Anonymised UK driving-school data, by the numbers.
We aggregate lessons and test attempts across UK driving schools using Passdesk and publish what we find. Every figure is opt-out, cohort-floored, and never tied back to an individual.
We're early. Passdesk is gathering data now — reports publish here once a dataset crosses our minimum cohort of 20 distinct learners. The report below shows the methodology and the shape of what's coming; the live ranking appears as soon as the data clears that floor.
The 10 easiest cars to learn in, by the numbers.
National pass-rate ranking by training car make + model — methodology preview.
See the methodology → Transmission · In progressManual or automatic: which should you learn in?
National pass rates and average lessons to test, compared by transmission.
See the comparison → Lessons · In progressHow many driving lessons do you need to pass?
Average lessons before a passing test, by transmission and by car make.
See the averages → Cars · In progressThe most popular learner cars in the UK.
The makes learners take the most lessons in, with pass rates where available.
See the ranking →Methodology
Every Passdesk lesson and test attempt is logged by the driving school that delivered it. Schools and learners can opt out of research at any time. Aggregations are produced nightly with a minimum cohort size of 20 — any bucket smaller than that is silently dropped before it’s written, so a thin row can never re-identify a learner.
Identifier columns (names, emails, phone numbers, full addresses, licence numbers, dates of birth) are never read by the aggregator. Only dimensional fields — car make and model, transmission, body type, and outward postcode prefix — feed the figures we publish.
Full detail is in the Passdesk privacy policy.