--- title: "Advantage Schools: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/advantage-schools-bedford-790396 register_status: active register_as_of: 2026-10-30 publisher: Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk) source: UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Open Government Licence v3); Companies House --- # Advantage Schools: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Advantage Schools (trading as Bedford Free School; Companies House 07337888; Bedford) holds an A-rated Worker sponsor licence covering the Skilled Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 9 December 2022 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors and Companies House). ## Key facts - Register status: Active: on the current register and licensed to sponsor workers - Licence type and rating: Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Skilled Worker - First seen on the register: 9 December 2022 - Trading as: Bedford Free School - Also known as: Elstow School; Houstone School; Laburnum Primary School; The Chalk Hills Academy; The Linden Academy; The Rushmere Park Academy; The Stockwood Park Academy; The Vale Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Bedford - Registered address: Bedford Free School, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AD - Companies House number: 07337888 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07337888) - Website: https://www.bedfordfreeschool.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gmcp/ - Register data as of: 30 October 2026 (GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors, re-read daily) - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/advantage-schools-bedford-790396 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 122,278 Skilled Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/skilled-worker ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 26 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 5 Oct 2026: Director resigned: LAVELLE, Martin Kenneth. Director change recorded on 5 Oct 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. The 20-working-day window runs to about 2 Nov 2026. - 18 Sep 2026: New director appointed: BARUCH, Uri Eliezer. Director change recorded on 18 Sep 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: SYSON, Russell Nigel. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Apr 2026: New director appointed: MAIN, Matthew John. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Apr 2026: New director appointed: MALLI, Ulas. Director change recorded on 9 Apr 2026. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 27 Mar 2026: Director resigned: MORTIMER, Sarah Caroline. Director change recorded on 27 Mar 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Feb 2026: Director resigned: MOSS, Patricia. Director change recorded on 23 Feb 2026. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Dec 2025: New director appointed: LAVELLE, Martin Kenneth. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Dec 2025: New director appointed: ISAKSEN, Bodil. Director change recorded on 17 Dec 2025. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 18 Nov 2025: Director resigned: AKHTAR, Parvez. Director change recorded on 18 Nov 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Sep 2025: Director resigned: HEAVEY, Anne Margaret Grace. Director change recorded on 17 Sep 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Jul 2025: Director resigned: DANGA, Ashief. Director change recorded on 1 Jul 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Mar 2025: Director resigned: KRUMINS, John Jekabs. Director change recorded on 5 Mar 2025. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MORTIMER, Sarah Caroline. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Sep 2024: New director appointed: DANGA, Ashief. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 5 Sep 2024: New director appointed: BLACKMAN, Julia Jane. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 31 Aug 2024: Director resigned: CAMPBELL, Ian William, Dr. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2024. If this person was your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 26 Apr 2024: New director appointed: KRUMINS, John Jekabs. Director change recorded on 26 Apr 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 20 Mar 2024: New director appointed: BACON, David Philip. Director change recorded on 20 Mar 2024. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 Aug 2023: New director appointed: AKHTAR, Parvez. Director change recorded on 9 Aug 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr Mark Guy Lehain as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jun 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr David Andrew Hill as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jun 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Jun 2023: Cessation of Mr Ryan John Tobias as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 22 Jun 2023. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 23 Mar 2023: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 23 Mar 2023. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 22 Mar 2023: New secretary appointed: CHAPMAN, Mikhaela Daniele. Company secretary change recorded on 22 Mar 2023. If this person is now your Authorising Officer, Key Contact or Level 1 user, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - + 1 earlier change on the web page Companies House cannot show who holds the licence roles or whether a change was reported to the Home Office, so these are prompts to check against your own records, not findings. ## Sponsored jobs No listings matched yet. Job listings are harvested daily from Reed, Adzuna, Jooble and Careerjet and matched back to the register by employer name. ## Common questions about Advantage Schools ### Is Advantage Schools a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Advantage Schools in Bedford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Advantage Schools sponsor? Advantage Schools is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Advantage Schools based? The register lists Advantage Schools at Bedford Free School, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AD. This is usually the head office; the job itself may be somewhere else. ### How current is this information? This page uses the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors, as published on 30 October 2026, and Companies House records for company number 07337888. We update it daily. Always confirm a licence status on GOV.UK. ## About this data - Source register: UK Home Office, Register of Licensed Sponsors (Workers), https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-of-licensed-sponsors-workers (Open Government Licence v3). GOV.UK is authoritative; confirm there before relying on a licence status. - Company records: Companies House, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/ - Published by Borderless (https://www.getborderless.co.uk), an OISC-regulated UK immigration provider. This is public register data, not legal advice. - "First seen on the register" is when this organisation first appeared in our data, not the official licence grant date. - Web page: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/advantage-schools-bedford-790396 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/advantage-schools-bedford-790396.md - Site overview for AI agents: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/llms.txt - Something wrong? Request a correction from the web page and the Borderless team will check it.