--- title: "Harpenden Secondary Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harpenden-secondary-education-trust-harpenden-785225 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 --- # Harpenden Secondary Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Harpenden Secondary Education Trust (trading as Katherine Warington School; Companies House 09238779; Harpenden) 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 April 2020 (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 April 2020 - Trading as: Katherine Warington School - Industry: Education - Town: Harpenden - Registered address: Katherine Warington School, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5FH - Companies House number: 09238779 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09238779) - Website: https://kwschool.co.uk - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/katherine-warington-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/harpenden-secondary-education-trust-harpenden-785225 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 44 licensed sponsors in Harpenden: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/harpenden - 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 54 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Sep 2026: New director appointed: DAVIES, Anna. 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. - 3 Sep 2026: New director appointed: CAUNCE, Simon Andrew. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 3 Sep 2026: New director appointed: MCGEE, Penny Rose Mary. Director change recorded on 3 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: PEARSON, Sally Elizabeth. 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. - 2 Jul 2026: Director resigned: WITTER, Donna. Director change recorded on 2 Jul 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 May 2026: Director resigned: COOK, Dani. Director change recorded on 9 May 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. - 16 Mar 2026: New director appointed: LARGE, Catherine Amanda. Director change recorded on 16 Mar 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. - 4 Mar 2026: Director resigned: DERVIN, Karen Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 4 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. - 19 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BADI, Adam. Director change recorded on 19 Dec 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 Sep 2025: Director resigned: LAING, Simon. Director change recorded on 6 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: New director appointed: DERVIN, Karen Elizabeth. 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. - 8 May 2025: New director appointed: HUNT, Nicola. Director change recorded on 8 May 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. - 12 Nov 2024: New director appointed: NOAKES, Colin Frederick. Director change recorded on 12 Nov 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. - 8 Oct 2024: Director resigned: ZACHARIA, Charlotte. Director change recorded on 8 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. - 27 Sep 2024: New director appointed: MCGUINNESS, Charlotte Katherine. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 28 Mar 2024: Director resigned: WALL, Sonia. Director change recorded on 28 Mar 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. - 5 Jan 2024: New director appointed: WILSON, Elizabeth Anne. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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 Jan 2024: New director appointed: SMITH, Louise Diane. Director change recorded on 5 Jan 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. - 14 Oct 2023: Director resigned: TOBIN, Neal. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 21 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MARTIN, David Alexander. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 31 Jul 2023: Director resigned: SMITH, Anthony Kenneth. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 6 Mar 2023: Director resigned: BRADY, Gerard. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 5 Mar 2023: New director appointed: BADI, Adam. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 7 Dec 2022: New secretary appointed: INNS, Dean. Company secretary 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. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: NEWLAN, Julie Ann. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - + 29 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 Harpenden Secondary Education Trust ### Is Harpenden Secondary Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Harpenden Secondary Education Trust in Harpenden is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Harpenden Secondary Education Trust sponsor? Harpenden Secondary Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Harpenden Secondary Education Trust based? The register lists Harpenden Secondary Education Trust at Katherine Warington School, Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 5FH. 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 09238779. 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/harpenden-secondary-education-trust-harpenden-785225 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/harpenden-secondary-education-trust-harpenden-785225.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.