WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
Chelmsley Road, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham, B37 5FD ·
At a glance
A state secondary free school for ages 14–19 in Birmingham. Ofsted inspection (October 2024): Some areas below Good (no overall grade was given). GCSE results are well below the England average (Attainment 8: 30.8 vs 46.1, 2024/25).
- Ages
- 14–19
- Pupils
- 394
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Solihull
- Academy trust
- WMG ACADEMY FOR YOUNG ENGINEERS
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Morris
- Opened
- Sept 2016
Inspection
Ofsted (framework in use until November 2025)
Inspections from September 2024 did not give an overall grade, only the separate judgements below.
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
Safeguarding effective: Yes
Exam results
Department for Education performance tables
GCSE results, 2024/25 · 126 pupils
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 isn't published for 2024/25 because those pupils had no KS2 test results (tests were cancelled in 2020). Exams were not held in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Admissions
Demand for places and how places are allocated
No school-level applications data is published for this school. It may admit pupils at a different age, or be a special or post-16 provider.
Catchment area
We don't have an official catchment boundary for this school. Many schools don't have one, and few councils publish boundaries as open data. We don't estimate catchments. Check the school's admissions policy or the council's admissions booklet.
Last distance offered
Not published nationally. Many councils publish the furthest distance offered for each school in their annual allocation reports. Past distances vary year to year with demand and sibling numbers, so they are not a guarantee.
Pupils
School census 2024/25
- Eligible for free school meals (last 6 years)52.5%
- English as an additional language9.1%
- SEN support15.3%
- Education, Health and Care plan2.4%
- The black tick shows the median for state-funded secondary schools in England.