Secondary school

WMG Academy for Young Engineers

  • University Technical College
  • ages 14–19
  • Mixed
  • Coventry
  • CV4 8DY
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Mar 2017

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,118 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 65%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 79%79%2016/17: top 87%2017/18: top 54%54% · 2017/182018/19: top 82%2021/22: top 69%2022/23: top 72%2023/24: top 56%2024/25: top 65%No exams

A-level results

#214 of 241 West Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against West Midlands

Attainment 843 · West Midlands 44.15/10 Middle+5.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths39.5% · West Midlands 39.3%6/10 Middle+27.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.23 · West Midlands 3.812/10 Well below West Midlands+6 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.44 · West Midlands −0.103/10 Below+17.8 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry25.7 · West Midlands 31.71/10 Well below West Midlands−13 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 45.3 · 103 pupils · West Midlands 49.92016/17: 39.1 · 92 pupils · West Midlands 45.32017/18: 45.2 · 85 pupils · West Midlands 44.62018/19: 39.8 · 115 pupils · West Midlands 45.12021/22: 44.6 · 98 pupils · West Midlands 47.12022/23: 41.5 · 131 pupils · West Midlands 44.52023/24: 44.5 · 125 pupils · West Midlands 442024/25: 43 · 119 pupils · West Midlands 44.1545.339.1No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 26% · 92 pupils · West Midlands 37%2017/18: 46% · 85 pupils · West Midlands 37%2018/19: 30% · 115 pupils · West Midlands 38%2021/22: 36% · 98 pupils · West Midlands 46%2022/23: 40% · 131 pupils · West Midlands 40%2023/24: 37.6% · 125 pupils · West Midlands 41%2024/25: 39.5% · 119 pupils · West Midlands 39.3%46%26%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 22.85 · 68 pupils · West Midlands 27.92016/17: 21.36 · 60 pupils · West Midlands 28.62017/18: 28.79 · 44 pupils · West Midlands 29.062018/19: 30.27 · 32 pupils · West Midlands 30.052021/22: 31.86 · 42 pupils · West Midlands 35.232022/23: 24.88 · 49 pupils · West Midlands 30.952023/24: 27.33 · 41 pupils · West Midlands 31.612024/25: 25.7 · 63 pupils · West Midlands 31.7331.8621.36No exams

Getting in

No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2017–2022

  1. 2017Good
  2. 2022Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026504
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.4%
First language not English26.7%
SEN support14.3%
EHC plan1.2%
Absence (sessions missed)9.6%
Persistently absent pupils31.4%

Girls 23.9%Boys 76.1%

78.8% full · 640 places · 275 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.5
Pupils per adult12.0
  • Classroom teachers 25.9
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 5
  • Other support 11.6

Teachers 28.9 FTE · Whole workforce 45.5 · 47 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£8,094
Spend per pupil£8,022
Staff spend per pupil£6,120
Reserve per pupil£2,112
  • +£1,077,000revenue reserve
  • +£37,000in-year balance

Grants £8,294 · self-generated £82 · premises £465 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS (2 academies) · trust reserve £1,895,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

125 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained93.6%
  • Education80%
  • Apprenticeship9.6%
  • Employment4%
  • Not sustained4%
  • Unknown2.4%

After sixth form (16–18)

113 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained84.1%
  • Education59.3%
  • Higher education57.5%
  • Apprenticeship15%
  • Employment9.7%
  • Not sustained8.8%
  • Unknown7.1%