--- title: "Wootton Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status" canonical: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wootton-academy-trust-bedford-753758 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 --- # Wootton Academy Trust: UK sponsor licence status > As of 30 October 2026, Wootton Academy Trust (trading as Wootton Upper School; Companies House 07740758; Bedford) 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 18 June 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: 18 June 2020 - Trading as: Wootton Upper School - Also known as: Kimberley 16 - 19 Stem College; Wootton Academy - Industry: Education - Town: Bedford - Registered address: Wootton Upper School Hall End Road, Wootton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9HT - Companies House number: 07740758 (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07740758) - Website: https://www.woottonupper.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/wootton-academy-trust-bedford-753758 ## Where this sponsor sits - One of 332 licensed sponsors in Bedford: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/in/bedford - 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: - 3 Sep 2026: Registered office address changed. Registered office change recorded on 3 Sep 2026. If the address on your sponsor licence has changed, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Jun 2026: Cessation of Mr Ian Gordon Smith as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jun 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Jun 2026: Cessation of Mr Malcolm David Chalmers as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jun 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Jun 2026: Cessation of Mr Ian Sibbald as a person with significant control. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Jun 2026. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Mar 2026: New director appointed: JOYCE, Ian Trevor. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 1 Dec 2025: New director appointed: PARSONS, Robert Mark. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Jul 2025: Director resigned: TESTA, Stephen Roy. Director change recorded on 31 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. - 12 Mar 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Ian Gordon Smith. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Mar 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Mar 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Malcolm David Chalmers. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Mar 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 12 Mar 2025: New person with significant control: Mr Ian Sibbald. Change to people with significant control recorded on 12 Mar 2025. If this changes who owns or controls your organisation, the change must be reported in the SMS (the Home Office sponsor system) within 20 working days. - 1 Oct 2024: Director resigned: CLARE, David. Director change recorded on 1 Oct 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: TESTA, Stephen Roy. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 10 Jul 2024: New director appointed: HENRY, Jacqueline Agatha. Director change recorded on 10 Jul 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. - 31 Mar 2024: Director resigned: GLEESON, Michael George. Director change recorded on 31 Mar 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. - 1 Mar 2024: New director appointed: BUNTING, Bob. Director change recorded on 1 Mar 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. - 1 Feb 2024: New director appointed: LEHAIN, Mark Guy. Director change recorded on 1 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. - 31 Jan 2024: Director resigned: BILLINGTON, Jonathan Kimber. Director change recorded on 31 Jan 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. - 21 Sep 2023: Director resigned: RIDLEY, Michael Ames. Director change recorded on 21 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. - 11 Sep 2023: New director appointed: KNIGHT, Sally. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 11 Sep 2023: New director appointed: MARTIN, Nick. Director change recorded on 11 Sep 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: HADDON, Peter Laurence Walby. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 31 Aug 2023: Director resigned: WILLIAMS, Timothy Humphreys. Director change recorded on 31 Aug 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. - 12 Jan 2023: New director appointed: CHANDLER, Judy. Director change recorded on 12 Jan 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 secretary appointed: MIECZKOWSKI, Marcin. Company secretary 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. 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 Wootton Academy Trust ### Is Wootton Academy Trust a licensed UK visa sponsor? Yes. Wootton Academy Trust in Bedford 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 Wootton Academy Trust sponsor? Wootton Academy Trust is licensed for Skilled Worker. Its licence rating on the register is "Worker (A rating)". ### Where is Wootton Academy Trust based? The register lists Wootton Academy Trust at Wootton Upper School Hall End Road, Wootton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 9HT. 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 07740758. 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/wootton-academy-trust-bedford-753758 - This fact sheet: https://uk-sponsors.getborderless.co.uk/sponsors/wootton-academy-trust-bedford-753758.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.