--- title: "Thomas Deacon Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thomas-deacon-education-trust-peterborough-691998 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 --- # Thomas Deacon Education Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Thomas Deacon Education Trust (trading as Thomas Deacon Academy; Companies House 05090788; Peterborough) 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 7 November 2017 (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: 7 November 2017 - Trading as: Thomas Deacon Academy - Also known as: Gladstone Primary Academy - Peterborough; Queen Katharine Academy - Peterborough; The Richard Barnes Academy; Thomas Deacon Academy - Peterborough; Upwood Primary Academy; Warboys Primary Academy; Welbourne Primary School; Gladstone Primary Academy; Queen Katharine Academy; Welbourne Primary Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Peterborough - Registered address: The Thomas Deacon Academy, Queens Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UW - Companies House number: 05090788 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05090788) - Website: https://www.thomasdeaconacademy.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/thomas-deacon-education-trust-peterborough-691998 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 395 licensed sponsors in Peterborough: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/peterborough - 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 41 changes worth checking, checked 31 October 2026, newest first: - 18 Mar 2026: Director resigned: HALL, Katharine Louise. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 28 Jan 2026: Director resigned: MORRIS, James David. Director change recorded on 28 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. - 18 Dec 2025: Director resigned: BARNES, Richard, Dr. Director change recorded on 18 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. - 10 Oct 2025: New director appointed: KELLY, Briege Josephine. Director change recorded on 10 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. - 29 Sep 2025: Director resigned: BRIDGER, Darren Charles Ivan. Director change recorded on 29 Sep 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. - 19 Sep 2025: New director appointed: MORRIS, James David. Director change recorded on 19 Sep 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. - 19 Sep 2025: New director appointed: MCCLENNON, David Edward. Director change recorded on 19 Sep 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. - 8 Sep 2025: New director appointed: LAUGHTON, Debra. Director change recorded on 8 Sep 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. - 8 Sep 2025: New director appointed: LEFLEY, Andrew Richard. Director change recorded on 8 Sep 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. - 14 May 2025: New director appointed: GHOSH, Anamika. Director change recorded on 14 May 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 Jul 2024: Director resigned: MAVANI, Mohamedraza Yusufali. Director change recorded on 31 Jul 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. - 6 Nov 2023: New director appointed: WRIGHT, Michael David, Dr. Director change recorded on 6 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. - 25 Sep 2023: Director resigned: REHMAN, Saqib. Director change recorded on 25 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. - 13 Jul 2023: Director resigned: WINSTONE, Eric William. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 2 May 2023: Director resigned: BARKER, Bernard Christopher. Director change recorded on 2 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. - 13 Oct 2022: New director appointed: BRIDGER, Darren Charles Ivan. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 13 Oct 2022: New director appointed: JONES, Lucy Ann, Dr. Director change recorded on 13 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. - 5 May 2022: Director resigned: MARSH, Simon Robert. Director change recorded on 5 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. - 11 Mar 2022: Director resigned: GERNON, Michael Gerald. Director change recorded on 11 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. - 3 Mar 2022: Director resigned: HUSSAIN, Ishfaq. Director change recorded on 3 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. - 1 Oct 2021: New secretary appointed: STEVENS, Adam James. Company secretary change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 30 Sep 2021: Secretary resigned: KIRKBRIDE, Peter Lawrence. Company secretary change recorded on 30 Sep 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. - 20 Sep 2021: New director appointed: HUSSAIN, Ishfaq. Director change recorded on 20 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. - 1 Sep 2021: New director appointed: GERNON, Michael Gerald. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Aug 2021: Director resigned: TAYLOR, Julie Ann. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - + 16 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 Thomas Deacon Education Trust ### Is Thomas Deacon Education Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Thomas Deacon Education Trust in Peterborough is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors under this name since 2017. It can sponsor workers from overseas, but not every job it advertises comes with sponsorship. ### What visa routes can Thomas Deacon Education Trust sponsor? Thomas Deacon Education Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Thomas Deacon Education Trust based? The register lists Thomas Deacon Education Trust at The Thomas Deacon Academy, Queens Gardens, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 2UW. 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 05090788. 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/thomas-deacon-education-trust-peterborough-691998 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/thomas-deacon-education-trust-peterborough-691998.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.