Secondary school in Coventry
WMG Academy for Young Engineers
Mitchell Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8DY
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 8 June 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 4 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
- Current published outcome
- Good
- Last overall grade in this dataset
- Good
- Days since inspection
- 1,577 days
- Framework era
- Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)
These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.
GCSE results 2024/25
Attainment 8 score
The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.
Grade 5+ in English & maths
Grade 4+ in English & maths
EBacc average point score
Entered the EBacc
On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.
Progress 8 2023/24
Taking that range into account, pupils made less progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as supp.
Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.
A levels 2024/25
- Average grade per entry
- C-
- Average points per entry
- 25.7
- A level students
- 63
England average 32.3
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 504
- Places
- 640
- How full
- 79% full — 504 of 640 places taken, so places are likely to be available
- Girls / boys
- 104 / 400
- Overall absence
- 10%
- Persistently absent
- 31%
secondary schools average 8.6%
secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 22%
- English as an additional language
- 27%
- With an EHC plan
- 1%
- On SEN support
- 14%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
School funding 2025-26 financial year
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.
- Evidence found
- Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
- Source coverage
- DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
- What this means
- The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
- What this does not mean
- The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.
Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.
Roads and getting there
Road casualties within 500m
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0
- All reported collisions
- 9
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3
England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years
England average 24.2 over five years
Public transport
- Bus stops within 500m
- 15
- Nearest station
- Canley Rail Station
England average 11.9
1.8 km away — railway station
Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
- In education, work or training
- 92%
- Stayed in education
- 79%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 8%
- Stayed at this school's sixth form
- 46%
- No sustained destination
- 7%
- Pupils in the cohort
- 131
England 91.4%
England 85.4%
England 3.5%
England 5.8%
After sixth form
- Went to university
- 41%
- In education, work or training
- 87%
- Started an apprenticeship
- 22%
- Students in the cohort
- 123
England 50%
England 84.4%
England 6.5%
Going on to university 2021/22 leavers
Went to a top third university
The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.
- Went on to a degree
- 61%
- Students in the cohort
- 110
England 65.3%
These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.
A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.
The area around the school
Among the least deprived fifth of England.
Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.
Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £260,000
- Typical range
- £178,000 to £450,000
- Detached
- £505,000
- Semi-detached
- £215,000
- Terraced
- £230,000
- Flat
- £147,750
postcode sector CV4 8 · 193 sales
middle half of sales
Homes around this school are close to the England average.
Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.
Who lives there
- Adults with a degree
- 52%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 9%
- In professional or managerial work
- 12%
- Households deprived in 2+ ways
- 23%
- Residents in very good health
- 48%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 13.4%
England 17.8%
England 48.4%
Housing
- Owned by the occupier
- 82%
- Social housing
- 7%
- Privately rented
- 10%
- Detached homes
- 42%
- Four or more bedrooms
- 29%
- No car
- 10%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 19.2%
England 38.2%
England 22.5%
England 21.9%
Census 2021, for Coventry 036G and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.
School details
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Executive Principal: Adele Wallis
- Opened as this establishment
- 1 September 2014
- Register status
- Open
- Local authority
- Coventry
- Ward
- Westwood
- Constituency
- Coventry South
- URN
- 140961
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Distance | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Westwood AcademyAcademy converter | No overall grade | 40.7 | -0.08-0.35 to 0.18 · not a win | 0 mi | |
| The National Mathematics and Science CollegeOther independent school | No overall grade | — | — | 0.2 mi | |
| Finham Park 2Free schools | Good 2023 | 43.8 | -0.25-0.52 to 0.02 · not a win | 0.5 mi | |
| West Coventry AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 41.2 | -0.46-0.67 to -0.26 | 1.3 mi | |
| Bishop Ullathorne Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 52.9 | 0.520.30 to 0.73 | 1.6 mi | |
| Finham Park SchoolAcademy converter | No overall grade | 55.7 | 0.200.02 to 0.38 | 1.9 mi | |
| King Henry VIII SchoolOther independent school | No overall grade | — | — | 2.3 mi | |
| Bablake SchoolOther independent school | No overall grade | — | — | 2.6 mi |
Schools like this
The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.
Attainment 8 score. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Egwin's CofE Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Evesham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Thomas More Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Crewe | No overall grade | 47.7 | 0.260.01 to 0.51 | |
| Weldon Village AcademyFree schools | Corby | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Royal Liberty SchoolAcademy converter | Romford | Good 2024 | 51 | 0.470.23 to 0.71 | |
| Newmarket AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Newmarket | Good 2023 | 45.9 | -0.50-0.72 to -0.28 | |
| Gosforth Central Middle SchoolFoundation school | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| The Deanery CofE AcademyFree schools | Swindon | Inadequate 2023 | 46.6 | — | |
| The Catholic High School, ChesterAcademy converter | Chester | Report card 2026 | 46.7 | -0.08-0.39 to 0.23 · not a win | |
| Wayland AcademyAcademy converter | Thetford | Good 2023 | 52 | 0.610.33 to 0.89 | |
| Ealing Fields Church of England High SchoolFree schools | London | No overall grade | 66.1 | 1.301.05 to 1.56 | |
| St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Wakefield | Good 2023 | 46.3 | 0.290.06 to 0.53 | |
| Lincoln UTCUniversity technical college | Lincoln | No overall grade | 46.1 | 0.09-0.19 to 0.37 · not a win |
Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.
Evidence ledger
Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.
| Evidence | Publisher | Reference date | How it reaches this page |
|---|---|---|---|
| School identity | Get Information About Schools | 23 August 2026 | Exact URN 140961; unified importer snapshot |
| Inspection evidence | Ofsted management information | 31 July 2026 | Exact URN; inspection 8 June 2022 |
| Attainment | DfE performance tables | 2024/25 | Exact URN; phase-specific definitions |
| Progress 8 | DfE performance tables | 2023/24 | Exact URN; confidence interval retained |
| Pupil intake | DfE school census | 2024/25 | Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing |
| Funding allocation | DfE school funding statistics | 2025-26 financial year | No row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero |
| Roads and transport | DfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTAN | Five-year road window; access-node snapshot | Coordinate join within the stated radius |
| Neighbourhood | ONS Census | 2021 | LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes |
| Deprivation | English Indices of Deprivation | 2019 | LSOA containing the school |
| Home prices | HM Land Registry Price Paid Data | Sales since January 2024 | School postcode sector, not a catchment |
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