Secondary
WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5FD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- University technical college
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 394 of 640 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.2
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 40.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 451
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
February 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
14%
32 points below the Solihull average (46% across 15 schools)
30.8
15.8 below the Solihull average (46.6 across 15 schools)
14th of 15 by our score, among the secondary schools in Solihull we can score - 18 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 30.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.31 |
| Entered the EBacc | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 14% |
| A level average points per entry | 17 |
| A level students | 42 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 21% |
| 23/24 | 23% |
| 24/25 | 14% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 21.1 |
| 22/23 | 16.0 |
| 23/24 | 21.3 |
| 24/25 | 17.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.93 |
| 22/23 | -1.51 |
| 23/24 | -1.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.5 |
| 22/23 | 32.2 |
| 23/24 | 33.5 |
| 24/25 | 30.8 |
Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5FD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Solihull admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Principal
- Claire Morris
- Address
- Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5FD
- Telephone
- 01212893556