WMG Academy for Young Engineers, Coventry

In 2026, pupils at WMG Academy for Young Engineers averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 44.5 in Coventry and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Coventry and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 43.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.44: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 39.1, against 44.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 5.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 17 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Combined Science and Business Studies.

Across Coventry, 82% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 95% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Coventry lodged 405 appeals against secondary school offers; 298 reached a hearing and 52 succeeded (17.4% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to WMG Academy for Young Engineers are The Westwood Academy (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 46.1); Finham Park 2 (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.8); West Coventry Academy (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.3); and Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

WMG Academy for Young Engineers's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 80% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 10% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

Of the 113 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 15% to apprenticeships and 10% into work. 6% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 63 pupils (12.5%) received SEN support and 5 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Canley Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Westwood Academy (adjacent), 80 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood WMG Academy for Young Engineers stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 150 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, burglary and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Coventry (253).

In 2024/25, WMG Academy for Young Engineers issued 83 suspensions, 16.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to WMG Academy for Young Engineers are Charter Academy (0.4 miles), Templars Primary School (0.7 miles), Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School (1 mile) and Leigh Church of England Academy (1 mile). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.