--- title: "The Canterbury Academy: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-canterbury-academy-canterbury-768768 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 --- # The Canterbury Academy: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Canterbury Academy (Companies House 07345430, Canterbury) 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 27 November 2020 (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: 27 November 2020 - Legal name: THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST - Also known as: The Canterbury Primary School - Industry: Education - Town: Canterbury - Registered address: Knight, Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA - Companies House number: 07345430 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07345430) - Website: https://www.canterbury.kent.sch.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/the-canterbury-academy-canterbury-768768 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 138 licensed sponsors in Canterbury: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/canterbury - 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 24 changes worth checking, checked 25 October 2026, newest first: - 16 Dec 2025: New director appointed: GARBHARRAN, Upaasna, Dr. Director change recorded on 16 Dec 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. - 15 Jul 2025: New director appointed: CRITTENDEN, Ashley Sarah. Director change recorded on 15 Jul 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. - 9 Jul 2025: Director resigned: WINTERFLOOD, Neil. Director change recorded on 9 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. - 6 Jan 2025: New director appointed: WALTERS, Michael David. Director change recorded on 6 Jan 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 Nov 2023: Director resigned: SCARFE, Gilda Corina, Dr. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 21 Jul 2023: Director resigned: MARTIN, Tracey Kathleen. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 21 Jul 2023: Director resigned: HAUX, Tina, Dr. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 18 Jul 2023: New director appointed: SCARFE, Gilda Corina, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 3 May 2023: Director resigned: MILTON, Andrew John. Director change recorded on 3 May 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. - 1 Sep 2022: New director appointed: FOX, David Nathan Abraham. Director change recorded on 1 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: STEVENS, Jayme Oliver Anthony. 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. - 31 Aug 2022: Director resigned: NOLAN, Paul Charles. 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. - 14 Jul 2022: New director appointed: MARTIN, Tracey Kathleen. Director change recorded on 14 Jul 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. - 26 May 2022: New director appointed: NOLAN, Paul Charles. Director change recorded on 26 May 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. - 21 Mar 2022: Company name changed, now trading as "THE CANTERBURY ACADEMY TRUST". Company name change recorded on 21 Mar 2022. If this is the organisation named on your sponsor licence, the new name must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 17 Mar 2022: Director resigned: GUTHRIE, Neal Robert. Director change recorded on 17 Mar 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. - 19 Jul 2021: Director resigned: TWYMAN, Paul Hadleigh. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 19 Jul 2021: New director appointed: BRINTON, Julian Beauclerk Tatton. Director change recorded on 19 Jul 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. - 5 Jul 2021: New director appointed: MARTIN, Paul Nicholas. Director change recorded on 5 Jul 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. - 27 May 2021: New director appointed: TWYMAN, Paul Hadleigh. Director change recorded on 27 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. - 9 Mar 2021: New director appointed: HAUX, Tina, Dr. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 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 Mar 2021: New director appointed: SWALLOW, Paul Steven, Dr. Director change recorded on 9 Mar 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 Dec 2020: Director resigned: FIELD, Richard Arthur. Director change recorded on 31 Dec 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. - 11 Dec 2020: Director resigned: FISHER, Katrina Wendy. Director change recorded on 11 Dec 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. 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 The Canterbury Academy ### Is The Canterbury Academy a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Canterbury Academy in Canterbury is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2020. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Canterbury Academy sponsor? The Canterbury Academy is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Canterbury Academy based? The register lists The Canterbury Academy at Knight, Avenue, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA. 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 07345430. 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/the-canterbury-academy-canterbury-768768 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-canterbury-academy-canterbury-768768.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.