Test centre · Birmingham (Shirley)
Birmingham, Shirley Driving Test Centre
A test from Shirley can go out through Solihull, Warstock, Billesley and Blossomfield, and on the roads between them.
56.6%
Pass rate in 2025-26, 6.6 points above Great Britain (50.0%). Every figure
Birmingham, Shirley in DVSA's figures
DVSA figures for 2025-26, published 25 June 2026 · waiting time for July 2026, published 9 September 2026
Pass rate · 2025-26 · 56.6%
6.6 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0% (the marker on the bar).
47th highest of the 259 centres with 1,000 or more tests.
- Tests taken
- 9,385
- 5,309 passed
- First attempts
- 58.3%
- 2,795 of 4,791
- Median wait
- 16.2 weeks
- tests taken in July 2026
- Automatic
- 49.8%
- 3,384 tests
- Manual
- 60.4%
- 6,001 tests
- Women · men
- 54.7% · 57.9%
- Aged 17
- 76.3%
- Aged 17 to 25
- 64.3%
- Car tests start from
- 401 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4AA
- 52.40519, -1.82257
Source: DVSA tables DRT122A, DRT122C, DRT122D, DRT122E, DRT122F, DRT121G. Manual is our arithmetic: all tests minus automatic. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and notes
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Pass rate by year
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Passes | Against Great Britain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.6% | 9,385 | 5,309 | 6.6 points above (50.0%) |
| 2024-25 | 58.1% | 9,582 | 5,569 | 9.4 points above (48.7%) |
| 2023-24 | 53.2% | 7,960 | 4,231 | 5.3 points above (47.9%) |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 4,856 | 2,428 | 1.6 points above (48.4%) |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 3,621 | 1,773 | 0.1 points above (48.9%) |
| 2020-21 | 51.1% | 1,325 | 677 | 1.3 points above (49.8%) |
| 2019-20 | 43.3% | 4,235 | 1,832 | 2.6 points below (45.9%) |
| 2018-19 | 44.5% | 4,483 | 1,995 | – |
| 2017-18 | 44.9% | 4,853 | 2,181 | – |
| 2016-17 | 45.9% | 4,518 | 2,074 | – |
| 2015-16 | 45.3% | 4,377 | 1,983 | – |
| 2014-15 | 45.4% | 4,580 | 2,078 | – |
| 2013-14 | 44.9% | 4,325 | 1,940 | – |
| 2012-13 | 46.4% | 4,152 | 1,926 | – |
| 2011-12 | 48.3% | 5,476 | 2,643 | – |
| 2010-11 | 49.3% | 6,100 | 3,010 | – |
| 2009-10 | 51.1% | 5,628 | 2,874 | – |
| 2008-09 | 48.3% | 6,215 | 3,000 | – |
| 2007-08 | 43.6% | 6,722 | 2,931 | – |
DVSA table DRT122A, each financial year it publishes for this centre. Great Britain from DRT121G, which starts in January 2019, so a dash marks a year with no whole-year Great Britain figure to compare.
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Birmingham, Shirley beside Great Britain and nearby centres
| Centre | Pass rate | First attempts | Tests | Median wait | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, Shirley | 56.6% | 58.3% | 9,385 | 16.2 wks | – |
| Great Britain | 50.0% | – | 1,998,621 | 11.1 wks | – |
| Kings Heath | 46.8% | 45.6% | 9,072 | 11.7 wks | 4.4 km |
| Birmingham, Cocks Moors Woods | 53.5% | 55.5% | 486 | 3.1 wks | 4.7 km |
| Birmingham, South Yardley | 42.8% | 40.5% | 14,471 | 10.0 wks | 5.6 km |
| Birmingham, Garretts Green | 44.4% | 42.0% | 22,480 | 7.0 wks | 8.3 km |
| Redditch | 51.4% | 51.5% | 4,483 | 4.4 wks | 13.7 km |
Pass rates and tests for 2025-26; waits for tests taken in July 2026. A dash means DVSA publishes no figure we hold. Distances are straight lines between centres, and only centres with a page here are listed (find them from all test centres), so a centre we have not mapped yet may be nearer. You can book at any centre, but since 9 June 2026 a booked test can only be moved to one of the 3 centres nearest it, or back to the one you first booked (GOV.UK).
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Waiting times and booking
For tests taken at Birmingham, Shirley in July 2026, the median wait between booking and the test was 16.2 weeks, against 11.1 weeks across Great Britain. DVSA estimated 24.0 weeks until at least one in ten appointments a week was free. These are a past month's figures; the dates you can book today are on GOV.UK.
DVSA cancelled 232 tests here in 2025-26, 2.5 for every 100 it conducted, most often for bad weather. These are DVSA's own cancellations; we have found no published figures for tests cancelled by candidates.
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Questions about Birmingham, Shirley test centre
What is the pass rate at Birmingham, Shirley driving test centre?
56.6% of driving tests at Birmingham, Shirley were passes in 2025-26: 5,309 of 9,385, according to DVSA. That is 6.6 points above the Great Britain figure of 50.0%.
How many driving tests were taken at Birmingham, Shirley in the latest year?
DVSA records 9,385 car driving tests at Birmingham, Shirley in 2025-26, of which 5,309 were passed.
Is the first-time pass rate at Birmingham, Shirley different?
For first attempts the pass rate was 58.3% (2,795 of 4,791) in 2025-26, against 56.6% for all attempts.
What is the waiting time for a driving test at Birmingham, Shirley?
DVSA's median wait between booking and taking a test at Birmingham, Shirley was 16.2 weeks for tests taken in July 2026. It is a month's figure, not today's: GOV.UK shows the dates you can book now.
Where exactly is Birmingham, Shirley driving test centre?
Car tests start from 401 Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4AA. On a map it is at 52.40519, -1.82257.
Is there an official list of routes for Birmingham, Shirley driving test centre?
No. DVSA stopped publishing test routes in October 2010, and they are still not published, so you cannot check them before your test. The drives on this page are for visualisation and practice only: they show the kind of roads a test from here can use.
How does Birmingham, Shirley compare with nearby test centres?
In 2025-26 the pass rate at Birmingham, Shirley was 56.6%. The nearest centres with a page here: Kings Heath 46.8% (4.4 km away); Birmingham, Cocks Moors Woods 53.5% (4.7 km away); Birmingham, South Yardley 42.8% (5.6 km away).
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Sources and notes
- DRT122A: Car driving test pass rates by gender and month: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122C: Car driving test pass rates by first driving attempt and gender, including zero faults: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122D: Car driving test pass rates by age (17 to 25 year olds) and year: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122E: Automatic car driving test pass rates by gender: test centres. Data to March 2026, published by DVSA 25 June 2026.
- DRT122F: Car driving test waiting times and availability by driving test centre, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
- DRT121G: Car driving test waiting times and availability by country and region, January 2019 to date: Great Britain. Data to August 2026, published by DVSA 9 September 2026.
All from DVSA's driving test statistics, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Analysis by Driving Mastery; DVSA does not endorse it. A pass rate is not a measure of how hard a test centre is. It reflects who books there and how prepared they are, the mix of automatic and manual tests, and local road conditions, as well as anything about the centre itself. Manual figures are all tests minus automatic tests, which is our arithmetic rather than a DVSA figure. Waiting times are a median over the tests taken that month, not a quoted booking lead time.
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