WMG Academy for Young Engineers

WMG Academy for Young Engineers continues to perform well overall, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2017. Pupils appreciate the practical, technical, and academic education available to them, often feeling well-prepared for real-world challenges. The school fosters a positive environment, with polite and courteous students who generally behave well and feel safe. Leaders have developed a comprehensive curriculum, enriched with various opportunities, particularly in vocational learning and competitions, which helps students develop essential skills for employability.

Strengths

• Strong practical, technical, and academic education.
• Ambitious curriculum that extends beyond academics.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Positive relationships between pupils and staff.
• Developing culture of reading with increasing student interest.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment leading to knowledge gaps.
• Some staff do not uphold high expectations of pupil behaviour.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at WMG Academy for Young Engineers attended 90.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 31.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 10.6% of pupils at WMG Academy for Young Engineers were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 3 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 WMG Academy for Young Engineers had 17.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.5% of pupils at WMG Academy for Young Engineers were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 WMG Academy for Young Engineers received £8,094 and spent £8,022 for each of its 510 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,077,000 (£2,112 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Wmg Academy for Young Engineers, income was £8,992 and spending £8,786 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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WMG Academy for Young Engineers is part of Wmg Academy for Young Engineers, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) Birmingham

What is WMG Academy for Young Engineers's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for WMG Academy for Young Engineers is Good, from an inspection in July 2022.

When was WMG Academy for Young Engineers last inspected by Ofsted?

WMG Academy for Young Engineers was last inspected in July 2022.

How many pupils does WMG Academy for Young Engineers have?

WMG Academy for Young Engineers has 504 pupils on roll.

What age range does WMG Academy for Young Engineers cover?

WMG Academy for Young Engineers for pupils aged 14 to 19.

Where is WMG Academy for Young Engineers?

WMG Academy for Young Engineers is at Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8DY.