It has applied for foundation grants, and for a regulatory designation that would give it access to federal money, but hasn't heard anything yet.
The designation allows Alpan to apply for foundation grants, have art-school interns and develop its three-year-old artist-in-residence program.
Mr Blair wants every school eventually to apply for foundation status, which means greater freedom over budgets, assets, recruitment, admissions and the syllabus.
Each child will have a "pupil profile" allowing parents to track their progress, and for the first time primary schools will be able to apply for foundation status, giving them more control over their affairs.
A senior source at the trust, which has applied for foundation status, admitted: "In basic terms, the trust failed to maintain the CCTV systems and, in October 2013, the whole system crashed, leaving the perimeter CCTV inoperable.
It's also been made clear to us by NHS England that the graduates would be eligible to apply for foundation training in the UK [prior to applying for full registration with the GMC], albeit it would be an extremely competitive process with no guarantee of successful placement".
Thus, a successful PLAB graduate is able to apply for foundation year two posts, in competition with both UK and EEA medical graduates.
In fact, young scientists are often at a special advantage when applying for small-foundation grants, Sharp says.
