--- title: "Northern Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northern-education-trust-tyne-and-wear-766970 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 --- # Northern Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Northern Education Trust (Companies House 07189647, Tyne and Wear) 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 September 2021 (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 September 2021 - Also known as: Abbey Park Primary Academy; Badger Hill Academy; Buile Hill Academy; Chesham Primary Academy; Denton Community Academy; Dyke House Sports and Technology College; ESSA Academy; ESSA Primary Academy; Farringdon Community Academy; Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Tyne and Wear - Registered address: Thorp Academy, Main Road, Ryton, England, NE40 3AH - Companies House number: 07189647 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07189647) - Website: https://www.northerneducationtrust.org - LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/northerneducationtrust - 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/northern-education-trust-tyne-and-wear-766970 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 36 licensed sponsors in Tyne and Wear: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/tyne-and-wear - 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 14 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 1 Oct 2026: New director appointed: TRAVIS, Matthew James. 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. - 1 Sep 2026: New director appointed: SYKES, Howard. Director change recorded on 1 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 Dec 2025: Secretary resigned: EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan. Company secretary change recorded on 31 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. - 1 Apr 2025: New director appointed: WILSON, Wendy Jane. Director change recorded on 1 Apr 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 Mar 2025: Director resigned: TARN, Robert David. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 19 Feb 2025: Director resigned: ROBERTS, Christopher Anthony. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 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. - 19 Feb 2025: Director resigned: HEATON, Joanne Louise. Director change recorded on 19 Feb 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 Jul 2024: New director appointed: IOANNIDES, Eleni Chloe. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 1 Jan 2024: New secretary appointed: EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan. Company secretary change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Director resigned: DUNCAN, Suzanne. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 31 Dec 2023: Secretary resigned: MITCHELL, Judith. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 4 Oct 2023: New director appointed: FLACK, Robert Alban. Director change recorded on 4 Oct 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. - 21 Feb 2023: New secretary appointed: MITCHELL, Judith. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Feb 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. - 21 Feb 2023: Secretary resigned: EDMUNDS, Gareth Evan. Company secretary change recorded on 21 Feb 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. 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 Northern Education Trust ### Is Northern Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Northern Education Trust in Tyne and Wear is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2021. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Northern Education Trust sponsor? Northern Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Northern Education Trust based? The register lists Northern Education Trust at Thorp Academy, Main Road, Ryton, England, NE40 3AH. 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 07189647. 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/northern-education-trust-tyne-and-wear-766970 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/northern-education-trust-tyne-and-wear-766970.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.