Getting Our Students Ready for Work
Our careers provision is second-to-none, helping all of our students’ progress on to apprenticeships, university or employment. Our aim is to ensure every student will experience a careers programme of activities that gives an insight into employability skills, practical industry knowledge and make informed decisions about their future careers.
This includes:
- Raising Aspirations and increasing motivation by helping young people identify
educational and occupational goals - Demonstrating Professional skills learnt and relevant knowledge from subjects to support opportunities working with industry
- Demonstrate Respectful behaviour through enrichment opportunities including work experience, workplace visits, guest speakers and site visits.
You can see our details of our Careers Programme below:
Careers Charter WMG Academy Solihull
Careers Contact
Our Careers Team is available to collaborate with potential employers and higher education institutions. If you would like to work with us, or if you are a parent or prospective student with questions about careers education and opportunities at WMG Academy, please get in touch via email at [email protected].
Samantha Frampton is the Careers Link Trustee and Alan Bain is the Link Teacher for Careers.
Careers Planning
As an academy we are committed to upholding the eight Gatsby benchmarks of
good career guidance and Baker Clause. This includes:
- Visits and industry insights organised in collaboration with subject areas linking
curriculum to careers - University workshops delivered by professionals from a range of Universities
- Guest speakers from various industries giving updates on apprenticeship
placements and company insights - Preparation and support for work experience applications and apprenticeships
In addition, the students receive daily news on various opportunities including summer school programmes, subject masterclasses, open days, work experience, career insights and current apprenticeships and employment vacancies.
Our Career Plans are assessed three times a year using the Careers and Enterprise Company Compass+ evaluation tool to ensure we are in line with the Gatsby Benchmarks and to continually improve. We also routinely ask for feedback from teachers, employers, parents and students to understand the impact of our plans and target areas of improvement. Ultimately our goal is for every student to have a positive destination after our academy, which includes Further and Higher Education, apprenticeships or employment.
The career plans are reviewed annually. The next review will be July 2026.
Work Experience
In KS3, students focus on building career awareness and linking curriculum to the real world through structured, observational activities like workplace visits, career fairs, and short focused industry engagement days. In contrast, KS4 and KS5 demands that every student should complete at least one week’s worth of company interactions which must feature two-way interaction with staff, assigned tasks, and formal employer feedback to meet the “meaningful experience” criteria. Support and resources are delivered in pastoral time and opportunities are also promoted via the students’ Google Classroom and half-termly Careers Bulletin.
Unifrog
As part of our commitment to providing outstanding careers guidance and personalised support, all students have access to Unifrog – the award-winning, online destinations platform.
Introduced through tutor time, Unifrog supports students throughout their careers journey by helping them explore the wide range of Post-16 and Post-18 pathways available. Using their own personal account, students can access impartial information tailored to their interests, skills and aspirations, enabling them to make informed decisions about their future.
The platform brings together everything students need in one user-friendly place, including up-to-date local labour market information, allowing them to research and apply for college courses, sixth forms, apprenticeships, university courses (both in the UK and internationally), virtual work experience and other opportunities.
Key features include:
- Explore Pathways – personality quizzes, career and subject profiles, MOOCs and webinars to help students discover suitable routes.
- Record Achievements – tools to reflect on extracurricular activities, work experience and key employability skills.
- Search Opportunities – live vacancies, courses and placements for apprenticeships, further education, universities and virtual work experience.
- Build Applications – practical tools to create CVs, personal statements, Common App essays and other application documents.
By bringing together impartial advice, personalised guidance and live opportunities in a single platform, Unifrog helps students make confident, informed choices and submit strong applications for their chosen destination, whether that is further education, higher education or employment.
To learn more about Unifrog, watch the introductory video
Try the Careerometer
Click on the widget below and type in a job title to find out information such as salaries and how many vacancies are predicted.
Careerometer
Destinations
We are proud of the destinations our students go to, please click here to some case studies which showcase what our students go on to do.
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Parents’ and Carers’ Guides
Please click here to see the Parents’ Guide To Apprenticeships
We value the support our parents and carers give our students and we wish to enable access to all information and resources to help explore students’ choices. A Careers Bulletin is sent every half-term to create awareness of local events, opportunities and options for our students. Below are links to support career conversations:
Please click here to view the latest Parent & Carers’ Packs that are updated monthly
For further information about navigating Apprenticeships please click here for Apprenticeships: Hints and Tips for Parents and Carers
To support your student into Higher Education and University, please click here for UCAS- Advice for Parents, Guardians and Carers
Employers’ Guide
As a UTC we pride ourselves in our employer engagements and the expertise our network delivers to our students to prepare them for life beyond academia. We embrace companies that share our values and can support us to meet the Gatsby Benchmarks.
If you are a local employer who wants to get involved at WMG Academy for Young Engineers , be it a presentation, workshop, STEM event, enrichment opportunity or commission a project, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch with Mrs Archer, the designated Careers Leader via email to [email protected].
Please find the CEIAG and Provider Access Policy below.
Ofsted
Ofsted said of WMG Academy Solihull:
“Careers information, advice and guidance are significant strengths across the school. Pupils are exposed to a wide range of progression routes and opportunities. This means that destinations are positive at all levels, including strong access to apprenticeships, university courses and employment.”