Two year programmes – new page under recruitment
All Severn Foundation Programmes detailed on Oriel (the national application system) are available as a single Programme List in pdf format below. Please note this is an indicative list and programmes remain subject to change. It also includes our FPP and SFP programmes.
Post list F1 2026 – F2 2027 (all posts are subject to change)
Groups
Our programmes are split into groups.
The “Severn – North” group contains 204 programmes, with rotations in Gloucestershire and Swindon as well as a proportion of rotations in Bath, Bristol and Weston-super-Mare.
The “Severn – South” group contains 184 programmes, with rotations in Taunton and Yeovil as well as a proportion of rotations in Bath, Bristol and Weston-super-Mare.
The SFP group contains 15 programmes. Further information can be found here.
We have 2 Foundation Priority Programmes available. Further information can be found here.
The group preferencing window will open after the allocation to school has been announced. Applicants will be asked to rank the groups in order of preference. Applicants will be allocated to group based on their Preference Informed Allocation rank.
Programmes
Applicants will be allocated to programme based on their Preference Informed Allocation rank. The programmes are split between the North (199) and South (168) groups. You are required to rank ALL PROGRAMMES in your Group in order of preference. If you have not ranked your preferences within the advertised preferencing window, you will be randomly allocated to a programme.
Pre-allocation
The Severn Foundation School will honour matching to programme level for the following pre-allocated applicants:
1 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.
2 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.
3 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 an exceptional circumstance.
All other Pre-allocation applicants will be matched to a ‘North’ or ‘South’ group 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 programmes. Pre-allocated applicants that rank the SFP group as their first preference could be matched to a Placeholder group.
Linked Applicants
For linked applicants, the link will be maintained only up to the Group-Matching stage assuming applicants rank the Groups in exactly the same order.
Contact Us
If, having read the information available, you have further queries or questions please email the Severn Foundation School.
Timetable
All application guidance, including eligibility and special circumstances is available on the UK Foundation Programme website. For a more detailed timeline, please refer to the UKFPO Applicant Guide