Car theory test centre · April 2025 to March 2026

Reading

The pass rate here was 49.6% between April 2025 and March 2026, 4.7 percentage points above the national average of 44.8%.

Pass rate
49.6%
+4.7 pts vs GB average
Tests taken
34,220
16,969 passes
Male pass rate
47.6%
18,805 tests
Female pass rate
52.0%
15,415 tests
Ranking
23 of 140
centres with 1,000+ tests

Pass rate by year

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

  • Reading
  • Great Britain average
40%50%60%70%80%2007-082010-112013-142016-172019-202022-232025-2649.6%44.8%

Monthly results

April 2025 to March 2026

MonthTestsPassesPass rateMaleFemale
Apr 20252,9241,45649.8%47.0%53.3%
May 20252,6321,25447.6%47.3%48.0%
Jun 20253,1661,55049.0%47.8%50.4%
Jul 20252,9821,48449.8%49.2%50.5%
Aug 20252,8491,47651.8%49.7%54.5%
Sep 20252,5091,26450.4%48.9%52.4%
Oct 20252,6861,30648.6%47.6%49.9%
Nov 20252,7431,35449.4%46.8%52.5%
Dec 20252,8451,40149.2%44.6%54.4%
Jan 20262,2791,11849.1%46.9%52.0%
Feb 20263,0491,57051.5%49.3%54.2%
Mar 20263,5561,73648.8%46.3%51.8%

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
2025-2634,22049.6%44.8%47.6%52.0%
2024-2533,34148.9%44.9%47.4%50.7%
2023-2432,07949.9%45.2%48.1%52.0%
2022-2331,57948.6%44.2%47.2%50.4%
2021-2234,93053.4%50.1%52.4%54.6%
2020-2110,23359.1%55.7%56.9%61.6%
2019-2021,43550.3%47.1%48.9%51.7%
2018-1920,11450.5%47.3%49.0%52.1%
2017-1822,25452.2%48.7%50.1%54.4%
2016-1723,10651.9%48.7%50.2%53.6%
2015-1624,67053.1%49.3%51.8%54.4%
2014-1520,74452.7%51.0%50.3%55.3%
2013-1418,75853.7%51.6%50.5%57.2%
2012-1316,17562.3%59.1%59.5%65.6%
2011-1215,85263.0%60.8%60.2%65.9%
2010-1114,04065.4%63.1%62.8%68.4%
2009-1013,60767.2%63.8%65.2%69.5%
2008-0913,82967.3%65.4%65.4%69.5%
2007-0814,77368.5%65.4%66.6%70.6%

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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.