Orkney driving test centre
Scotland
Orkney at a glance
- Pass rate
- 55.9%
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Average wait
- 6.7 weeks
- June 2026
- Tests a year
- 320
- April 2025 to March 2026
- Slots still free
- 0%
- Of the 24-week booking window
How Orkney compares
Orkney passes 55.9% of car tests, which is 5.8 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 6.7 weeks, 5.4 weeks shorter than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 320 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 38.5% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.
Orkney 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 Orkney area rather than a pinpointed building. Confirm the exact address on your booking confirmation or via GOV.UK before you travel.
Trends at Orkney
Pass rate
Mar 2026: 38.5%
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| Month | Pass rate |
|---|---|
| 38.5% | |
| 67.7% | |
| 42.9% | |
| 72.2% | |
| 61.5% | |
| 50% | |
| 55.6% | |
| 60.9% | |
| 50% | |
| 62.5% | |
| 50% | |
| 63.6% |
Waiting time
Jun 2026: 6.7w
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| Month | Average wait |
|---|---|
| 6.7 weeks | |
| 7.6 weeks | |
| 9.1 weeks | |
| 19.4 weeks | |
| 14.9 weeks | |
| 3.3 weeks | |
| 6.2 weeks | |
| 6 weeks | |
| 7 weeks | |
| 10.1 weeks | |
| 9.4 weeks | |
| 10 weeks |
Tests conducted each month
Feb 2026: 31
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| Month | Tests conducted |
|---|---|
| 31 | |
| 18 | |
| 46 | |
| 45 | |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 40 | |
| 36 | |
| 29 | |
| 28 | |
| 23 | |
| 27 |
Year by year
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 320 | 179 | 55.9% |
| 2024-25 | 350 | 231 | 66% |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 226 | 60.6% |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 184 | 60.9% |
| 2021-22 | 333 | 225 | 67.6% |
| 2020-21 | 88 | 63 | 71.6% |
| 2019-20 | 311 | 213 | 68.5% |
| 2018-19 | 301 | 198 | 65.8% |
| 2017-18 | 351 | 248 | 70.7% |
| 2016-17 | 390 | 278 | 71.3% |
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 Orkney 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
Learn the Orkney test routes before you go
Driving Test Routes App UK maps the roads examiners actually use, across driving test centres in England, Scotland and Wales — so your practice hours go on the roundabouts and junctions that show up on the day.
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