsley Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Barnsley driving test centre has a 58.5% pass rate and an average 5.4 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/barnsley/

# Barnsley driving test centre

Yorkshire and The Humber, England · West Road, Keresforth Hill · S75 2DH

## Barnsley at a glance

Pass rate

58.5%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

5.4 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

7,737

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

25.4%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Barnsley compares

Barnsley passes **58.5%** of car tests, which is **8.4 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **5.4 weeks**, 7.4 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **7,737** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **56%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Barnsley

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **56.0%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Barnsley driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 56% |
| February 2026 | 56.5% |
| January 2026 | 56.9% |
| December 2025 | 60.8% |
| November 2025 | 55.7% |
| October 2025 | 60.3% |
| September 2025 | 60.5% |
| August 2025 | 63.5% |
| July 2025 | 64.3% |
| June 2025 | 57.6% |
| May 2025 | 54.9% |
| April 2025 | 58.4% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **5.4w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Barnsley, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 5.4 weeks |
| July 2026 | 5.4 weeks |
| June 2026 | 6.6 weeks |
| May 2026 | 9.3 weeks |
| April 2026 | 11.1 weeks |
| March 2026 | 8 weeks |
| February 2026 | 10 weeks |
| January 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| December 2025 | 9.1 weeks |
| November 2025 | 10.2 weeks |
| October 2025 | 12.1 weeks |
| September 2025 | 12.4 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **763**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Barnsley, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 763 |
| February 2026 | 715 |
| January 2026 | 719 |
| December 2025 | 650 |
| November 2025 | 664 |
| October 2025 | 771 |
| September 2025 | 779 |
| August 2025 | 417 |
| July 2025 | 493 |
| June 2025 | 648 |
| May 2025 | 536 |
| April 2025 | 582 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Barnsley driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 7,737 | 4,530 | 58.5% |
| 2024-25 | 7,765 | 4,057 | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 7,491 | 3,949 | 52.7% |
| 2022-23 | 6,822 | 3,570 | 52.3% |
| 2021-22 | 6,289 | 3,502 | 55.7% |
| 2020-21 | 1,768 | 973 | 55% |
| 2019-20 | 5,387 | 2,611 | 48.5% |
| 2018-19 | 5,097 | 2,522 | 49.5% |
| 2017-18 | 5,340 | 2,695 | 50.5% |
| 2016-17 | 6,568 | 3,343 | 50.9% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Sheffield (Handsworth)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sheffield-handsworth/)
    
    0 km away
    
    44.1% pass · 6 weeks wait
    
-   [Sheffield (Middlewood Road)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sheffield-middlewood-road/)
    
    0 km away
    
    48.7% pass · 18.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Wakefield](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/wakefield/)
    
    14 km away
    
    45.4% pass · 7.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Rotherham](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/rotherham/)
    
    17 km away
    
    53.1% pass · 9.5 weeks wait
    
-   [Pontefract](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/pontefract/)
    
    20 km away
    
    46.9% pass · 13.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Heckmondwike](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/heckmondwike/)
    
    20 km away
    
    45.8% pass · 10.1 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Barnsley driving test centre. Figures come from the DVSA statistical data sets [DRT122A and DRT122F](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars), published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Pass rates run to March 2026 and waiting times to August 2026. This page was last updated 14 September 2026.