Driving test marking sheet explained
Your driving-test result records driving, serious and dangerous faults across the skills the examiner assessed. You can pass with no more than 15 driving faults and no serious or dangerous faults. Review the categories here, then rebuild the parts relevant to you inside your Layna practical plan.
Review the marking sheet inside your practical workspace
Add the result categories that matter to you and carry them into the practice plan for your next attempt.
Your result, weekly plan and next session stay together inside Layna.
What the result categories mean
The result email shows which areas were marked. The category name tells you the skill; the examiner’s explanation and your instructor’s feedback provide the context for the event.
Junctions — observation
Looking effectively and judging a safe gap before entering a new road or roundabout.
Mirrors — changing direction
Using the correct mirrors in good time before changing direction or road position.
Move off — safety
Effective observation and a safe decision before moving away, including from an angle or gradient.
Junctions — turning right
Positioning, observation and judgement when turning right at junctions.
Response to signs and signals
Seeing, understanding and responding correctly to signs, road markings, lights and other road users.
Positioning — normal driving
Choosing a safe, appropriate road position with enough clearance and stable lane discipline.
Control — steering
Steering smoothly and accurately without losing control or hitting the kerb.
Reverse park — control
Accurate low-speed control during a reverse parking manoeuvre.
Reverse park — observation
Effective all-round observation and consideration for others throughout the manoeuvre.
Use of speed
Choosing a legal and safe speed for the road, weather, visibility and traffic.
Clearance to obstructions
Leaving a safe amount of space when passing parked vehicles and other obstructions.
Control — gears
Selecting a suitable gear for road and traffic conditions without coasting.
Pedestrian crossing
Recognising crossings, approaching safely and giving priority when required.
Awareness and planning
Anticipating developing situations and responding before they become urgent.
Ancillary controls
Using wipers, demisters, heating and other secondary controls safely when needed.
Control — accelerator
Using the accelerator smoothly and at the right time without losing control or creating sudden speed changes.
Control — clutch
Coordinating the clutch smoothly without repeated stalls, rollback or coasting.
Control — footbrake
Braking progressively and with enough pressure to stop safely without avoidable harshness.
Control — parking brake
Using the parking brake when needed and releasing it without rollback or loss of control.
Controlled stop
Reacting promptly to the examiner’s signal and stopping the vehicle quickly while keeping control.
Eyesight check
Reading a vehicle registration at the required distance before the drive begins.
Following at a safe distance
Keeping a following gap appropriate to speed, traffic, grip and visibility.
Forward park — control
Driving into a bay and reversing out with accurate, slow control.
Forward park — observation
Maintaining effective all-round observation while entering and reversing from a bay.
Judgement — overtaking
Choosing a safe opportunity and leaving enough space before, during and after an overtake.
Judgement — meeting
Deciding when to wait and how to pass safely when the road narrows.
Judgement — crossing
Judging a safe gap when crossing another road user’s path, especially when turning right.
Junctions — approach speed
Arriving slowly enough to observe, decide and control the vehicle.
Junctions — turning left
Using a safe position, speed and observation when turning left.
Junctions — cutting corners
Keeping to the correct side of the road throughout a turn.
Move off — control
Moving away smoothly without stalling, rollback or loss of steering control.
Position and normal stops
Choosing a safe place and stopping reasonably close and parallel to the kerb without obstruction.
Positioning — lane discipline
Maintaining the correct lane and following lane markings without unnecessary drifting.
Precautions
Completing cockpit and safety checks before driving, including seat, mirrors, doors, brake and gear.
Progress — appropriate speed
Making suitable progress for the road and traffic without driving unnecessarily slowly.
Progress — undue hesitation
Taking safe opportunities without waiting unnecessarily or confusing other road users.
Response to signs and signals — road markings
Recognising lane arrows, stop lines, boxes and other road markings in time to respond.
Response to signs and signals — traffic lights
Responding to traffic and filter lights correctly and in time.
Response to signs and signals — traffic controllers
Following lawful directions from police, traffic officers, crossing patrols and road workers.
Response to signs and signals — other road users
Reading and responding safely to other road users’ signals and actual movement.
Reverse/right — control
Crossing to the right, stopping and reversing about two car lengths with low-speed accuracy.
Reverse/right — observation
Maintaining effective all-round observation while crossing and reversing on the right.
Signals — necessary
Using a signal when another road user would benefit from it.
Signals — correctly
Giving the signal that matches the intended direction or action.
Signals — timed
Signalling early enough to help without signalling so early that it misleads.
Mirrors — changing speed
Checking behind in good time before slowing or accelerating where others may be affected.
Mirrors — signalling
Checking relevant mirrors before giving a signal.
Vehicle checks — Show Me, Tell Me
Answering two vehicle-safety questions while keeping control during the on-road “show me” task.
Fuel-efficient driving
Planning ahead, using suitable gears and avoiding unnecessary acceleration, braking and engine idling. This assessment does not affect the test result.
The online result replaced the paper DL25 copy.
Learners normally receive the result by email. “DL25” is still widely used as search shorthand for the examiner’s marking sheet, but your own result email is the document to work from.