--- title: "Stour Vale Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stour-vale-academy-trust-halesowen-740111 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 --- # Stour Vale Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Stour Vale Academy Trust (trading as The Earls High School; Companies House 07865663; Halesowen) holds an A-rated Temporary Worker sponsor licence covering the Charity Worker route and has appeared on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors since 29 August 2023 (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: Temporary Worker (A rating) - Visa routes: Charity Worker - First seen on the register: 29 August 2023 - Trading as: The Earls High School - Also known as: Holywell Primary and Nursery School; Huntingtree Primary School; Lavender Farm Nursery; Moat Farm Infant School; Moat Farm Junior School; Newtown Primary School; Oldbury Academy; Olive Hill Primary School; Queen Victoria Primary School; Redhill School - Industry: Education - Town: Halesowen - Registered address: C/O Halesowen College, Whittingham Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, England, B63 3NA - Companies House number: 07865663 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07865663) - Website: https://www.earlshighschool.org - 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/stour-vale-academy-trust-halesowen-740111 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 55 licensed sponsors in Halesowen: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/halesowen - One of 4,518 in Education: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/industry/education - Among 1,531 Charity Worker sponsors: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/route/temporary-worker-charity ## Companies House changes since it joined the register 12 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 23 Sep 2026: Director resigned: BROOKS, Richard Andrew. Director change recorded on 23 Sep 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 Jun 2026: New director appointed: HEMMINGS, Shona. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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. - 16 Jun 2026: New director appointed: PLAHE, Gurdeep Singh. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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. - 16 Jun 2026: New director appointed: KIRBY, Ian Michael. Director change recorded on 16 Jun 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 Jun 2026: Director resigned: BARTLETT, David Alfred. Director change recorded on 15 Jun 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. - 21 Jan 2026: Director resigned: CARMAN, Jacqueline Valda. Director change recorded on 21 Jan 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. - 3 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SHRIMPTON, Mark. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 26 Feb 2024: Secretary resigned: BROXTON, Louise Sarah. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 26 Feb 2024: New secretary appointed: THORNEYCROFT, Donna Joanne. Company secretary change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 29 Jan 2024: New director appointed: SHRIMPTON, Mark. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Jan 2024: New director appointed: WALLIS, Tracy Jane, Dr. Director change recorded on 29 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. - 29 Jan 2024: New director appointed: KELLY, Victoria Mary. Director change recorded on 29 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. 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 Stour Vale Academy Trust ### Is Stour Vale Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Stour Vale Academy Trust in Halesowen is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2023. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Stour Vale Academy Trust sponsor? Stour Vale Academy Trust is licensed for Charity Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Temporary Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Stour Vale Academy Trust based? The register lists Stour Vale Academy Trust at C/O Halesowen College, Whittingham Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, England, B63 3NA. 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 07865663. 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/stour-vale-academy-trust-halesowen-740111 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/stour-vale-academy-trust-halesowen-740111.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.