Evidence you can check.
Allocation rules come from UKFPO and NHS guidance. Official data is kept separate from modelling assumptions.
Checked 23 September 2026. Live guidance pages do not display reliable update dates; the date checked is not a publication date.
- FP2027 allocation to a Foundation School: the current two-pass algorithm, rank and linked-pair rules.
- FP2027 key changes: confirms rank release after recruitment, pre-allocation changes and FPP handling.
- Current Foundation School directory: the 18 schools and geographical descriptions.
- Official first preference ratios, 2024–2026: programme counts, first-choice counts and differently scoped ratios. The linked PDF sits in UKFPO’s August 2026 uploads.
- Official PIA flowcharts: two-pass visual reference, July 2025 file path, linked from current guidance.
- Oriel preference instructions: complete ordering required.
- SFP pathways: local and ordinary-allocation distinctions.
- Prioritisation Act commencement: effective 6 March 2026. Some UKFPO 2026 FAQs retain outdated references to a proposed Bill.
Dataset provenance
Normalized dataset: UKFPO 2024–2026, 54 school-year records. Retrieved 2026-09-23 (UTC). The repository includes source text, hashes and a repeatable parser. Historical labels KSS, LNR and Thames Valley Oxford map to their current school names.
Open questions
No verified FP2027 national capacity table was found in the reviewed public guidance. Residual places after manual allocation, complete historic applicant preferences and a representative current-cohort sample are not available. These gaps are not filled with claimed facts.
The allocation page distinguishes ranks being unavailable during application/allocation from release at the end of recruitment. We follow the explicit FP2027 end-of-recruitment release wording, corroborated by the key changes page.