Folkestone Driving Test Centre

Folkestone Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Folkestone Kent South East England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 6.3pts below
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Folkestone driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Folkestone driving test centre in Folkestone, Kent, South East England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Folkestone across demographics, vehicle types, number of attempts, and age. You can find the map location for the test centre and directions here.

Latest DVSA data, 2025/2026
42.4%
Overall pass rate i
42.2%
First-attempt pass rate i
78
First-time faultless passes i
7,818
Tests conducted i
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All data here is publicly available from gov.uk. Veygo have extracted the last 5 years of data for the Folkestone test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Folkestone

Pass rates for automatic and manual car tests, side by side across five years.

For Folkestone in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 45% compared with 34.3% for automatic tests, a difference of 10.7 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Folkestone

How first-time candidates perform, including the rate of faultless passes over time.

First-time candidates at Folkestone passed at 42.2% in 2025/2026, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 42.4%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Folkestone

How pass rates vary by candidate age, from 17 to 25, in the latest year of data.

At Folkestone in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 55.7%. Pass rates generally shift with age, and this chart shows how each age from 17 to 25 performed.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Performance over time

πŸ§‘πŸΏβ€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘πŸΌ Pass rate by gender for Folkestone

How male and female pass rates at this centre have changed over the last five years.

In Folkestone for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 40.5%, which is 4.9 percentage points lower than the female pass rate of 45.4%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Folkestone

Plan your route to the centre and arrive with time to spare on test day.

Address
Folkestone Palting House, Trinity Road, Folkestone, FolkestoneKent, CT20 2RH
Postcode
CT20 2RH
County
Kent
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Kent

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in Kent.

Ashford (Kent) 46.2% Belvedere (London) 40.5% Canterbury 45.8% Erith (London) 51.6% Gillingham 56.4% Hastings (Ore) 52.4% Herne Bay 55.9% Maidstone 60.2% Sevenoaks 59% Sidcup (London) 58.7% Tunbridge Wells 64.5%
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