--- title: "The Gateway Learning Community: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-gateway-learning-community-grays-699069 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 Gateway Learning Community: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, The Gateway Learning Community (Grays) 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 12 December 2016 (source: Borderless, from the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors). ## 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: 12 December 2016 - Legal name: GATEWAY LEARNING COMMUNITY - Also known as: Gateway Academy; Gateway Primary Free School; Herringham Primary; Lansdowne Primary; Tilbury Pioneer; Herringham Primary Academy; Lansdowne Primary Academy; Tilbury Pioneer Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Grays - Companies House number: 05853746 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05853746) - Website: https://www.theglc.org.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-gateway-learning-community-grays-699069 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 131 licensed sponsors in Grays: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/grays - 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 26 October 2026, newest first: - 13 Oct 2026: New director appointed: JOHNSON, Barry William. Director change recorded on 13 Oct 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. The 20-working-day window runs to about 10 Nov 2026. - 7 Sep 2026: Director resigned: FREESE, Courtney. Director change recorded on 7 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. - 23 Mar 2026: Director resigned: SEATON WOOD, Bronwen Clare. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 13 Oct 2025: New director appointed: KOMOLAFE, Oluwasola Agnes. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 31 Dec 2024: Director resigned: WARD, Peter John. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 14 Oct 2024: New director appointed: VINCENT, Gary William. Director change recorded on 14 Oct 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. - 14 Jun 2024: Director resigned: FOSTER, Graham. Director change recorded on 14 Jun 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. - 18 Dec 2023: New director appointed: FREESE, Courtney. Director change recorded on 18 Dec 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. - 1 Sep 2022: New director appointed: REID, Victoria Jane. 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: SADLER, Kevin John. 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. - 23 May 2022: Director resigned: BHALLA, Ravi. Director change recorded on 23 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. - 15 Jan 2021: New director appointed: SEATON WOOD, Bronwen Clare. Director change recorded on 15 Jan 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. - 20 Aug 2020: Director resigned: SMITH, Margaret Christine. Director change recorded on 20 Aug 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. - 18 Jun 2020: New director appointed: BHALLA, Ravi. Director change recorded on 18 Jun 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. - 30 Sep 2019: Director resigned: BENTLEY, Maureen. Director change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 24 Jun 2019: Director resigned: REID, Victoria Jane. Director change recorded on 24 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. - 24 Sep 2018: New director appointed: PRITCHARD, Lynda. Director change recorded on 24 Sep 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. - 20 Nov 2017: New director appointed: HARRIS, Lucy Emma. Director change recorded on 20 Nov 2017. 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. - 25 Sep 2017: New director appointed: BENTLEY, Maureen. Director change recorded on 25 Sep 2017. 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 May 2017: Director resigned: CONNOLLY, Mary-Ann Elizabeth. Director change recorded on 1 May 2017. 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 Apr 2017: Secretary resigned: VENTHAM, Sarah. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Apr 2017. 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 Apr 2017: New secretary appointed: JONES, Joanna Susan. Company secretary change recorded on 4 Apr 2017. 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 The Gateway Learning Community ### Is The Gateway Learning Community a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. The Gateway Learning Community in Grays is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2016. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can The Gateway Learning Community sponsor? The Gateway Learning Community is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is The Gateway Learning Community based? The register lists The Gateway Learning Community at Grays. 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. 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-gateway-learning-community-grays-699069 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/the-gateway-learning-community-grays-699069.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.