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West Didsbury (Manchester)
Driving test centre.

Official results, the context behind them and a practical way to plan your next step.

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47.7%
All-car pass rate · 2025/26
17,806
Tests taken · 2025/26
22.6 weeks
Median completed wait
24.0 weeks
Forward availability measure

Results: official source tables. Waiting measures: August 2026, DRT122F. Missing values are not zero. Definitions and limitations.

Plan the practicalities

Address and visiting information

  • Agree readiness and test-day car use with your instructor.
  • Check the current venue address, facilities and offered services.
  • Use the correct official booking service for your nation.
  • Check any support or adjustments before the appointment.

Published address: Unit 11, Christie Park, West Didsbury, M21 7QY Official instructions and service notes: This test centre provides these types of tests: car, ADI part 3. Due to necessary car park improvements on 3rd July 2026 candidates are to park around the side of the test centre and across the front of the bays, please wait in your car with the instructor/accompanying driver & the examiner will come to meet you at the car.

Services in the published venue record: car · ADI part 3

Venue information dated 2026-09-12. Read the venue source These services and the historical results above refer to different dates.

Check the official venue

A centre’s statistical name may not identify the latest building. Any address must be checked against your booking confirmation.

The wider picture

Pass rates over time

Compare the same test group across published periods.

View annual results and test counts
Period Tests Passes Pass rate
2020/21 3,515 1,550 44.1%
2021/22 11,087 5,310 47.9%
2022/23 15,591 7,715 49.5%
2023/24 17,895 9,210 51.5%
2024/25 17,196 8,761 50.9%
2025/26 17,806 8,496 47.7%

Candidate mix and repeated attempts affect these figures. The highest rate does not identify the easiest test for you.

Where can you move your car test?

Explore permitted moves

DVSA publishes these destinations for West Didsbury (Manchester). Your original booked centre may also be an option. The booking service confirms the choices available for your booking.

DVSA permitted destination list · checked 2026-09-29. These are directed permission relationships, not a straight-line nearest-centre calculation or live appointments.

Two different measures

Understand the wait.

A completed wait describes past test takers. The availability measure describes the published booking outlook at that time.

Explore the last 12 published months
Last 12 published months
Month Median completed wait Forward availability Completed within 7 weeks Completed after 21 weeks
September 2025 14.3 weeks 24.0 weeks 39.7% 33.3%
October 2025 13.3 weeks 24.0 weeks 40.6% 33.0%
November 2025 8.1 weeks 24.0 weeks 47.5% 31.3%
December 2025 13.6 weeks 24.0 weeks 38.7% 27.2%
January 2026 13.1 weeks 24.0 weeks 39.5% 37.2%
February 2026 20.3 weeks 24.0 weeks 32.3% 48.8%
March 2026 19.3 weeks 24.0 weeks 37.5% 47.0%
April 2026 22.3 weeks 24.0 weeks 30.2% 52.6%
May 2026 19.4 weeks 24.0 weeks 33.7% 47.3%
June 2026 20.6 weeks 24.0 weeks 29.4% 48.4%
July 2026 22.6 weeks 24.0 weeks 24.0% 54.8%
August 2026 22.6 weeks 24.0 weeks 26.8% 50.5%
This is not a live appointment search. The forward measure concerns when at least 10% of weekly appointments are available in the published snapshot. It is not the earliest slot. Use the official booking service for current appointments.
Automatic transmission

A separate candidate group.

Automatic pass rate · 2025/26
43.1%
Automatic tests
6,015

Automatic-only outcomes use a different group of tests from the all-car rate. They do not establish which transmission is easier for you. Source: DRT122E.

Choosing manual or automatic

First-attempt results

These figures describe people recorded as taking their first car test. They are a different test group from the all-attempt results above.

First-attempt pass rate

48.1%

2025/26 · 4,296 passes from 8,938 tests.

First tests with zero faults

304

Published count for 2025/26. A zero-fault test is a separate measure from passing.

Use the right comparison

A centre’s candidate mix, experience and repeated attempts affect its overall rate. Neither figure measures an individual instructor’s performance or predicts your result.

Assess your readiness
First-attempt history and source definitions
PeriodFirst attemptsPassesPass rateZero-fault first tests
2020/211,85284745.7%22
2021/225,7332,76948.3%142
2022/237,2233,65550.6%221
2023/248,6724,54952.5%264
2024/258,7584,49851.4%305
2025/268,9384,29648.1%304

Suppressed values remain unavailable. DVSA notes that licence-number changes can affect first-attempt identification. Single-examiner centres may be withheld from centre-level tables; published national totals include additional withheld records.

Read DRT122C and its notes

Source: DVSA DRT122C, total columns. These are source figures, not an inferred first-time pass rate.

When DVSA cancelled tests

1,679 cancellations were recorded for 2025/26. The table records the date DVSA cancelled a booking, which can differ from the intended test date.

Published reasonCancellations
Leave368
Disputes0
Acts of nature79
Medical absences1,232
Pandemic0

“Acts of nature” covers adverse weather and bad light. Medical absences refer to examiners. The counts cover all DVSA cancellations, including advance notice; they do not count learners cancelling and cannot be read as the probability of your appointment being cancelled.

Published monthly cancellation counts
Recorded monthTotal cancellations
April 2025180
May 2025304
June 2025144
July 2025199
August 2025127
September 202551
October 202526
November 202597
December 202526
January 2026199
February 202645
March 2026281

Only months present in the source appear. Missing rows are not filled with zero.

Source: DVSA DRT122B and full cancellation definitions. Plan booking and changes.

Recorded driving faults: what to practise

Source months: January 2026 and February 2026. These are fault counts from tests at this centre, grouped by the examiner’s recorded category. Start a discussion with your instructor about the skills behind the figures.

Eight categories with the most recorded serious faults in the included months
Source categorySerious faultsDangerous faultsDriving faults
Mirrors - change direction34850596
Response to signs - traffic lights2282314
Junctions - observation20520316
Control - steering14225813
Response to signs - traffic signs1421306
Maintain progess - speed11711,018
Reverse park - Control1067512
Junctions - turning right923179

A test can contain multiple faults. These counts are not failed-test totals, fault rates or a prediction of your result. Learn the full syllabus; this is not a list of test routes or shortcuts.

Explore every fault category at this centreUse feedback to plan your next lessonsPlan practice

Source: DVSA FOI 2606-112694, Annex H, released July 2026. Only clearly labelled January–February rows are included; later or unlabelled blocks are excluded. Category names are retained from the source and may include legacy labels.

Build a realistic budget

Include lessons, official fees and test-day car use.

Check your readiness

Use a structured conversation with your instructor.

Plan travel and conditions

Official road, public transport and weather sources.

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