Recruitment timelines

November 2025

Advert appears

By 5pm Wednesday 19 November 2025

Applications open

At 10am Thursday 20 November 2025 

December 2025 

Applications close

At 4pm Thursday 11 December 2025 

Evidence upload window

Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Monday 12 January 2026 

January 2026 

Shortlisting scoring

Monday 26 January to Tuesday 27 January 2026 

February 2026

Shortlisting results release

Thursday 12 February 2026 

Appeal window

Thursday 12 February to Monday 16 February 2026 

March 2026  

Invites to interview

Tuesday 10 March 2026 

Preferences open 

Thursday 19 March 2026 

Interview dates

Thursday 26 March and Friday 27 March 2026  

Interview venue: Remote interviews

April 2026 

Preferences close 

Thursday 2 April 2026 

Initial offers released all regions

By 5pm Tuesday 14 April 2026  

Hold deadline

At 1pm Wednesday 22 April 2026  

Upgrade deadline

At 4pm Thursday 23 April 2026  

August/October 2026 

Training start date

August/October 2026 (to be confirmed by employing trust)

Details of future rounds will be added once available.