St Helens Driving Test Centre

· Merseyside

53.1%
final pass rate 4,759 tests/year · 4 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

53.1% Overall Pass Rate ▲ +2.7pp
57.5% Male Pass Rate
49.3% Female Pass Rate
21,972 Total Tests (4 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

St Helens pass rate over 4 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2008 2009 2011 2012 2008: 49.9% 2009: 51.7% 2011: 50.4% 2012: 53.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 356 190 53.4% 57.0% 50.0%
May 490 257 52.4% 53.1% 51.9%
Jun 367 177 48.2% 53.8% 43.3%
Jul 418 232 55.5% 59.9% 52.4%
Aug 482 255 52.9% 54.0% 52.1%
Sep 392 210 53.6% 60.0% 47.5%
Oct 487 250 51.3% 53.9% 48.8%
Nov 471 255 54.1% 63.1% 44.5%
Dec 351 179 51.0% 62.6% 41.8%
Jan 299 165 55.2% 58.1% 52.8%
Feb 308 170 55.2% 60.5% 51.4%
Mar 338 187 55.3% 55.9% 54.8%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 8.2pp higher rate than female candidates at St Helens.

45% 48% 51% 54% 57% 60% 2008 2009 2011 2012 2008: 45.1% 2009: 46.9% 2011: 46.3% 2012: 49.3% 2008: 54.9% 2009: 56.9% 2011: 55.0% 2012: 57.5%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at St Helens? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 454.71 of the tests conducted here.

17: 908.0% 18: 798.0% 19: 460.0% 20: 344.0% 21: 281.0% 22: 219.0% 23: 204.0% 24: 189.0% 25: 192.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at St Helens with 908.0% from 57.457212713936435 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 189.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 719.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1757.457908.0%59.9%235.0%
1850.112798.0%55.0%224.0%
1949.804460.0%56.1%127.0%
2042.523344.0%62.3%91.0%
2154.088281.0%55.7%86.0%
2247.788219.0%69.8%54.0%
2355.856204.0%60.2%62.0%
2447.525189.0%52.3%48.0%
2549.558192.0%48.1%56.0%

Automatic vs Manual

43.8%Automatic Pass Rate
53.1%Overall Pass Rate
96Auto Tests/Year

At St Helens, the automatic test pass rate is 43.8%, which is 9.3 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 53.1%. 96 automatic tests were conducted here in the latest year.

The lower automatic pass rate compared to overall is unusual. This could reflect a smaller sample size or a particular candidate demographic. Check the trend over time to see if this is consistent.

Male automatic candidates pass at 56.5% compared to 39.7% for females.

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