--- title: "South East Essex Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/south-east-essex-academy-trust-westcliff-on-sea-766743 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 --- # South East Essex Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, South East Essex Academy Trust (trading as The Westborough School; Companies House 07527304; Westcliff on Sea) 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 May 2014 (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 May 2014 - Trading as: The Westborough School - Also known as: Hadleigh Junior School; Holt Farm Junior School; Rochford Primary School; The Deanes School; Westcliff High School for Girls; Heycroft Primary School; Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery; Rochford Primary and Nursery School; The Cornelius Vermuyden School; The Deanes - Industry: Education - Town: Westcliff on Sea - Registered address: Westcliff High School For Girls, Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS - Companies House number: 07527304 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07527304) - Website: https://www.thewestboroughschool.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/south-east-essex-academy-trust-westcliff-on-sea-766743 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 41 licensed sponsors in Westcliff on Sea: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/westcliff-on-sea - 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 43 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 12 May 2026: New director appointed: CLIFFORD, Paul James. Director change recorded on 12 May 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. - 15 Apr 2026: New director appointed: TWINING, Sam. Director change recorded on 15 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. - 20 Mar 2026: Director resigned: NOLAN, Rachel Ann. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 17 Nov 2025: New director appointed: STAINSBURY, Adam Thomas. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 17 Nov 2025: New director appointed: WHEATON, Claire Louise. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 1 Oct 2025: Director resigned: HARDY, Julie. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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 Jul 2025: Director resigned: SHAMI, Hassan. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 29 May 2025: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 29 May 2025. 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. - 22 Sep 2023: New director appointed: NOLAN, Rachel Ann. Director change recorded on 22 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. - 14 Jul 2023: Director resigned: WORTHINGTON, Sonia. Director change recorded on 14 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. - 13 Jul 2023: New director appointed: HEATHERSON, Melissa. Director change recorded on 13 Jul 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. - 20 Jun 2023: New director appointed: BROOKING, Lesley Anne. Director change recorded on 20 Jun 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. - 28 Feb 2023: Director resigned: LAMBERT, Michael Ian. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 31 Dec 2022: Director resigned: FOSTER, Murray Stephen Chatterton. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 16 Nov 2022: New director appointed: HARDY, Julie. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 16 Nov 2022: New director appointed: SPIBY, Dale Kenneth. Director change recorded on 16 Nov 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. - 30 Sep 2022: Director resigned: COOPER, Andrew Robert. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 30 Sep 2022: Director resigned: SOOD, Mona. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: GLOYNE, Suzanne. 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. - 7 Jul 2022: Director resigned: REVILL, John Austin Timothy. Director change recorded on 7 Jul 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. - 2 May 2022: Director resigned: WILSON, Michael Douglas. Director change recorded on 2 May 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. - 24 Mar 2022: New director appointed: JOHNSON, Sandra Mary. Director change recorded on 24 Mar 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. - 23 Feb 2022: New director appointed: SHAMI, Hassan. Director change recorded on 23 Feb 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. - 9 Sep 2021: New director appointed: REVILL, John Austin Timothy. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 9 Sep 2021: New director appointed: MISELL, Neal Gregory. Director change recorded on 9 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. - + 18 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 South East Essex Academy Trust ### Is South East Essex Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. South East Essex Academy Trust in Westcliff on Sea is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2014. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can South East Essex Academy Trust sponsor? South East Essex Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is South East Essex Academy Trust based? The register lists South East Essex Academy Trust at Westcliff High School For Girls, Kenilworth Gardens, Westcliff-On-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS. 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 07527304. 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/south-east-essex-academy-trust-westcliff-on-sea-766743 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/south-east-essex-academy-trust-westcliff-on-sea-766743.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.