Brentwood (London) driving test centre
East of England, England
Brentwood (London) at a glance
- Pass rate
- 48.5%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 8.3 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 5,791
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 2.1%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Brentwood (London) compares
Brentwood (London) passes 48.5% of car tests, which is 1.6 points below the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 8.3 weeks, 3.8 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 5,791 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 47.3% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
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Trends at Brentwood (London)
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 47.3%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 47.3% | |
| 49.3% | |
| 47.7% | |
| 44.6% | |
| 47.3% | |
| 47.5% | |
| 46.6% | |
| 49.7% | |
| 53.8% | |
| 49.2% | |
| 47.4% | |
| 50.8% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 8.3w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 8.3 weeks | |
| 6 weeks | |
| 4.3 weeks | |
| 2.4 weeks | |
| 5 weeks | |
| 11.4 weeks | |
| 14.1 weeks | |
| 14 weeks | |
| 10.1 weeks | |
| 7.8 weeks | |
| 3.1 weeks | |
| 5.1 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Mar 2026: 550
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 550 | |
| 513 | |
| 459 | |
| 372 | |
| 459 | |
| 438 | |
| 588 | |
| 392 | |
| 593 | |
| 506 | |
| 561 | |
| 360 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 5,791 | 2,809 | 48.5% |
| 2024-25 | 5,485 | 2,659 | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 4,810 | 2,389 | 49.7% |
| 2022-23 | 4,093 | 1,933 | 47.2% |
| 2021-22 | 3,159 | 1,584 | 50.1% |
| 2020-21 | 709 | 372 | 52.5% |
| 2019-20 | 2,896 | 1,370 | 47.3% |
| 2018-19 | 2,563 | 1,411 | 55.1% |
| 2017-18 | 3,390 | 1,689 | 49.8% |
| 2016-17 | 3,166 | 1,545 | 48.8% |
Where it is
Nearby test centres
There is no catchment area for the practical test — you can book at any of these instead.
- Hull
13 km away
47.9% pass · 13.3 weeks wait
- Bridlington
31 km away
55.5% pass · 18.1 weeks wait
- Scunthorpe
31 km away
45.4% pass · 5.6 weeks wait
- Grimsby Coldwater
36 km away
42.8% pass · 7.5 weeks wait
- Malton
40 km away
64.3% pass · 8.1 weeks wait
- York
43 km away
54.4% pass · 10.9 weeks wait
Everything on this page describes Brentwood (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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