WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, CV4 8DY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS
- Executive Principal
- Ms Adele Wallis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 640
- Pupils on roll
- 504
- URN
- 140961
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02476464661
About this school
WMG Academy for Young Engineers is a secondary school in Coventry. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 504 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 June 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 131 | 125 | 119 |
| Attainment 8 score | 41.5 | 44.5 | 43.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.67 -0.92 to -0.42 | -0.44 -0.70 to -0.18 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40% | 37.6% | 39.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 65.6% | 52.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 5% | 2.4% | 2.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How WMG Academy for Young Engineers has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Coventry average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 41.5 | 36.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.5 | 36.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43 | 36.5 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 498 |
| 2023/24 | 504 |
| 2024/25 | 510 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How WMG Academy for Young Engineers compares
WMG Academy for Young Engineers ranked 15th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43 | 9.6% | 22.4% | 504 | — |
| The Westwood Academy | 40.7 | 10.5% | 34% | 843 | 0.0 miles |
| Finham Park 2 | 43.8 | 10.1% | 34.2% | 812 | 0.5 miles |
| West Coventry Academy | 41.2 | 9.5% | 31.8% | 1,317 | 1.3 miles |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School | 52.9 | 6.8% | 25.8% | 1,155 | 1.6 miles |
| Finham Park School | 55.7 | 6.9% | 13.1% | 1,724 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.36%
- English as an additional language
- 26.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.56%
- Persistent absence
- 31.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Westwood Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Finham Park 20.5 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
West Coventry Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School1.6 miles
Secondary · Coventry
-
Finham Park School1.9 miles
Secondary · Coventry
Other schools in Coventry
WMG Academy for Young Engineers ranks 16th of the 24 ranked secondary schools in Coventry.
- Ash Green School Secondary
- Barr's Hill School Secondary
- Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School Secondary
- Blue Coat Church of England School and Music College Secondary
- Caludon Castle School Secondary
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School Secondary
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School Secondary
- Coundon Court Secondary
- Eden Girls' School, Coventry Secondary
- Ernesford Grange Community Academy Secondary
- Finham Park 2 Secondary
- Finham Park School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does WMG Academy for Young Engineers teach?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a secondary school in Coventry.
- Who is the executive principal of WMG Academy for Young Engineers?
- The executive principal of WMG Academy for Young Engineers is Ms Adele Wallis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was WMG Academy for Young Engineers last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected WMG Academy for Young Engineers, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is WMG Academy for Young Engineers?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers has 504 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is WMG Academy for Young Engineers full?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers has capacity for 640 pupils and 504 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is WMG Academy for Young Engineers a faith school?
- No. WMG Academy for Young Engineers has no designated religious character.
- Is WMG Academy for Young Engineers a selective school?
- No. WMG Academy for Young Engineers is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs WMG Academy for Young Engineers?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers is part of WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have WMG Academy for Young Engineers's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 41.5 in 2022/23 and 43 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does WMG Academy for Young Engineers rank locally?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers ranked 15th of 22 secondary schools in Coventry for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is WMG Academy for Young Engineers's absence rate?
- WMG Academy for Young Engineers's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are WMG Academy for Young Engineers's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, WMG Academy for Young Engineers's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.