# Sheffield (Middlewood Road) Driving Test Centre Pass Rates

> Sheffield (Middlewood Road) driving test centre has a 48.7% pass rate and an average 18.6 weeks wait. Compare it with nearby DVSA centres.

Source: https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sheffield-middlewood-road/

# Sheffield (Middlewood Road) driving test centre

Yorkshire and The Humber, England · West Road, Keresforth Hill · S75 2DH

## Sheffield (Middlewood Road) at a glance

Pass rate

48.7%

April 2025 to March 2026

Average wait

18.6 weeks

August 2026

Tests a year

10,442

April 2025 to March 2026

Slots still free

37.3%

Of the 24-week booking window

## How Sheffield (Middlewood Road) compares

Sheffield (Middlewood Road) passes **48.7%** of car tests, which is **1.4 points below the 50.1% national average**. The typical wait between booking and testing is **18.6 weeks**, 5.8 weeks longer than the national average of 12.8 weeks. It conducted **10,442** car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was **45.6%** — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

## Trends at Sheffield (Middlewood Road)

Pass rate

Mar 2026: **45.6%**

Monthly car practical pass rate at Sheffield (Middlewood Road) driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Pass rate |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 45.6% |
| February 2026 | 47.2% |
| January 2026 | 51.2% |
| December 2025 | 48.8% |
| November 2025 | 45.1% |
| October 2025 | 51.2% |
| September 2025 | 50.6% |
| August 2025 | 52.6% |
| July 2025 | 46.5% |
| June 2025 | 47.5% |
| May 2025 | 50.6% |
| April 2025 | 49.5% |

Waiting time

Aug 2026: **18.6w**

Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Sheffield (Middlewood Road), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Average wait |
| --- | --- |
| August 2026 | 18.6 weeks |
| July 2026 | 18.6 weeks |
| June 2026 | 13.3 weeks |
| May 2026 | 12.4 weeks |
| April 2026 | 9.7 weeks |
| March 2026 | 13.8 weeks |
| February 2026 | 16.6 weeks |
| January 2026 | 17 weeks |
| December 2025 | 18.6 weeks |
| November 2025 | 19.3 weeks |
| October 2025 | 21.1 weeks |
| September 2025 | 19.3 weeks |

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: **1106**

Car practical tests conducted each month at Sheffield (Middlewood Road), most recent 12 published months.
| Month | Tests conducted |
| --- | --- |
| March 2026 | 1,106 |
| February 2026 | 922 |
| January 2026 | 913 |
| December 2025 | 764 |
| November 2025 | 880 |
| October 2025 | 925 |
| September 2025 | 928 |
| August 2025 | 726 |
| July 2025 | 930 |
| June 2025 | 927 |
| May 2025 | 716 |
| April 2025 | 705 |

## Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Sheffield (Middlewood Road) driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-26 | 10,442 | 5,085 | 48.7% |
| 2024-25 | 9,864 | 4,681 | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 10,612 | 4,528 | 42.7% |
| 2022-23 | 8,099 | 3,540 | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 6,467 | 2,970 | 45.9% |
| 2020-21 | 1,896 | 880 | 46.4% |
| 2019-20 | 8,768 | 3,792 | 43.2% |
| 2018-19 | 9,057 | 3,839 | 42.4% |
| 2017-18 | 8,245 | 3,823 | 46.4% |
| 2016-17 | 6,812 | 3,408 | 50% |

## Where it is

## Nearby test centres

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

-   [Barnsley](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/barnsley/)
    
    0 km away
    
    58.5% pass · 5.4 weeks wait
    
-   [Sheffield (Handsworth)](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/sheffield-handsworth/)
    
    0 km away
    
    44.1% pass · 6 weeks wait
    
-   [Wakefield](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/wakefield/)
    
    14 km away
    
    45.4% pass · 7.6 weeks wait
    
-   [Rotherham](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/rotherham/)
    
    17 km away
    
    53.1% pass · 9.5 weeks wait
    
-   [Pontefract](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/pontefract/)
    
    20 km away
    
    46.9% pass · 13.9 weeks wait
    
-   [Heckmondwike](https://ukdrivingtestcentres.co.uk/heckmondwike/)
    
    20 km away
    
    45.8% pass · 10.1 weeks wait
    

Everything on this page describes Sheffield (Middlewood Road) 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.