Qualification requirements

The Foundation Year is a widening participation initiative for local students. To be eligible to apply, you must: - Have lived in the North West of England (Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Cumbria) for at least one year prior immediately prior to the point of application. You must also meet one of the following requirements: - Have attended a non-selective state secondary school for GCSEs where the Attainment 8 score is below the English average. Data will be considered according to the latest relevant Department for Education performance tables at compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk; - Have attended a non-selective state secondary school for GCSEs and either live in an area with a postcode in quintile 1 or 2 in the POLAR4 young participation index or in a neighbourhood with a high level of multiple deprivation with an Index of Multiple Deprivation decile of 4 or below. You can check your postcode against the POLAR4 young participation index at org.uk/data-and-analysis/postcode-searchand against the Index of Multiple Deprivation at imd-by-postcode.opendatacommunities.org. In addition, you must meet one of the following criteria: - Live in a low-income household with a combined income below £35,000; - Have parents who did not go to university or who do not have a higher education qualification; - Be, or have previously been, in local authority care; - Be the sole carer of a parent or sibling; - Have refugee status; - Be a member of the travelling community; - Be without family support (care leavers, care experienced and/or estranged); - *Live in an area with a postcode in quintile 1 or 2 in the POLAR4 young participation index. You can check your postcode at officeforstudents.org.uk/data-and-analysis/postcode-search; - *Live in a neighbourhood with a high level of multiple deprivation, with an Index of Multiple Deprivation decile of 4 or below. You can check your postcode at imd-by-postcode.opendatacommunities.org. *Applicants who have used essential criteria number 2 above, may not tick these same criteria as their additional item. Applicants should provide details regarding how any checked widening participation criteria are met and will be expected to provide evidence of this at a future date, prior to the offer of a place being made. If your GCSEs were achieved at an educational institution which does not have Attainment 8 data, this will be considered on an individual basis. Please contact us in advance of applying to ensure you are eligible. Applicants will be required to take the UCAT Medical Admissions Test prior to application. UCAT scores and Multiple Mini Interviews (MMIs) form part of the selection process. UCAT scores can only be used to support an application if they were achieved in the relevant admissions cycle. We will not accept applications from graduates for the Foundation Year. Applications from mature students are welcomed. There is no requirement for the academic qualifications in the entry criteria to have been completed in the past two years.

Additional entry requirements