WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
Secondary schoolWMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) is a secondary school in Solihull, for pupils aged 14 to 19. It had 394 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull) was 34.5, against 46.9 in Solihull and 46.2 in England.
19.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Solihull | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 34.5 | 46.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 19.8% | 46.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 44.4% | 66.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 126 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- Tudor Grange Academy KingshurstSecondary. Graded inspection, September 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 33.4 (2025/26, provisional)570 m
- Fordbridge Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- John Henry Newman Catholic CollegeSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.1 (2025/26, provisional)710 m
- Coleshill Heath SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2021, before the school changed900 m
- Bishop Wilson Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Solihull
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).