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Kelso driving test centre

Scotland

Kelso at a glance

Pass rate
59.2%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
19.9 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
434
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0.6%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Kelso compares

Kelso passes 59.2% of car tests, which is 9.1 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 19.9 weeks, 7.8 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 434 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 54.1% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

Kelso conducts fewer than 500 tests a year, so its pass rate moves sharply on a small number of results. It is excluded from the site's rankings for that reason, though the figures above are exactly as DVSA published them.

The map below shows the Kelso area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.

Trends at Kelso

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 54.1%

31%51%71%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Kelso driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
54.1%
56.2%
72.1%
54.5%
55.3%
62.8%
53.8%
66.7%
51.1%
56.8%
61.8%
65.6%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 19.9w

9w16w23wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Kelso, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
19.9 weeks
21.4 weeks
21.7 weeks
19.3 weeks
23.8 weeks
18 weeks
18.3 weeks
19.7 weeks
15.7 weeks
19.1 weeks
17.3 weeks
16.3 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 37

243545Apr 24Sep 24Feb 25Jun 25Oct 25Feb 26Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Kelso, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
37
32
43
33
38
43
26
27
45
44
34
32

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Kelso driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 434 257 59.2%
2024-25 381 217 57%
2023-24 381 250 65.6%
2022-23 247 184 74.5%
2021-22 244 171 70.1%
2020-21 14 10 71.4%
2019-20 235 133 56.6%
2018-19 243 135 55.6%
2017-18 257 144 56%
2016-17 249 151 60.6%

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 Kelso 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 .

Practice makes perfect

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