Fast-track · Beginner to qualified
NVQ Level 2 Hairdressing, in six months.
The foundation diploma of the profession — compressed into an intensive, live-model programme for adults. No experience needed. Leave qualified, confident and commercially ready.
Course at a glance
What you’ll master
- Cutting — classic and contemporary shapes for women’s and men’s hair
- Colouring and lightening — full head, regrowth, foils and toning, with COSHH-safe chemical practice
- Styling and finishing — blow-drying, setting and occasion work
- Consultation and client care — analysis, advice and building a returning column
- Salon professionalism — health & safety, hygiene and working under real appointment pressure
- The Commercial Resilience Module — pricing, marketing, digital booking and money management for your first 90 days of earning
Six months, honestly spent
Why this works when evening classes don’t.
All practice, no padding
Theory happens online before you arrive. Every academy hour goes on scissors-in-hand, live-model work — the hours that actually build a hairdresser.
Assessed as you go
NVQ assessment is continuous and practical, evidenced in a digital portfolio with in-house quality assurance — no single exam day deciding your future.
Earning from day one
Graduates leave with progression routes mapped: employed roles, chair rental, or a supported mobile business through our wider group.
Ten founding seats. One of them could be yours.
Register now and we’ll confirm your funding eligibility before applications open.