Oxford Driving Test Centre

Oxford (Cowley) Driving Test Centre

πŸ“ Oxford Oxfordshire South East England
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Overall pass rate, 2025/2026
National average 48.7% · this centre is 1.9pts above
The national average is combined from all the test centres where Veygo has data from gov.uk in 2025/2026.

About Oxford (Cowley) driving test centre

Welcome learner driver! This page provides information about Oxford (Cowley) driving test centre in Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East England. On this page you will find data from gov.uk about the pass rates for Oxford (Cowley) 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
50.6%
Overall pass rate i
49%
First-attempt pass rate i
50
First-time faultless passes i
5,419
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 Oxford (Cowley) test centre.

Transmission type

βš™οΈ Automatic vs manual for Oxford (Cowley)

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

For Oxford (Cowley) in 2025/2026, the manual pass rate was 52.8% compared with 46.6% for automatic tests, a difference of 6.2 percentage points.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
First-time candidates

🎯 First-attempt performance for Oxford (Cowley)

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

First-time candidates at Oxford (Cowley) passed at 49% in 2025/2026, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the overall pass rate of 50.6%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
By candidate age

πŸŽ‚ Pass rate by age for Oxford (Cowley)

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

At Oxford (Cowley) in 2025/2026, 17-year-old candidates recorded the highest pass rate at 61.8%. 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 Oxford (Cowley)

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

In Oxford (Cowley) for the latest year of data (2025/2026), the male pass rate was 53.7%, which is 6.5 percentage points higher than the female pass rate of 47.2%.
Source: DVSA driving test data, published on gov.uk.
Getting there

πŸ—ΊοΈ Where to find Oxford (Cowley)

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

Address
Oxford (Cowley) James Wolfe Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 2PY
Postcode
OX4 2PY
County
Oxfordshire
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Nearby centres

πŸ“ Other test centres in Oxfordshire

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