Moore Stephens engineers new academy contract

BIRMINGHAM accounting firm Moore Stephens has been appointed as auditor for WMG Academy for Young Engineers.

The firm is one of the leading accounting advisors to academies in the UK and has been appointed to work with WMG Academy across its Coventry and Solihull sites.

WMG Academy is looking to generate the next generation of engineers that will sustain the West Midlands’ manufacturing industry with the skilled labour it needs to continue its advance.

The multi academy trust has developed partnerships with more than 20 manufacturing and engineering businesses and has 500 students enrolled across its academies in Coventry and its new Solihull academy in Chelmsley Wood, which opened in September.

Moore Stephens works with more than 100 academies across the UK and the appointment is the firm’s first with a University Technical College (UTC).

Nick Simkins, partner at Moore Stephens’ Birmingham office and the firm’s national Head of Charities and Education Group, said: “WMG Academy has built a fantastic reputation as a high achieving academy of excellence and has forged extremely strong links with key industry organisations across the region and nationally.
 
“The academy has strong aspirations to build on the success it has achieved to date, including the recently launched new Solihull academy.

“(We) have a strong track record of supporting academies, along with helping schools converting to academy status, and we’re looking forward to working closely with the board, the principal and the executive team at WMG Academy.”

WMG Academy is one of 30 UTCs which are government-funded schools that train 14 to 19-year-olds in science, engineering and technology.

Kate Tague, Executive Principal at WMG Academy, added: “Moore Stephens has a proven track record of working successfully with academies and education and we look forward to working with Nick going forward.”

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