# Kettering Driving Test Centre — Pass Rate & Waiting Time

> Kettering driving test centre has a 49.1% pass rate and an average 7.3 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

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

# Kettering driving test centre

East Midlands, England · Orion Way, Leisure Village, North Northamptonshire · NN15 6NL

## Kettering at a glance

Pass rate

49.1%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

7.3 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

11,876

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

32.5%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Kettering compares

Kettering passes **49.1%** of car tests, which is **1 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **7.3 weeks**, 5.5 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **11,876** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **47.6%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Kettering

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **47.6%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Kettering driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 47.6% |
| February 2026 | 49.4% |
| January 2026 | 47.9% |
| December 2025 | 49.7% |
| November 2025 | 44.6% |
| October 2025 | 46.2% |
| September 2025 | 47.5% |
| August 2025 | 50.1% |
| July 2025 | 54.5% |
| June 2025 | 50.3% |
| May 2025 | 51.3% |
| April 2025 | 52.8% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **7.3w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Kettering, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 7.3 weeks |
| July 2026 | 7.3 weeks |
| June 2026 | 12.1 weeks |
| May 2026 | 12.9 weeks |
| April 2026 | 13.4 weeks |
| March 2026 | 11 weeks |
| February 2026 | 10 weeks |
| January 2026 | 7.7 weeks |
| December 2025 | 8.9 weeks |
| November 2025 | 10.4 weeks |
| October 2025 | 14 weeks |
| September 2025 | 16.6 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **984**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Kettering, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 984 |
| February 2026 | 1,148 |
| January 2026 | 1,089 |
| December 2025 | 1,125 |
| November 2025 | 1,198 |
| October 2025 | 1,175 |
| September 2025 | 920 |
| August 2025 | 796 |
| July 2025 | 1,067 |
| June 2025 | 921 |
| May 2025 | 735 |
| April 2025 | 718 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Kettering driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 11,876 | 5,829 | 49.1% |
| 2024-25 | 8,489 | 3,903 | 46% |
| 2023-24 | 11,221 | 5,430 | 48.4% |
| 2022-23 | 9,776 | 4,376 | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | 8,447 | 3,425 | 40.5% |
| 2020-21 | 2,545 | 1,298 | 51% |
| 2019-20 | 7,919 | 3,786 | 47.8% |
| 2018-19 | 8,079 | 4,110 | 50.9% |
| 2017-18 | 7,835 | 3,942 | 50.3% |
| 2016-17 | 8,985 | 4,457 | 49.6% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Wellingborough](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/wellingborough/)
    
    9 km away
    
    60% pass · 21.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Bedford](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bedford/)
    
    33 km away
    
    53.7% pass · 27.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Leicester (Wigston)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/leicester-wigston/)
    
    35 km away
    
    51.2% pass · 7.1 weeks wait
    
-   [Leicester (Cannock Street)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/leicester-cannock-street/)
    
    40 km away
    
    40.2% pass · 6.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Bletchley](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/bletchley/)
    
    43 km away
    
    51.5% pass · 14.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Melton Mowbray](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/melton-mowbray/)
    
    45 km away
    
    69.7% pass · 23.3 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Kettering 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.