# Ipswich Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Ipswich driving test centre has a 62.3% pass rate and an average 8 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Ipswich driving test centre

East of England, England · Wentworth Road, Broke Hall, Ipswich · IP3 9SW

## Ipswich at a glance

Pass rate

62.3%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

8 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

11,466

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

21%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Ipswich compares

Ipswich passes **62.3%** of car tests, which is **12.2 points above the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **8 weeks**, 4.8 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **11,466** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **62.4%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Ipswich

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **62.4%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Ipswich driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 62.4% |
| February 2026 | 62.3% |
| January 2026 | 64.8% |
| December 2025 | 59.9% |
| November 2025 | 63.4% |
| October 2025 | 63.3% |
| September 2025 | 62.8% |
| August 2025 | 62.5% |
| July 2025 | 59.9% |
| June 2025 | 60.2% |
| May 2025 | 61.9% |
| April 2025 | 64.3% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **8.0w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Ipswich, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 8 weeks |
| July 2026 | 8 weeks |
| June 2026 | 7.9 weeks |
| May 2026 | 9.2 weeks |
| April 2026 | 10 weeks |
| March 2026 | 9.4 weeks |
| February 2026 | 11 weeks |
| January 2026 | 10.6 weeks |
| December 2025 | 10.4 weeks |
| November 2025 | 7.6 weeks |
| October 2025 | 7.9 weeks |
| September 2025 | 8.6 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **908**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Ipswich, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 908 |
| February 2026 | 971 |
| January 2026 | 943 |
| December 2025 | 691 |
| November 2025 | 1,062 |
| October 2025 | 1,119 |
| September 2025 | 1,107 |
| August 2025 | 832 |
| July 2025 | 1,213 |
| June 2025 | 1,044 |
| May 2025 | 756 |
| April 2025 | 820 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Ipswich driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 11,466 | 7,143 | 62.3% |
| 2024-25 | 10,724 | 6,762 | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 10,073 | 6,038 | 59.9% |
| 2022-23 | 9,085 | 5,610 | 61.8% |
| 2021-22 | 7,181 | 4,201 | 58.5% |
| 2020-21 | 2,685 | 1,657 | 61.7% |
| 2019-20 | 7,517 | 4,301 | 57.2% |
| 2018-19 | 7,505 | 4,509 | 60.1% |
| 2017-18 | 8,527 | 5,064 | 59.4% |
| 2016-17 | 9,239 | 5,653 | 61.2% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Colchester](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/colchester/)
    
    27 km away
    
    50.6% pass · 12.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Clacton-on-Sea](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/clacton-on-sea/)
    
    27 km away
    
    48.2% pass · 14.2 weeks wait
    
-   [Bury St Edmunds](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bury-st-edmunds/)
    
    44 km away
    
    46.2% pass · 11.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Lowestoft(Mobbs Way)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/lowestoft-mobbs-way/)
    
    59 km away
    
    43.3% pass · 14.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Chelmsford](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/chelmsford/)
    
    60 km away
    
    55.4% pass · 17 weeks wait
    
-   [Southend-on-Sea](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/southend-on-sea/)
    
    65 km away
    
    47% pass · 7.5 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Ipswich 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.