# Bredbury (Manchester) Driving Test Centre Pass Rates

> Bredbury (Manchester) driving test centre has a 56% pass rate and an average 17.1 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bredbury-manchester/

# Bredbury (Manchester) driving test centre

North West, England · Stuart Road, Bredbury, Stockport · SK6 2RH

## Bredbury (Manchester) at a glance

Pass rate

56%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

17.1 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

10,636

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

36.6%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Bredbury (Manchester) compares

Bredbury (Manchester) passes **56%** of car tests, which is **5.9 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **17.1 weeks**, 4.3 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **10,636** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **57.8%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Bredbury (Manchester)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **57.8%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Bredbury (Manchester) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 57.8% |
| February 2026 | 59.1% |
| January 2026 | 57.5% |
| December 2025 | 55.9% |
| November 2025 | 56.7% |
| October 2025 | 54.9% |
| September 2025 | 52.1% |
| August 2025 | 54.4% |
| July 2025 | 59.6% |
| June 2025 | 53.8% |
| May 2025 | 54.1% |
| April 2025 | 56.4% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **17.1w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Bredbury (Manchester), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 17.1 weeks |
| July 2026 | 17.1 weeks |
| June 2026 | 12.4 weeks |
| May 2026 | 11.1 weeks |
| April 2026 | 6.1 weeks |
| March 2026 | 6.5 weeks |
| February 2026 | 12.6 weeks |
| January 2026 | 10 weeks |
| December 2025 | 10.9 weeks |
| November 2025 | 9.1 weeks |
| October 2025 | 8.4 weeks |
| September 2025 | 13.5 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **1001**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Bredbury (Manchester), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 1,001 |
| February 2026 | 872 |
| January 2026 | 811 |
| December 2025 | 814 |
| November 2025 | 872 |
| October 2025 | 957 |
| September 2025 | 1,063 |
| August 2025 | 851 |
| July 2025 | 895 |
| June 2025 | 903 |
| May 2025 | 798 |
| April 2025 | 799 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Bredbury (Manchester) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 10,636 | 5,953 | 56% |
| 2024-25 | 9,946 | 5,395 | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10,395 | 5,431 | 52.2% |
| 2022-23 | 8,655 | 4,657 | 53.8% |
| 2021-22 | 3,517 | 1,884 | 53.6% |
| 2020-21 | 916 | 398 | 43.4% |
| 2019-20 | 3,847 | 1,621 | 42.1% |
| 2018-19 | 3,891 | 1,750 | 45% |
| 2017-18 | 4,733 | 1,975 | 41.7% |
| 2016-17 | 4,999 | 2,294 | 45.9% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [West Didsbury (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/west-didsbury-manchester/)
    
    9 km away
    
    47.7% pass · 22.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Cheetham Hill (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/cheetham-hill-manchester/)
    
    10 km away
    
    44.7% pass · 10.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Chadderton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/chadderton/)
    
    11 km away
    
    46.8% pass · 12 weeks wait
    
-   [Sale (Manchester)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sale-manchester/)
    
    13 km away
    
    51.4% pass · 15.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Macclesfield](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/macclesfield/)
    
    19 km away
    
    51.9% pass · 21.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Buxton](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/buxton/)
    
    24 km away
    
    58.7% pass · 15 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Bredbury (Manchester) 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.