Recruitment to two year Foundation Programmes August 2016: Stage 1
Outcome for Peninsula Medical School (PMS) Students
200 PMS students were eligible to apply for the two year foundation programme. 5 students secured an academic foundation post and 2 students did not apply. Of the 193 students who applied 65 (34%) put the Peninsula Foundation School as their first choice compared with a national mean of 40.5% choosing their home foundation school first.
62 PMS students have a place in the Peninsula Foundation school, of which 7 (11%) put another school as their first choice but have been allocated a place in the Peninsula. These 7 students put Peninsula as their 2nd choice. 10 PMS students put the Peninsula as their first choice but 9 did not secure a place and 1 withdrew their application. In this first stage of recruitment there are 2 PMS students on the national reserve list and 2 applicants have withdrawn their application.
Chart 1: Foundation School destinations of PMS Students on the primary list
Nationally 94.3% of applicants on the primary list got one of their top 5 foundation schools. 87% (163) of PMS students got a top five choice and 70% (131) have secured their first choice. The worst outcome for a PMS student on the primary list was 13th choice.
Table 1: Comparison of PMS student allocations since 2010 (primary list)
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|
2010 entry |
2011 entry |
2012 entry |
2013 entry |
2014 entry |
2015 entry |
2016 entry |
|
% of PMS students whose first choice was the Peninsula Foundation School |
55% |
43% |
44% |
39% |
23% |
19% |
34% |
|
% of PMS students in Peninsula Foundation School |
55% |
43% |
44% |
39% |
26% |
24% |
33% |
Composition of the Peninsula Foundation School (at stage 1)
Table 2: Comparison of the composition of the Peninsula Foundation School since 2010
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|
2010 entry |
2011 entry |
2012 entry |
2013 entry |
2014 entry |
2015 entry |
2016 entry |
|
Applicants from PMS |
37% |
38% |
33% |
34% |
27% |
24% |
33% |
|
Applicants from other UK medical schools |
61% |
61% |
64% |
65% |
71% |
74% |
65% |
|
Applicants from schools outside the UK |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
Suzanne Maddock
Foundation School Administrator
March 2016