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
Mrs Archer, the designated Careers Leader Solihull is on site four days a week and is open to collaborating 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, then please get in touch [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.
Unifrog
In keeping with our commitment to provide students with outstanding careers guidance and tailored support when choosing their next step after school, we will now be using Unifrog; an award-winning, online careers platform. All students in Years now have access to this excellent website: Unifrog – The universal destinations platform
The Unifrog platform is designed to support learners in making the most informed decisions about their futures and has a range of tools that are suitable for all year groups. Each student has their own personal account that provides a wide range of information related to their interests and aspirations. Key features of the platform include:
- Exploring Pathways – personality quizzes, career and subject profiles, MOOCs and webinars
- Recording – self-reflection about extracurricular activities and key employability skills
- Opportunities – search tools showing live vacancies/courses/placements for apprenticeships, universities (in the UK and abroad), FE, virtual work experience and much more
- Applications – tools to help students build applications for a range of pathways (e.g., CVs, Personal Statements, Common App Essays)
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.”