Car theory test centre · April 2025 to March 2026

Axminster

The pass rate here was 50.5% between April 2025 and March 2026, 5.7 percentage points above the national average of 44.8%.

Pass rate
50.5%
+5.7 pts vs GB average
Tests taken
2,350
1,187 passes
Male pass rate
48.0%
1,245 tests
Female pass rate
53.3%
1,105 tests
Ranking
15 of 140
centres with 1,000+ tests

Pass rate by year

Axminster compared with the Great Britain average. Hover, tap or use the arrow keys to read each year.

  • Axminster
  • Great Britain average
40%50%60%70%2017-182019-202021-222023-242025-2650.5%44.8%

Monthly results

April 2025 to March 2026

MonthTestsPassesPass rateMaleFemale
Apr 202521911351.6%47.6%56.8%
May 202518910153.4%52.2%54.5%
Jun 20251728851.2%50.0%52.7%
Jul 202524512952.7%49.2%56.4%
Aug 202522911048.0%46.5%50.0%
Sep 202522110949.3%47.0%51.9%
Oct 202523211850.9%46.6%55.3%
Nov 20251546944.8%42.7%47.7%
Dec 20251969448.0%48.0%47.9%
Jan 20261457753.1%56.3%50.0%
Feb 20261477752.4%53.2%51.5%
Mar 202620110250.7%41.3%60.8%

Year by year

Years run April to March. A missing year means DVSA didn’t publish figures for this centre, for example before it opened or while it had another name.

YearTestsPass rateGB averageMaleFemale
2025-262,35050.5%44.8%48.0%53.3%
2024-252,36147.6%44.9%46.6%48.9%
2023-242,27146.8%45.2%43.4%51.4%
2022-231,49248.2%44.2%45.2%52.2%
2021-2217753.1%50.1%49.5%57.5%
2019-206560.0%47.1%51.5%68.8%
2018-197261.1%47.3%59.5%62.9%
2017-185364.2%48.7%61.9%65.6%
2016-174866.7%48.7%69.2%63.6%

Ready for your test at Axminster?

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Source: DVSA, Car theory test pass rates by gender and month: test centres (DRT112A), last updated Jul-26. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.