--- title: "Outwood Grange Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/outwood-grange-academies-trust-wakefield-722173 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 --- # Outwood Grange Academies Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Outwood Grange Academies Trust (Companies House 06995649, Wakefield) 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 22 January 2019 (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: 22 January 2019 - Also known as: Outwood Aacdemy City; Outwood Academy Acklam; Outwood Academy Adwick; Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth; Outwood Academy Brumby; Outwood Academy Bydales; Outwood Academy City Fields; Outwood Academy Danum; Outwood Academy Easingwold; Outwood Academy Foxhills - Industry: Education - Town: Wakefield - Registered address: Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2PF - Companies House number: 06995649 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06995649) - Website: https://www.outwood.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/outwood-grange-academies-trust/mycompany/ - 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/outwood-grange-academies-trust-wakefield-722173 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 172 licensed sponsors in Wakefield: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/wakefield - 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 22 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr David Robert Earnshaw as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mrs Catherine Jane O'Gara as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Cessation of Mr David Charles Tibble as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 31 Dec 2025. 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: MANN, John, Lord. Director 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. - 31 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BROWNLEE, Alistair Edward. Director 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. - 2 Jan 2025: New person with significant control: Mr David Robert Earnshaw. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Jan 2025. 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. - 2 Jan 2025: New person with significant control: Mrs Catherine Jane O'Gara. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Jan 2025. 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. - 2 Jan 2025: New person with significant control: Mr David Charles Tibble. Change to people with significant control recorded on 2 Jan 2025. 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. - 1 Oct 2024: Director resigned: HARDEN, Roland David. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 16 Apr 2024: New director appointed: WILSON, Lee Daniel. Director change recorded on 16 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. - 14 Nov 2023: Director resigned: OLIVER, Martyn Ellis. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 9 Oct 2023: New director appointed: BARTON, Clare Bridget Ena. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 1 May 2023: New director appointed: HARLE, David. Director change recorded on 1 May 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 Jan 2022: New director appointed: MANN, John, Lord. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Jan 2022: New director appointed: BROWNLEE, Alistair Edward. Director change recorded on 1 Jan 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr James Robert Fenwick Allison as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr David Charles Tibble as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr Steven Harness as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr Roland David Harden as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: Cessation of Mr David Robert Earnshaw as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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. - 1 Sep 2021: New director appointed: SILK, Susan. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 2021. 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 2020: Notification of Mr James Robert Fenwick Allison as a person with significant control. New majority owner or controller recorded on 17 Dec 2020. If control of your organisation has passed to a new owner, the licence does not transfer automatically, and a new licence application may be needed 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 Outwood Grange Academies Trust ### Is Outwood Grange Academies Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Outwood Grange Academies Trust in Wakefield is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2019. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Outwood Grange Academies Trust sponsor? Outwood Grange Academies Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Outwood Grange Academies Trust based? The register lists Outwood Grange Academies Trust at Potovens Lane, Outwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 2PF. 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 06995649. 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/outwood-grange-academies-trust-wakefield-722173 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/outwood-grange-academies-trust-wakefield-722173.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.