The Foundation Schools map shows every foundation school in the UK. Shaded by competition, each school is coloured by its first-choice ratio, the proportion of applicants who selected it first. In 2026, London was the most competitive at 2.04, while West Midlands North was the least at 0.4. Switch to rent and the map is coloured by average monthly rent instead.
5 things you see when you press a school
- Competition. How competitive the school is, and where it ranks out of 18.
- Programmes. How many programmes it has, and the specialties that come up most.
- Groups. Its groups, and the trusts and sites its programmes rotate through. Northern Ireland doesn't use groups.
- Rent. The average rent in the school's region for different sizes of home.
- Pint price. What a pint costs in the school's cities. It's there for fun, not for ranking.
Compare 2 schools side by side
Pick a second school and the 2 sit side by side: programmes, trusts, sites, groups, competition, rent, the average pint and the most common specialties. It's completely free and you don't need to sign in.
Sources: Foundation Schools, Foundation Ranker, UKFPO: UKFP first preference ratios 2024 to 2026, ONS: Price Index of Private Rents, UK monthly price statistics and Finder: international pint price map
