Pontefract Driving Test Centre

Pontefract Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Pontefract West Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 1.8pts below
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Pontefract driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Pontefract driving test centre in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Pontefract 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
46.9%
Overall pass rate i
47%
First-attempt pass rate i
30
First-time faultless passes i
5,544
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 Pontefract test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Pontefract

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

For Pontefract in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 48.6% compared with 39.5% for automatic tests, a difference of 9.1 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Pontefract

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

First-time candidates at Pontefract passed at 47% in 2025/2026, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the overall pass rate of 46.9%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Pontefract

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

At Pontefract in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 57.4%. 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 Pontefract

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

In Pontefract for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 47.1%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 46.8%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Pontefract

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

Address
Pontefract 7 Flemming Course, Whistler Drive, Castleford, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF10 5HW
Postcode
WF10 5HW
County
West Yorkshire
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in West Yorkshire

Compare pass rates at other driving test centres in West Yorkshire.

Bradford (Heaton) 56.1% Bradford (Thornbury) 47.8% Halifax 45% Heckmondwike 45.8% Horsforth (Leeds) 49.7% Huddersfield 49.2% Skipton 57.3% Steeton 52.8% Wakefield 45.4%
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