West Wickham Driving Test Centre

· Cambridgeshire

49.1%
final pass rate 7,967 tests/year · 5 years of data · DVSA data: 2012-13

Key Statistics

49.1% Overall Pass Rate ▼ -1.5pp
53.2% Male Pass Rate
46.4% Female Pass Rate
41,189 Total Tests (5 years)

Historical Pass Rate Trend

West Wickham pass rate over 5 years

45% 47% 49% 51% 53% 55% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 49.5% 2008: 48.6% 2009: 50.0% 2011: 50.6% 2012: 49.1%

Monthly Breakdown (2012-13)

Month Tests Passes Pass Rate Male Rate Female Rate
Apr 636 314 49.4% 53.9% 47.2%
May 708 357 50.4% 54.8% 47.6%
Jun 618 303 49.0% 51.6% 47.3%
Jul 665 337 50.7% 51.2% 50.3%
Aug 622 309 49.7% 54.9% 45.8%
Sep 587 297 50.6% 56.9% 46.5%
Oct 747 375 50.2% 53.6% 48.0%
Nov 785 363 46.2% 50.5% 43.4%
Dec 541 293 54.2% 59.4% 50.3%
Jan 597 296 49.6% 53.8% 46.5%
Feb 752 343 45.6% 51.0% 42.0%
Mar 709 327 46.1% 49.6% 44.0%

Gender Comparison

Male candidates pass at a 6.8pp higher rate than female candidates at West Wickham.

45% 48% 51% 54% 57% 60% 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2007: 45.4% 2008: 45.3% 2009: 47.3% 2011: 47.7% 2012: 46.4% 2007: 55.2% 2008: 53.6% 2009: 54.1% 2011: 55.0% 2012: 53.2%
Male Female

Pass Rate by Age

How do different age groups perform at West Wickham? The chart below shows pass rates for candidates aged 17 to 25, who account for 460.576 of the tests conducted here.

17: 1407.0% 18: 1049.0% 19: 535.0% 20: 397.0% 21: 309.0% 22: 307.0% 23: 267.0% 24: 214.0% 25: 225.0% 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Age of candidate at test

17-year-olds have the highest pass rate at West Wickham with 1407.0% from 56.906077348066304 tests, while 24-year-olds have the lowest at 214.0%. This is unusual. Nationally, 17-year-olds often have lower pass rates due to less driving experience. The 1193.0 percentage point gap between the best and worst age groups is significant.

AgeTestsPass RateMale RateFemale Rate
1756.9061407.0%62.2%412.0%
1854.5141049.0%53.7%320.0%
1947.541535.0%55.2%145.0%
2044.635397.0%59.8%104.0%
2151.596309.0%52.9%97.0%
2253.333307.0%56.3%104.0%
2353.293267.0%58.0%89.0%
2452.713214.0%44.7%68.0%
2546.043225.0%55.8%64.0%

Automatic vs Manual

42.1%Automatic Pass Rate
49.1%Overall Pass Rate
1,005Auto Tests/Year

At West Wickham, the automatic test pass rate is 42.1%, which is 7.0 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 49.1%. With 1,005 automatic tests conducted, this is a well-tested centre for auto candidates.

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 50.3% compared to 40.7% for females.

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