Stirlingshire · Scotland
Stirling driving test centre
43% of car practical tests taken at Stirling passed in 2025-26, from 2,747 tests. Pass rates, local road types and how we prepare you for this centre.
Stirling pass rates
Pass rate 2025-26
43%
1,182 passes
National average
50%
-7 points here
Tests conducted
2,747
about 229 a month
Best published year
50.5%
2021-22
2,747 car practical tests were taken at Stirling in 2025-26. 43% passed, 7 percentage points below the national average of 50%. That is down from 45.4% in 2019-20.
Over the published years the rate has moved between 38.7% in 2024-25 and 50.5% in 2021-22, so a single year's figure is a weak guide on its own. That works out at roughly 229 tests a month, which is what waiting times at Stirling depend on more than the pass rate does.
- Stirling
- National average
| Year | Tests | Passes | Pass rate | National | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 2,747 | 1,182 | 43% | 50% | 43.6% | 42.5% |
| 2024-25 | 4,111 | 1,589 | 38.7% | 48.7% | 38.2% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 3,241 | 1,535 | 47.4% | 47.9% | 48.3% | 46.4% |
| 2022-23 | 3,611 | 1,679 | 46.5% | 48.4% | 46.7% | 46.3% |
| 2021-22 | 4,418 | 2,232 | 50.5% | 48.9% | 50.9% | 50.1% |
| 2019-20 | 3,356 | 1,523 | 45.4% | 45.9% | 47.5% | 43.5% |
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.
Driving out of Stirling
Tests from Stirling run mostly on rural a-roads, city streets and hills. Those road types sit close together, so several of them can appear in the first ten minutes.
National-speed-limit single carriageways are common.
Stirling covers learners in and around Stirling, and it is where most of our Stirling 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
Rural A-roads
City streets
Hills
- National-speed-limit single carriageways are common.
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 Stirling
Bends, crests and sightlines
Drive to what you can see stopping in. Cresting a rise at 60 with no forward view reads as a lack of planning, not confidence.
Busy-centre awareness
Progress matters here too. Sitting at a clear crossing waiting for nobody is marked as undue hesitancy.
Hill starts and control
Roll-back is one of the fastest ways to pick up a serious fault here. Practise moving away uphill with the handbrake until it feels automatic.
How we prepare you for this centre
Time on the real roads
We plan the final sessions around Stirling itself, so the rural a-roads you meet on test day are ones you have already driven.
A full mock test
A full-length mock from the Stirling area, scored on the DVSA sheet so you see exactly where the marks went.
Manoeuvres in real locations
All four test manoeuvres, practised in the kind of streets examiners around Stirling actually use.
The paperwork and the routine
We walk the whole sequence — arrival, documents, eyesight check, independent drive — so nothing on the day is new.
Courses that suit test-centre prep
Stirling test centre FAQs
What are the test routes like at Stirling?
The DVSA stopped publishing official routes, and examiners vary them. In practice, routes from Stirling draw on rural a-roads, city streets, hills, so those are the conditions to rehearse rather than a fixed sequence of streets.
What do learners most often fail on at Stirling?
bends, crests and sightlines, busy-centre awareness, hill starts and control — all of which come directly from the road types on the local network.
Can I take an intensive course and test at Stirling?
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 Stirling or a nearby centre serving Stirling.
How do I book a practical test at Stirling?
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.
What happens when I get to Stirling?
Arrive with your provisional licence and a car that is legal, insured for the test and has no warning lights showing. We handle that side if you use one of our instructors' cars.
Is Stirling an easy test centre?
Pass rates are published by the DVSA, but they say more about the mix of candidates than the difficulty of the routes. Practising the road types above will move your odds more than switching centres.
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.