--- title: "Birchwood High School: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/birchwood-high-school-bishops-stortford-799284 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 --- # Birchwood High School: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Birchwood High School (Companies House 07791971, Bishops Stortford) 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 24 June 2016 (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: 24 June 2016 - Industry: Education - Town: Bishops Stortford - Registered address: Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishop''s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD - Companies House number: 07791971 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07791971) - Website: https://www.birchwoodonline.co.uk - 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/birchwood-high-school-bishops-stortford-799284 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 67 licensed sponsors in Bishop's Stortford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bishops-stortford - 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 79 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: New director appointed: EDWARDS, Morton Charles Royston. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 24 Aug 2026: Director resigned: WINTER, James Neville. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 14 Jul 2026: New director appointed: WATSON, Anna Marie. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 1 Apr 2026: New secretary appointed: HUDSON, Sean William. Company secretary 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. - 31 Mar 2026: Secretary resigned: BULL, Deryk William. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 7 Sep 2025: Director resigned: FREE, Matthew Lance. Director change recorded on 7 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: EMERY, Christopher Francis. Director change recorded on 1 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: OGLESBY, John David Ellis. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 9 Jul 2025: Director resigned: NOBLETT, Ross. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 8 Dec 2024: Director resigned: PRESSLAND, Claire. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 24 Oct 2024: New director appointed: JOHNSON, Hannah. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 3 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MITCHELL, Jane. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 25 Jul 2024: Director resigned: POOLE, Karen. Director change recorded on 25 Jul 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. - 6 Dec 2023: New director appointed: NOBLETT, Ross. Director change recorded on 6 Dec 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. - 29 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SEAR, Charlotte. Director change recorded on 29 Nov 2023. 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. - 28 Sep 2023: Director resigned: TOWNSEND, Richard George Victor. Director change recorded on 28 Sep 2023. 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 2023: Director resigned: NOBLETT, Ross. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 2023. 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 2023: Director resigned: INGATE, Chris John, Dr. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 2023. 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 2023: New director appointed: GRIFFIN, Samuel Barnaby. Director change recorded on 5 Sep 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. - 11 May 2023: Director resigned: JAMES, Ryan. Director change recorded on 11 May 2023. 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. - 2 Mar 2023: New director appointed: POOLE, Karen. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Mar 2023: New director appointed: JAMES, Ryan. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 2 Mar 2023: Director resigned: BYERS, Anna Kate. Director change recorded on 2 Mar 2023. 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. - 7 Dec 2022: New director appointed: BOYCE, Jason Joseph. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - 7 Dec 2022: New director appointed: GALLAGHER, Lucienne Sarah. Director change recorded on 7 Dec 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. - + 54 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 Birchwood High School ### Is Birchwood High School a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Birchwood High School in Bishops Stortford is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Birchwood High School sponsor? Birchwood High School is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Birchwood High School based? The register lists Birchwood High School at Birchwood High School, Parsonage Lane, Bishop''s Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BD. 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 07791971. 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/birchwood-high-school-bishops-stortford-799284 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/birchwood-high-school-bishops-stortford-799284.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.