--- title: "Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shireland-collegiate-academy-trust-smethwick-786901 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 --- # Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust (Companies House 06336693, Smethwick) 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 28 November 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: 28 November 2017 - Also known as: First Steps Nursery; Holyhead Primary Academy; Lightwoods Primary Academy; Newfield Park Primary Academy; Shireland Biomedical UTC; Shireland Collegiate Academy; Shireland Technology Primary; Tameside Primary Academy; Thorns Collegiate Academy; Tinywoods Preschool - Industry: Education - Town: Smethwick - Registered address: Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4ND - Companies House number: 06336693 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06336693) - Website: https://collegiateacademy.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/shireland-collegiate-academy-trust-smethwick-786901 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 111 licensed sponsors in Smethwick: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/smethwick - 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 27 changes worth checking, checked 26 October 2026, newest first: - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: TILL, Robert Paul. 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. - 31 Aug 2026: Director resigned: GRUNDY, Mark, Sir. 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. - 15 Nov 2024: Secretary resigned: KELLAS, Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 15 Nov 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. - 15 Nov 2024: New secretary appointed: PANJWANI, Hasnain. Company secretary change recorded on 15 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. - 11 May 2024: New director appointed: JOHNSON, Peter. Director change recorded on 11 May 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 Sep 2023: New director appointed: STENNING, Emma. Director change recorded on 1 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 Aug 2023: Director resigned: FOYLE, Ian Hugh. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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 Aug 2023: Director resigned: SAVELL-BOSS, Ashley Mark. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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 Mar 2023: New director appointed: MCLEOD, Julie. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 17 Nov 2022: Director resigned: ANANDOU, Jay. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 9 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 Sep 2022. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 8 Sep 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 8 Sep 2022. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 9 May 2022: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 9 May 2022. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 30 Nov 2021: New director appointed: TILL, Robert Paul. Director change recorded on 30 Nov 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Director resigned: EGAN, Rajkiran. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 2021. 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. - 3 May 2021: New director appointed: FOYLE, Ian Hugh. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 2 May 2021: Director resigned: AKHTAR, Zahur. Director change recorded on 2 May 2021. 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 May 2020: New director appointed: HUNT, Judith Hannah. Director change recorded on 21 May 2020. 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 2020: New secretary appointed: KELLAS, Jane. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Apr 2020. 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 2020: Secretary resigned: FOYLE, Ian Hugh. Company secretary change recorded on 31 Mar 2020. 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. - 15 Oct 2019: New director appointed: DENNIS, Andrew. Director change recorded on 15 Oct 2019. 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 Jun 2019: Director resigned: HODSON, Dennis John. Director change recorded on 13 Jun 2019. 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 May 2019: Director resigned: GARDNER, Sean Neil. Director change recorded on 16 May 2019. 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 Dec 2018: New director appointed: GARDNER, Sean Neil. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 2018. 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 Oct 2018: Director resigned: ZAFAR, Maidaa. Director change recorded on 31 Oct 2018. 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 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 Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust ### Is Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust in Smethwick 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 Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust sponsor? Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust based? The register lists Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust at Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4ND. 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 06336693. 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/shireland-collegiate-academy-trust-smethwick-786901 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/shireland-collegiate-academy-trust-smethwick-786901.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.