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Wellingborough driving test centre

East Midlands, England

Wellingborough at a glance

Pass rate
60%
April 2025 to March 2026
Average wait
23 weeks
June 2026
Tests a year
1,450
April 2025 to March 2026
Slots still free
0.4%
Of the 24-week booking window

How Wellingborough compares

Wellingborough passes 60% of car tests, which is 9.9 points above the 50.1% national average. The typical wait between booking and testing is 23 weeks, 10.9 weeks longer than the national average of 12.1 weeks. It conducted 1,450 car tests in April 2025 to March 2026. In the most recent month DVSA has published, March 2026, the rate was 54% — a single month, so expect it to bounce around the annual figure.

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

Trends at Wellingborough

Pass rate

Mar 2026: 54.0%

47%58%69%GB averageApr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Monthly car practical pass rate at Wellingborough driving test centre, most recent 12 published months.
Month Pass rate
54%
59.2%
55.5%
57.3%
61.9%
59.7%
53.2%
61.2%
64.1%
69.8%
61.3%
64.4%

Waiting time

Jun 2026: 23.0w

12w18w23wGB averageJul 24Nov 24Mar 25Jul 25Nov 25Mar 26Jun 26
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Average wait in weeks between booking and taking a car test at Wellingborough, most recent 12 published months.
Month Average wait
23 weeks
19.1 weeks
18.4 weeks
22 weeks
16.1 weeks
13.1 weeks
16.9 weeks
17.7 weeks
20.3 weeks
20.4 weeks
18 weeks
16.4 weeks

Tests conducted each month

Mar 2026: 139

69110150Apr 24Aug 24Dec 24Apr 25Aug 25Dec 25Mar 26
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Car practical tests conducted each month at Wellingborough, most recent 12 published months.
Month Tests conducted
139
120
110
110
139
139
139
85
131
126
111
101

Year by year

Car practical tests, passes and pass rate at Wellingborough driving test centre by DVSA financial year (April to March).
Year Tests Passes Pass rate
2025-26 1,450 870 60%
2024-25 1,477 814 55.1%
2023-24 1,310 694 53%
2022-23 1,146 620 54.1%
2021-22 1,110 723 65.1%
2020-21 45 29 64.4%
2019-20 1,099 668 60.8%
2018-19 1,278 780 61%
2017-18 1,204 714 59.3%
2016-17 729 441 60.5%

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 Wellingborough 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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