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Burgess Hill driving test centre pass rate

Official DVSA figures for car practical tests, April 2025 to March 2026.

45.5% of car driving tests at Burgess Hill were passes from April 2025 to March 2026: 5,111 of 11,237 tests. That is 4.6 points below the Great Britain rate of 50.0%.

At a glance

Burgess Hill
Tests conducted11,237
Passes5,111
Pass rate45.5%
Men44.0%
Women47.3%
Rank in Great Britain211 of 260
Rank in South East29 of 32
Median wait from booking to test14.9 weeks (August 2026)
Tests taken within 7 weeks of booking33%

Pass rate by age, 17 to 25

DVSA publishes the age breakdown for younger candidates only. Figures for April 2025 to March 2026.

AgeTestsPass rate
172,27455.3%
181,59451.2%
1976045.3%
2054346.6%
2145243.1%
2241249.3%
2338346.0%
2436246.1%

Pass rate over the years

YearTestsBurgess HillGreat Britain
Apr 2025 to Mar 202611,23745.5%50.0%
Apr 2024 to Mar 202511,19143.2%48.7%
Apr 2023 to Mar 202413,45444.3%47.9%
Apr 2022 to Mar 20237,61146.1%48.4%
Apr 2021 to Mar 20226,51147.1%48.9%
Apr 2019 to Mar 20207,67841.8%45.9%
Apr 2018 to Mar 20198,83141.1%45.8%
Apr 2017 to Mar 20189,35845.9%46.3%
Apr 2016 to Mar 20178,84848.9%47.1%
Apr 2015 to Mar 20169,87950.0%47.0%

Other test centres in South East

CentrePass rateTestsMedian wait
Ashford (Kent)46.2%5,4756.3 weeks
Aylesbury49.3%5,2555.0 weeks
Banbury41.3%9,06918.1 weeks
Basingstoke56.8%5,00919.6 weeks
Bletchley51.5%9,41514.6 weeks
Canterbury45.8%4,6705.3 weeks
Chertsey (London)52.9%9,08215.6 weeks
Chichester61.6%6,6724.7 weeks
Crawley42.7%11,30510.4 weeks
Eastbourne55.4%6,03113.7 weeks
Farnborough59.7%10,48216.0 weeks
Folkestone42.4%7,8187.9 weeks
Gillingham56.4%14,8869.9 weeks
Greenham56.5%3,9315.2 weeks
Guildford57.1%4,5429.6 weeks
Hastings (Ore)52.4%3,89217.1 weeks
Herne Bay55.9%10,6747.0 weeks
High Wycombe51.5%3,5344.6 weeks
Lee On The Solent63.2%8,50220.0 weeks
Maidstone60.2%8,05310.0 weeks
Newport (Isle of Wight)54.1%3,6168.9 weeks
Oxford (Cowley)50.6%5,4195.0 weeks
Portsmouth52.8%13,51813.0 weeks
Reading55.4%9,23713.9 weeks
Redhill Aerodrome53.9%5,40810.0 weeks
Sevenoaks59.0%6,74010.4 weeks
Slough (London)50.8%10,5096.0 weeks
Southampton (Maybush)50.3%10,48013.1 weeks
Tunbridge Wells64.5%5,72610.0 weeks
Winchester52.2%4,6027.1 weeks
Worthing59.8%8,49510.1 weeks

A high pass rate does not mean an easier test. Every centre tests to the same standard. The rate reflects who tests there: how much practice they have had, how many are on a first attempt, and the roads they learned on. Choosing a centre for its pass rate rarely helps if the roads are unfamiliar.

Before your test

Most learners who pass have had plenty of practice on top of their lessons, and practising in a family car means the car needs to insure you. Which kind of learner cover fits your situation and how short-term learner cover works are explained here, and every provider is compared side by side.

Source: DVSA, Driving test and theory test data: cars, Open Government Licence v3.0. Car practical tests, April 2025 to March 2026. DVSA leaves out centres where one examiner conducted every test (they still count in the national figure). Waiting times are DVSA's monthly figures. Every centre.