WMG Academy for Young Engineers

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Coventry
Unique reference
140961
Address
Mitchell Avenue, CV4 8DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
504 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
73.8%
Girls
26.2%
First language not English
22.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.5%
Persistent absence
44.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.1%
African 18.1%
Indian 8.9%
Unclassified 8.5%
Mixed 7.2%
Other White 5.2%
Other Black 4.4%
Other Asian 3.4%
Other 3.2%
Pakistani 2.2%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.67
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 5%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.5
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.28
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
ElectronicsGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE124
FrenchGCSE4
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
127
90
37
Year 11
125
95
30
Year 12
149
111
38
Year 13
103
76
27
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
84.7%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
30.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
51.0%
51.3%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
2.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
3.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
7.3%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
66.0%
69.6%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
20.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
9.0%
2.5%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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