WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 27 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Solihull
Unique reference
142900
Address
Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, B37 5FD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
451 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
81.6%
Girls
18.4%
First language not English
8.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.8%
Persistent absence
42.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 54.8%
Mixed 11.3%
Pakistani 9.8%
Unclassified 6.7%
African 4.9%
Indian 2.9%
Other White 2.4%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other 1.8%
Other Asian 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Irish 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 1%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.2
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.41
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award109
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
ElectronicsGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE113
English LiteratureGCSE113
Year 2022-2023

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
134
109
25
Year 11
142
111
31
Year 12
78
66
12
Year 13
97
82
15
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
36.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
32.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
15.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
3.7%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
48.0%
62.0%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
10.0%
15.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
14.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
7.0%
2.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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