FOUNDATION SCHOOL GUIDE
East of England Foundation School hospitals
The East of England Foundation School covers a broad area extending from Cambridge and Bedfordshire through Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Its mapped sites include large teaching hospitals and district general hospitals across urban and rural locations.
UKFP 2026 PRIMARY-ALLOCATION RATIO
0.71 first-choice applicants per programme- Programmes
- 921
- First choices
- 656
- After pre-allocation
- 0.69
A ratio above 1.00 means there were more first-choice applicants than programmes. It is a historical demand measure, not an individual probability of allocation.
Compare all 18 Foundation Schools across 2024–2026Possible hospital locations
The table lists the hospital sites currently shown for East of England. Availability can change between recruitment years, so confirm rotations in the live Oriel programme information before ranking.
| # | Hospital site | Town or area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addenbrooke’s Hospital | Cambridge |
| 2 | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital | Norwich |
| 3 | Bedford Hospital | Bedford |
| 4 | Broomfield Hospital | Chelmsford |
| 5 | Lister Hospital | Stevenage |
| 6 | Ipswich Hospital | Ipswich |
| 7 | Royal Papworth Hospital | Cambridge |
| 8 | Peterborough City Hospital | Peterborough |
| 9 | Hinchingbrooke Hospital | Huntingdon |
| 10 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn | King’s Lynn |
| 11 | James Paget University Hospital | Great Yarmouth |
| 12 | West Suffolk Hospital | Bury St Edmunds |
| 13 | Colchester Hospital | Colchester |
| 14 | Basildon University Hospital | Basildon |
| 15 | Southend University Hospital | Southend-on-Sea |
| 16 | Princess Alexandra Hospital | Harlow |
| 17 | Luton and Dunstable University Hospital | Luton |
| 18 | Watford General Hospital | Watford |
SCHOOL-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS
What the mapped footprint shows
The largest repeated locality labels on the map are Cambridge (2 sites). In total, 18 sites are distributed across 17 named towns or localities.
East of England recorded primary first-preference ratios of 0.47 in 2024, 0.65 in 2025 and 0.71 in 2026. The 2026 figure was higher than the 2024 figure. Across the three published cycles, the range was 0.47 to 0.71, illustrating why one year should not be treated as a forecast.
Questions to check for this school
- Which current programmes include the mapped sites, and in which training year?
- Are programmes divided into local groups that reduce travel across the full school footprint?
- Which locations would require a move, a car or travel outside normal public-transport hours?
- Have programme numbers or local allocation arrangements changed since the historic ratio was published?
How to use this information
This is an independent orientation resource. A mapped hospital is a possible location associated with the Foundation School, not a promise that a placement will be offered in every recruitment round. Use the official Foundation School and Oriel listings for final decisions.