--- title: "The Forest School Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-forest-school-academy-trust-wokingham-737993 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 Forest School Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Forest School Academy Trust (Companies House 08563159, Wokingham) 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 August 2022 (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 August 2022 - Also known as: The Forest School - Industry: Education - Town: Wokingham - Registered address: The Forest School Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5NE - Companies House number: 08563159 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08563159) - Website: https://www.forest.wokingham.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-forest-school-academy-trust-wokingham-737993 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 158 licensed sponsors in Wokingham: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/wokingham - 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 1 November 2026, newest first: - 7 Oct 2026: Director resigned: NOAK, Michael. Director change recorded on 7 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 4 Nov 2026. - 1 Dec 2025: Director resigned: SEDGWICK, Richard. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 20 Oct 2025: Director resigned: PULFORD, Matthew Andrew. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 14 Oct 2025: New director appointed: NOAK, Michael. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 20 Aug 2025: Director resigned: OCKWELL, Sally Ann. Director change recorded on 20 Aug 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. - 10 Jul 2025: Director resigned: FARR, Claire. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 10 Jun 2025: New director appointed: PULFORD, Matthew Andrew. Director change recorded on 10 Jun 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. - 6 Jun 2025: New director appointed: LINDSAY, Sian Sarah Eileen. Director change recorded on 6 Jun 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. - 21 May 2025: Director resigned: PAGE, Zsuzsi. Director change recorded on 21 May 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 2025: New director appointed: FARR, Claire. Director change recorded on 26 Feb 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. - 11 Feb 2025: Director resigned: FARR, Claire. Director change recorded on 11 Feb 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. - 4 Dec 2024: Director resigned: AUGER, David Charles. Director change recorded on 4 Dec 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. - 17 Nov 2023: New director appointed: OCKWELL, Sally Ann. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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 2023: New director appointed: PAGE, Zsuzsi. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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 2023: New director appointed: FARR, Claire. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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 2023: New director appointed: WELCH, Steve. Director change recorded on 17 Nov 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. - 27 Sep 2023: Director resigned: YOUNIS, Eslam. Director change recorded on 27 Sep 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. - 19 Oct 2022: New director appointed: YOUNIS, Eslam. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 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. - 19 Oct 2022: New director appointed: O'NEILL, Hannah. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 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. - 19 Oct 2022: New director appointed: TUFAIL, Safeena. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 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. - 19 Oct 2022: New director appointed: VISENTIN, Kley. Director change recorded on 19 Oct 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. - 8 Sep 2022: Director resigned: LOBATO, Vanessa Eleanor. Director change recorded on 8 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. 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 Forest School Academy Trust ### Is The Forest School Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Forest School Academy Trust in Wokingham is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2022. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Forest School Academy Trust sponsor? The Forest School Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Forest School Academy Trust based? The register lists The Forest School Academy Trust at The Forest School Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5NE. 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 08563159. 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-forest-school-academy-trust-wokingham-737993 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-forest-school-academy-trust-wokingham-737993.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.