OLUK licensed sponsor · Woodley, Berkshire · Education
Orchard Learning Alliance
Orchard Learning Alliance, Woodley, Berkshire, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Orchard Learning Alliance (09620043), active, incorporated in 2015 (11 years ago), registered for primary education.
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Companies House
Who Orchard Learning Alliance actually is
- Company number
- 09620043
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 2 June 2015 · 11 years old
- What they do
85200Primary education85310General secondary education85590Other education n.e.c.
- Sector
- Education
- Previously
- Waingels Academies Trust (until 2022)
- Registered office
- Waingels, C/O Waingels Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 10 September 2026.
What a licence means
They can sponsor. That is all it says.
A sponsor licence lets an organisation assign a Certificate of Sponsorship to a worker on the routes it covers. It does not mean Orchard Learning Alliance is hiring from abroad this month, only that it can, and has been checked by the Home Office to do so.
How to approach them
Lead with the role, not the visa
Apply through the careers page or the job boards with a UK-style CV, say early that you would need sponsorship, and make the skill and the years the first thing they read.
The register
The register lists Orchard Learning Alliance in Woodley, Berkshire as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker, an entry that goes back to at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Orchard Learning Alliance, number 09620043, incorporated 2015: 11 years of filings behind the name. The registered office is at Waingels, C/O Waingels Waingels Road, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4RF, RG5 4RF. Its filed activity puts it in education. It has traded under other names before, including Waingels Academies Trust.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Orchard Learning Alliance the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
Register with Sama
Want to work for Orchard Learning Alliance, or somewhere like it?
Five fields, under a minute. We read every one. You never pay us anything, at any stage.
For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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For candidates
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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