Hairdressing courses · North Wales
Courses that move at the speed of your ambition.
Fast-track NVQ diplomas for new careers, and short professional intensives for established ones — all delivered in small cohorts at our St Asaph academy, just off the A55 in the Vale of Clwyd.
Fast-track NVQ diplomas · 6 months
Career qualifications, compressed.
NVQ Level 2 Hairdressing
From no experience to qualified stylist: cutting, colouring, styling and consultation on live models — two academy days a fortnight.
Course details → Beginner or cross-map · 6 months · £4,500 · fully funded for apprenticesNVQ Level 2 Barbering
Fades, precision cutting, beard design and luxury shaving — with cross-mapping to fast-track qualified hairdressers.
Course details → Advanced · 6 months · £4,500 · fully funded for apprenticesNVQ Level 3 Hairdressing
The senior-stylist progression: creative cutting, colour correction and the technical services that command premium prices.
Course details →CPD masterclasses · Mondays at St Asaph
Masterclasses, one day a week.
Every masterclass is mapped to a VTCT unit standard — regulated delivery follows our centre approval — and runs on Mondays, so you lose the minimum of earning time.
Hair Extensions
Dual-track: the mapped VTCT unit plus luxury brand certification, from takeover day to live-model assessment.
Masterclass details → Maps to VTCT UHB204 · 4 MondaysModern Perming & Texture
The three commercial winds, perm chemistry and the confidence to own the returning texture trend.
Masterclass details → Maps to VTCT UHB205 · 6 Mondays · £695Relaxing & Smoothing
Chemical relaxing, permanent straightening and modern smoothing — become the region’s textured-hair specialist.
Masterclass details → Maps to VTCT Level 3 UNHB385 · 4 MondaysConsultation & Retail
Advanced analysis, lifestyle profiling and non-pushy retail that turns your column into a revenue engine.
Masterclass details → Maps to VTCT Level 3 UNHB379 · 4 weeksSalon Business Masterclass
Marketing, retention, stock control and team leadership — for freelancers, chair renters and salon owners.
Masterclass details → Maps to VTCT Level 2 Award · 1 day · £195Skin Cancer Awareness
The ABCDE framework and sensitive signposting for close-contact professionals. No prerequisites; team discounts.
Course details →How every course works
Practical on site. Theory around your life.
Physical academy hours are reserved entirely for live-model practical work — the thing you can’t learn from a screen. Theory, testing and portfolio evidence run through our digital learning environment, on your schedule. It’s how six months does the work of two years.
- Cohorts capped at ten learners — every session is coached, never crowded
- Live models from the first weeks, real appointment conditions throughout
- VTCT-standard NVQ assessment with independent internal quality assurance
- Commercial Resilience Module on every course — pricing, marketing, booking tech and money
- Progression routes into employment, chair rental or a supported mobile business
Not sure which level is yours?
Tell us where you’re starting from and we’ll map the route — including whether the Welsh Government will fund it in full.