WMG Academy for Young Engineers

Secondary · University technical college · Mixed · Coventry

Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, CV4 8DY

Website 02476464661

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

—

No council data

Attendance

90.4%

31.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

504

Capacity used

Has space

79%

640 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Details

Type: University technical college
Phase: Secondary
Age range: 14–19
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Adele Wallis
Address: Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, CV4 8DY
Phone: 02476464661
Local authority: Coventry
Ward / constituency: Tile Hill & Canley · Coventry South
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 140961

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	26%	—	—
English as additional language	23%	—	—
SEN support	12%	—	—

79% boys (400)21% girls (104)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS

504 pupils · 640 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

22
08 June 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good

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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 245 pupils

Attendance

90.4%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

9.6%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

31.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

4.1%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

2.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

10%

20/21

35%

21/22

44%

22/23

38%

23/24

31%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	44.5	—	—
Progress 8 score	-0.44	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	38%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	66%	—	—
EBacc average point score	3.45	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	27.33	—	—

Average grade: C- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	43	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	39.5%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	52.9%	65%
Entering EBacc	2.5%	40%
EBacc average point score	3.23	4.1
Pupils in cohort	119	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.48

Other pupils

-0.42

Low prior attainers

-0.17

Middle prior attainers

-0.35

High prior attainers

-0.83

Girls

-0.34

Boys

-0.47

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	25.7	35
Average grade	C-	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	14.3%	17%
A-level students	63	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
Mathematics	118	20%	48%	64%
English Language	118	15%	47%	63%
English Literature	118	8%	42%	59%
Combined Science	91	7%	29%	51%
Business	47	0%	19%	34%
Other Sciences	34	68%	79%	88%
Computer Science	34	15%	53%	65%
Biology	27	26%	74%	96%
Physics	27	48%	96%	96%
Chemistry	27	37%	85%	96%
History	25	8%	12%	16%
Art and Design	18	17%	56%	67%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Mathematics	37	11%	19%	22%
Physics	21	5%	19%	24%
Design and Technology (Product Design)	18	6%	11%	17%
Computer Science	17	0%	6%	18%
Chemistry	10	0%	10%	30%
Biology	9	0%	0%	11%
Electronics	7	0%	14%	29%
Mathematics (Further)	4	0%	0%	0%
Turkish	2	0%	0%	0%
Polish	1	0%	0%	0%
Italian	1	0%	0%	0%
Persian	1	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 19465: WMG Academy for Young Engineers

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	≤5
Offers	0
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	49%	—	—
Apprenticeships	16%	—	—
Any education or training	51%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Coventry council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.