Car theory test centre · April 2025 to March 2026

Penrith

The pass rate here was 50.8% between April 2025 and March 2026, 6.0 percentage points above the national average of 44.8%.

Pass rate
50.8%
+6.0 pts vs GB average
Tests taken
242
123 passes
Male pass rate
48.6%
144 tests
Female pass rate
54.1%
98 tests
Ranking
Not ranked
fewer than 1,000 tests

Small sample. Only 242 tests were taken here in the year. DVSA advises that pass rates at low-volume centres aren’t reliable for comparison with busier centres.

Pass rate by year

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

  • Penrith
  • Great Britain average
40%50%60%2022-232023-242024-252025-2650.8%44.8%

Monthly results

April 2025 to March 2026

MonthTestsPassesPass rateMaleFemale
Apr 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
May 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Jun 2025291344.8%37.5%53.8%
Jul 2025392461.5%64.0%57.1%
Aug 2025623658.1%51.3%69.6%
Sep 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Oct 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Nov 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Dec 2025withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Jan 2026withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Feb 2026421842.9%40.7%46.7%
Mar 2026withheldwithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld

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
2025-2624250.8%44.8%48.6%54.1%
2024-2521447.2%44.9%41.9%55.3%
2023-2418256.0%45.2%52.1%60.2%
2022-2316451.2%44.2%46.5%58.5%

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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.