UTC · Coventry, West Midlands
WMG Academy for Young Engineers, Coventry
Engineering · Manufacturing · Design and Technology
Part of the England-wide UTC network overseen by the Baker Dearing Educational Trust. All figures below are a point-in-time snapshot (Data gathered and cross-checked in July 2026) — how this was gathered.
At a glance
Official name
WMG Academy for Young Engineers, Coventry
Location
Coventry, West Midlands
University partner
University of Warwick (WMG)
Technical specialisms
Engineering Manufacturing Design and Technology
Age range
14 to 19
Roll (pupils on site)
approx 500 (2024)
Capacity
640 places
Opened
2014
URN
140961
Academy trust
WMG Academy Trust
Ofsted
Ofsted: Good (June 2022)
Website
Employer partners
- Jaguar Land Rover
- National Grid
- Rolls-Royce
- Bosch
- OLEO Savery
- Automotive Insulations
Notable
- Founded by Professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, founder of WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group) at the University of Warwick, and officially opened in September 2014 by Ratan Tata, then Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group
- Rated 'Good' at both its first inspection (March 2017) and its follow-up in June 2022; the 2022 report praised its 'business-like and business-led' ethos, teaching and safeguarding, while flagging inconsistent use of assessment and thinner enrichment for sixth-formers as areas to improve
- Engineering Hall houses over £1 million of specialist industry-standard equipment; students take part in national programmes including F1 in Schools, the Royal Navy Engineering Challenge and the European Space Agency's CanSat project
- Sister academy to WMG Academy for Young Engineers, Solihull, which opened two years later in 2016 under the same trust
Also known as
Sometimes referred to as WMG Academy Coventry.