Pre-allocation Process - Scottish Foundation School

If you need to be in a geographical location for your personal circumstances such as caring responsibilities, health reasons or for ongoing educational support to undertake your Foundation Programme, you can apply as part of the application process to through Oriel and there is guidance and applications for available on the UKFPO website.

As part of pre-allocation, the Scottish Foundation School cannot guarantee a specific Group or location but we will endeavour to meet your request to be placed in a particular region (East, North, South East or West). You will be asked to rank your top ten most preferred Groups and submit these to the Foundation School by e-mail.

If your pre-allocation is approved and you are pre-allocated to the Scottish Foundation School using the national process and guidelines, the Scottish Foundation School team will contact you via the email address provided on your Oriel application.

Your preferences must reflect the information you have given in your application form. The local Associate Postgraduate Dean for your prefered region will allocate you to a Group based upon the information in your application, your home location, your Group preferences, and the overall Group allocations for applicants approved for pre-allocation. Applicants approved for pre-allocation are not guaranteed their first choice of Group.  Applicants should not contact the local regional teams regarding pre-allocation, this process in managed centrally by the Scottish Foundation School.

Please also see the pre-allocation FAQs on this website. If you have any other queries please contact sfas@nes.scot.nhs.uk