Merseyside · North West
Liverpool (Norris Green) driving test centre
37.8% of car practical tests taken at Liverpool (Norris Green) passed in 2025-26, from 13,472 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Liverpool (Norris Green) pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
37.8%
5,099 passes
National average
50%
-12.2 points here
Tests conducted
13,472
about 1,123 a month
Best published year
45.4%
2020-21
13,472 car practical tests were taken at Liverpool (Norris Green) in 2025-26. 37.8% passed, 12.2 percentage points below the national average of 50%. That is down from 40.2% in 2019-20.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 36.3% in 2023-24 and 45.4% in 2020-21, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. In 2025-26 the rate was 36.7% for male candidates and 39.2% for female candidates. That works out at roughly 1,123 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Liverpool (Norris Green) depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Liverpool (Norris Green)
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 13,472 | 5,099 | 37.8% | 50% | 36.7% | 39.2% |
| 2024-25 | 13,265 | 5,131 | 38.7% | 48.7% | 37.6% | 40% |
| 2023-24 | 14,056 | 5,104 | 36.3% | 47.9% | 36.4% | 36.2% |
| 2022-23 | 13,201 | 5,041 | 38.2% | 48.4% | 38.6% | 37.8% |
| 2021-22 | 11,594 | 4,763 | 41.1% | 48.9% | 43% | 39.3% |
| 2020-21 | 3,795 | 1,722 | 45.4% | 49.8% | 46.2% | 44.7% |
| 2019-20 | 13,020 | 5,237 | 40.2% | 45.9% | 42.3% | 38.4% |
Source: DVSA table DRT122A, car practical driving test pass rates by test centre, published on GOV.UK. Figures are financial years running April to March.
Where Liverpool (Norris Green) test centre is
Arrive ten minutes early and park where you can pull out easily. The waiting room is small at most centres, so your instructor will normally wait in the car park while you take the test.
Driving out of Liverpool (Norris Green)
The local network around Liverpool (Norris Green) is dense residential, bus lanes and arterial roads, and test routes are built from it. You cannot cover that range on one street, so the pre-test sessions move between them.
Parked cars and side-road emergences dominate.
Liverpool (Norris Green) covers learners in and around Liverpool, and it is where most of our Liverpool course students sit the test. If you are choosing between centres, practise the road types listed above rather than picking on pass-rate figures alone.
The aim is simple: nothing on the drive should be new on the day.
Roads you are likely to meet
Dense residential
Bus lanes
Arterial roads
- Parked cars and side-road emergences dominate.
Test routes are no longer published by the DVSA, and examiners vary them. Treat this as a guide to the local road types rather than a route list. Book your test and check availability on GOV.UK.
Where marks are lost at Liverpool (Norris Green)
Priority on narrow streets
The recurring fault is stopping in the gap rather than before it, then having nowhere to go when something comes the other way.
Reading the plate before the lane
A cyclist in a mandatory lane has priority you cannot take, and an examiner will mark the encroachment even if nothing was coming.
How we prepare you for this centre
Local route practice
The last hours of your course are spent on dense residential and bus lanes near the centre, because that is what the examiner will put you on.
One rehearsal, examiner-style
Marked the way an examiner marks it, on a Liverpool route, with a written debrief of every fault.
All four manoeuvres
Every manoeuvre practised with traffic present, because that is the version that appears on the day.
Test-day rehearsal
Licence and theory certificate checked, show me / tell me covered, and the sat-nav section practised before the day.
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Liverpool (Norris Green) test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Liverpool (Norris Green)?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Liverpool (Norris Green) draw on dense residential, bus lanes, arterial roads, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Liverpool (Norris Green)?
priority on narrow streets, reading the plate before the lane — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Liverpool (Norris Green)?
Yes. We match you with a DVSA approved instructor who teaches on these roads day to day, and we look for the earliest practical slot at Liverpool (Norris Green) or a nearby centre serving Liverpool.
How do I book a practical test at Liverpool (Norris Green)?
Practical tests are booked through GOV.UK with your provisional licence and theory certificate numbers. We can check cancellations for you once your course dates are set.
How early should I arrive at Liverpool (Norris Green)?
Ten minutes early is enough. Bring your provisional licence; the eyesight check happens outside before you get in the car, so know which plate you can read.
Should I travel to a different centre instead?
We will not sell you a pass rate. Published DVSA figures reflect who books there as much as the roads, and a centre an hour away that you cannot practise around is a worse bet than the one your instructor drives every week.
Not sure how many hours you need?
Answer four quick questions and we will recommend a course based on your experience, not a sales target.