Our students are prepared for life in the real world

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 Coventry

Careers Contact

Mrs Carmichael, the designated Careers Leader Coventry is on site five 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]

Sally Lucas is the Careers Link Trustee and Simon Trout 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.

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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Ofsted

Ofsted said of WMG Academy Coventry:
“Pupils are well prepared for their next stages in education and for life in modern Britain”.
“Pupils are confident and articulate; they work well independently and in groups. Many are excited by their studies because they understand the relationship between their lessons and their future careers.”