Student Sponsorship: BCA Changes and Summer Essentials

🏷️ From £90
🎧Admissions staff, Sponsor licence key personnel, International student liaison officers
📍 Online
🎥 Watch live or on catch up

Course outline:

New Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) guidance came into effect on 1 June 2026, introducing tighter compliance thresholds and a new Red-Amber-Green (RAG) rating framework for Student sponsors. For schools, these changes increase the importance of effective monitoring, accurate reporting and early intervention where issues arise.

Training topics include:

• What has changed under the revised BCA framework and why it matters for schools
• Understanding the new compliance thresholds and RAG rating system
• Key recording duties for sponsored students at the end of term and throughout the holidays
• Timely tips to support smooth visa processing over the summer
• Common compliance pitfalls for sponsors during the holiday period
• Visa refusals: reporting requirements and the impact on your BCA performance metrics
• Monitoring key compliance data and identifying potential compliance concerns

  This session will help schools take a proactive approach to sponsor licence compliance, manage risk effectively and ensure they are well prepared for the year ahead.

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Speaker:

Kate Hollyer, Partner and Director, BSA Group Legal Services Ltd

Kate Hollyer is Executive Director (Legal) of BSA Group and Director of BSA Legal Services Ltd. A qualified solicitor with over 14 years’ experience in UK immigration law, she advises and supports members on a full range of immigration matters. Before joining BSA in 2022, Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading UK law firm, where she built extensive expertise in complex immigration cases. Since 2014, Kate has lived in boarding houses alongside her Housemaster husband, giving her a unique, first-hand perspective on the challenges and opportunities of boarding life.