WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull), Birmingham

In its own words: "WMG Academy Solihull is a University Technical College, sponsored by the University of Warwick, for students aged 13-19 with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. September 2026 will see WMG Academy Solihull admit students from Year 9 for this first time alongside its existing Year 10 and Year 12 intake cohorts."

In 2026, pupils at WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) averaged an Attainment 8 score of 34.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.4 in Solihull and 47 across England.

20% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 44% in Solihull and 47% in England.

That is up from 30.8 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -1.29: pupils made well 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 29.5, against 39.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Engineering Studies, Combined Science and Design and Technology.

Across Solihull, 80% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Solihull lodged 149 appeals against secondary school offers; 105 reached a hearing and 4 succeeded (3.8% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) are Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst (0.4 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 33.4); John Henry Newman Catholic College (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.1); Grace Academy Solihull (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43); and Centre for Accelerated Learning (1.1 miles).

WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)'s 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) is one of 2 schools run by Wmg Academy for Young Engineers, an academy trust.

28 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) (as of September 2025): 79% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 33% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (33%).

Of the 150 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 79% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 43% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 116 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 24% went on to university or other higher education, 19% to apprenticeships and 27% into work.

41.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 9.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (55%), Asian (17%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 76 pupils (19.3%) received SEN support and 5 (1.3%) 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.

WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) had 30 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Marston Green Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Conway Road (opposite), 80 metres away.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 456 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Solihull (226), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) issued 96 suspensions, 22.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) are St Anne's Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Fordbridge Community Primary School (0.4 miles), Coleshill Heath School (0.6 miles) and Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.