Public consultation opens on second WMG Academy

The proposed new school will focus on engineering with science and is being supported by organisations including the University of Warwick, Solihull Council and a large number of local employers, including Jaguar Land Rover, Controls and Data Services, ARUP, Prodrive and Dassault Systemes. The key employer partners will help to shape the curriculum and the project-based learning approach of the new Academy. Pupils will take a problem-solving, practical approach to learning by working on real-world problems, set by the employer partners. The people and organisations involved in the development of the new Academy want to hear views about their plans from local employers, potential parents and students, the local community and other interested parties. The Academy will be part of a 'learning campus' catering for 640 pupils aged 14 to 19 from East Birmingham and Solihull. The consultation deadline is 30 November, 2014. Chief executive of the WMG Academy Trust, Dr Richard Hutchins said: "Our goal is to enable students from across Birmingham and Solihull to access to the same high-quality, innovative teaching we will be providing in the WMG Academy in Coventry; giving them the chance to gain technical qualifications alongside the national curriculum and gaining important business skills such as team-work, problem-solving and leadership."