Two Year Recruitment Process
Recruitment to the two year Foundation Programme for August 2025 opens on the 25th September 2024. For all national information (including eligibility) and guidelines on the recruitment process to two year Foundation programmes, please go to the UKFPO website.
Local information on recruitment for August 2025 can be accessed below and will be updated regularly as new information becomes available. (Please also see left hand menu).
Timeline
| Foundation School match | TBC |
| References collected | TBC |
| 1st Cohort Programme match | TBC |
| Further programme allocations | TBC |
| Pre-employment checks | TBC |
| Shadowing commences | TBC |
| F1 Post starts | 6th August 2025 |
Preference Informed Allocation (PIA)
Further information can be found on the UKFPO website
Pre-allocation
The Peninsula Foundation School will only honour matching to trust level for the following Pre-allocated applicants:
- All Pre-allocation applicants who are the parent or legal guardian of children under the age of 18. Applicants will be matched to a programme in the trust/ city or town nearest their home address.
- All Pre-allocation applicants who declare any health reasons that are confirmed by an occupational health recommendation report clearly stating that they need to be in the trust/ city or town nearest their home address.
- The school will also consider any exceptional circumstances on the production of suitable supporting evidence e.g. Olympians who need to be in a particular location near to their training camp base. Needing to live near a partner or family is NOT considered an exceptional circumstance.
All other Pre-allocation applicants will be matched to school only and will be allocated to their programme using the UKFPO’s Preferenced Informed Allocation (PIA) algorithm.
Pre-allocation to programmes does not include any SFP or FPP programmes
The following information has been designed to provide applicants with some useful general information on how foundation training is organised in the Peninsula Foundation School:
General information on how Foundation training is organised within Peninsula Foundation School
In addition, we hope that the following Q and As will assist applicants:
Will Peninsula Foundation School be holding an open day?
Yes - The Peninsula Foundation School will host a Welcome Event in March 2025. Previous attendees have found attending our Welcome Event really useful.
For those allocated to the Peninsula Foundation School please check your emails from March 2025 for further information.
How will applicants be matched to a programme?
Dates and details of the programme preferencing and matching process will be communicated to applicants by the UKFPO and foundation school. The same computer-generated rank will be used when allocating applicants at the group/programme match stage. Applicants will not receive a new rank for group or programme matching. The same rank will be used at all stages. (This applies to the standard Foundation Programme only. Information about the recruitment process for the Foundation Priority Programmes (FPP) and Specialised Foundation Programmes (SFP) is available in separate guidance documents). In rank order, each applicant will be allocated to their highest preference foundation programme. Applicants in the first cohort will be matched to a programme date TBC. Further programme matches will take place from TBC onwards to ensure that all applicants are matched to a foundation programme within their allocated foundation school. Applicants should refer to the applicant timeline on the UKFPO website for the dates and deadlines which relate to the programme match for each cohort. The dates will be available to view in early 2025.
In previous recruitment years, Foundation Schools created and published histograms or bar charts that displayed the range of FP total scores received by applicants allocated to the Foundation School. As the FP total score is no longer used within the allocation process, these charts will no longer be produced.
In the Peninsula Foundation School you will be matched to a two year fixed foundation programme and will know the trust and programme for F1 and F2, at the point of recruitment.
What is the timeline for phase 2 of the recruitment process for general foundation programmes?
All applicants matched to the Peninsula will be asked to rank all foundation programmes available on Oriel by TBC. Any applicants that do not select their preferences by this deadline will be randomly allocated to the remaining posts once all other applicants are matched.
Will Peninsula be honouring linked applications in phase 2 (matching to programme/Trust)?
If you are allocated by PIA to the Peninsula Foundation School with your linked applicant (see UKFP 2024 Applicant Guide to Allocation) the Peninsula Foundation School will honour linked applications past phase 1 of the recruitment process in accordance with the Peninsula School's Linked Applicant Policy
Does Peninsula support trainees who want to complete F2 abroad?
No, the Peninsula does not offer this option.
Appointment to a post is dependant upon the applicant successfully completing medical school (passing finals) and is subject to pre-employment checks. To be fair to all our Trusts if you are told by your medical school that you will not be able to graduate, please let us know as soon as possible. If you will not be taking up your allocated post for any other reason then again please let us know as soon as possible.
In accordance with Good Medical Practice 2024, we ask you to act professionally throughout the recruitment process. To access the Peninsula Foundation School Code of Conduct please click on the link below:
Peninsula Foundation School Code of Conduct
The Foundation Team at the Peninsula Foundation School are here to support you. If you have any queries or concerns please contact Suzanne Maddock , Foundation School Manager on 01752 590626.