Comparison Table

The table below aims to give you a quick overview of some of the pertinent differences between the foundation schools.

Click on the header title to sort by that column.

Foundation School F1 Posts Competition Ratio % * Interview? Linked Apps Honoured? Allocation to 1 or 2 Years?** Overseas Training? AF Posts
Birmingham 198 83% cross questionmark 1 cross 30 (in W. Mids)
Black Country & Shropshire 158 83% cross cross ? cross 30 (in W. Mids)
Coventry & Warwick 87 100% cross cross 1 cross 30 (in W. Mids)
East Anglia 293 76% cross cross 2 tick 33
LNR 133 85% cross cross 2 tick 54 (in East Midlands UoA)
Hereford & Worcestershire 76 83% cross cross 1 cross 30 (in W. Mids)
Mersey 293 94% cross questionmark 1 tick 21
North Central Thames 310 152% cross cross 2 cross 116 (in Thames UoA)
North East Thames 328 121% Reserve candidates only questionmark 2 cross 116 (in Thames UoA)
North West Thames 257 336% cross cross 1 or 2 cross 116 (in Thames UoA)
North Western 513 102% cross tick 2 cross 33
Northern 380 72% cross questionmark 2 tick 12
Northern Ireland 243 99% cross questionmark 2 cross 9
NYEC 175 66% Reserve candidates only tick 1 tick 24
Oxford 224 117% cross cross 2 tick 24
Peninsula 193 92% cross tick 2^ tick 17 (in South West UoA)
Scotland 748 92% cross tick 1 and 2 cross 57
Severn 265 142% cross tick 2 tick 17 (in South West UoA)
South Thames 804 91% cross tick 1 tick 116 (in Thames UoA)
South Yorkshire 584 (in Yorks & Humber) 66% Reserve candidates only tick 1 and 2 cross 21
Staffordshire 102 41% tick cross 1 cross 30 (in W. Mids)
Trent 306 73% cross cross 2 tick 54 (in East Midlands UoA)
Wales 321 69% cross cross 1 cross 21
Wessex 289 88% cross cross 2^ tick 13
West Yorkshire 584 (in Yorks & the Humber) 66% Reserve candidates only tick 1 cross 18
Foundation School F1 Posts Comp. Ratio % * Interview? Linked Apps Honoured? 2 or 1 year? Overseas Training? AF Posts

*Unless otherwise stated, competition ratios for 2012 are from the  UKFPO's 2013 Applicant's Handbook .

**For more information on what this means, please see our Foundation School Terminology page under 'Matching to F2 Programme'.

^With conditions: please check individual Schools' pages or their own websites for full details.