--- title: "Barton Court Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barton-court-academy-trust-canterbury-797794 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 --- # Barton Court Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Barton Court Academy Trust (Companies House 07711925, Canterbury) 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 21 June 2017 (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: 21 June 2017 - Also known as: Barton Court Grammar School; Barton Manor Free School; The Charles Dickens School; Barton Manor School - Industry: Education - Town: Canterbury - Registered address: Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PH - Companies House number: 07711925 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07711925) - Website: https://www.bartoncourt.org - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/barton-court-grammar-school/ - 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/barton-court-academy-trust-canterbury-797794 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 138 licensed sponsors in Canterbury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/canterbury - 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 42 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Apr 2026: New director appointed: POTTS, Robert Alexander. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 12 Feb 2026: New director appointed: LOMBARDO, Mirella Gina Anna. Director change recorded on 12 Feb 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. - 26 Jan 2026: New director appointed: LEE, Nicola Rose. Director change recorded on 26 Jan 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. - 21 Oct 2025: Director resigned: DART, Peter Norman Leslie. Director change recorded on 21 Oct 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. - 6 Oct 2025: New director appointed: KOCHNARI, Kate. Director change recorded on 6 Oct 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. - 1 Sep 2025: New director appointed: FORRESTER, Beth. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 1 Aug 2025: New secretary appointed: AITKEN, Melanie. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Aug 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Secretary resigned: MCLEAN, Kirsty. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: CROOKS, Carolyn Patricia. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: ASHFAQ, Ahsan. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 18 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WATERSON, Robert Stewart. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 10 Apr 2025: Director resigned: POTTS, Gina, Dr. Director change recorded on 10 Apr 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. - 14 Jan 2025: New director appointed: CROCKER, Anthony James. Director change recorded on 14 Jan 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. - 13 Dec 2024: Director resigned: SIMS, Kevin Anthony. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 13 Dec 2024: New director appointed: ANDERSON, Peter. Director change recorded on 13 Dec 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. - 28 Oct 2024: Director resigned: TTARIS, Alex. Director change recorded on 28 Oct 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. - 18 Oct 2024: New director appointed: POTTS, Gina, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 Oct 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. - 2 Feb 2024: Director resigned: GUTHRIE, Charles John. Director change recorded on 2 Feb 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. - 27 Mar 2023: New director appointed: DART, Peter Norman Leslie. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 27 Sep 2022: Director resigned: REIZOPOULOS, Faye. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 2022. 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. - 11 Sep 2022: Director resigned: BLAKE, Marc Robert. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 2022. 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. - 24 Mar 2022: New director appointed: SIMS, Kevin Anthony. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 2022. 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. - 23 Mar 2022: New director appointed: GUTHRIE, Charles John. Director change recorded on 23 Mar 2022. 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. - 11 Mar 2022: Director resigned: WEBB, Sarah. Director change recorded on 11 Mar 2022. 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. - 10 Mar 2022: Director resigned: WATTS, Pamela Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 10 Mar 2022. 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 earlier changes 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 Barton Court Academy Trust ### Is Barton Court Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Barton Court Academy Trust in Canterbury is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Barton Court Academy Trust sponsor? Barton Court Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Barton Court Academy Trust based? The register lists Barton Court Academy Trust at Barton Court Grammar School, Longport, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1PH. 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 07711925. 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/barton-court-academy-trust-canterbury-797794 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/barton-court-academy-trust-canterbury-797794.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.