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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