Are you ready to embark on an exciting journey towards becoming a qualified beauty therapist?
Join our professional team at our state-of-the-art salon Botanica, our commercial salon, and immerse yourself in our comprehensive beauty course designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge needed to excel in the beauty industry.
At Botanica, you’ll benefit from hands-on training in a real-world salon environment, gaining practical experience and insight from our expert team of beauty professionals.
Our tailored curriculum focuses on both technical proficiency and soft skills development, ensuring you’re well-rounded and prepared to deliver exceptional services to clients.
Here’s a snapshot of what you’ll learn in our beauty course:
In addition to technical training, you’ll also develop essential customer service skills, including:
You’ll also have the opportunity to take part in extra training to add to your skillset in particular areas such as Caflon Ear Piercing or lash extensions with LashLift.
There may be a small charge for this extra training.
Throughout the course, we’ll monitor your progress and provide constructive feedback to help you to improve where needed.
We’ll measure your skills and knowledge against nationally recognised standards specific to the beauty industry.
We assess you in a range of ways including practical tasks in our commercial on site salon Botanica and projects from which you’ll create a portfolio of evidence and written coursework and assignments.
All courses are delivered by highly skilled and experienced salon team who design their sessions to accomodate all different learning abilities, wherever possible.
Our network of employer partners and professional brands includes:
Working with these employers means you learn the most up to date techniques and we’re able to source brilliant work experience opportunities.
All practical sessions will be taught within our on site professional standard salon, Botanica where you’ll work as part of the professional salon team, servicing paying clients.
You’ll wear a salon uniform during the course and use a professional kit.
Check out how we are embedding sustainability throughout our hair and beauty courses:
After the course, you’ll be able to seek employment as a qualified beauty therapist, progress to an apprenticeship or continue your training on one of or Level 3 courses in beauty therapy, media make-up or nail technology.
Fast Track to an ApprenticeshipIf you’d like to do an apprenticeship but can’t find a vacancy to suit you, don’t worry.
You can start on this course and then fast-track to an apprenticeship part-way through once a vacancy becomes available and if you’re making good progress on the course.
You’ll need to buy a uniform and a professional kit.
We’ll let you know the prices during the application process and help you to source these items through our preferred suppliers, ensuring you get the best value for money.
Funding support is also available to those who meet the eligibility criteria. Ask us for more information at out enrolment events.
There may be an extra charge for any additional training you choose to do with us, for example Caflon Ear Piercing or lash extensions with LashLift.
We’ll share all prices with you before you sign up.
This course is free to those aged under 19 years old.
Most people aged 19 years and over can qualify for free or reduced price course fees and there are grants and bursaries you can apply for to help cover the costs of coming to college, depending on your circumstances.
If you already have a full level 3 qualification and are aged 19 years over, you can apply for an Advanced Learning Loan or pay the fee upfront in full and qualify for a 10% discount.
You can get more information at our enrolment events, by calling 0191 490 0300 or email us at [email protected]
Whatever support you need, we’re here for you and will make sure you get the most out of your time at college. We have expert teams in place to look after every single one of our students.
To contact our dedicated Learning Support team email [email protected] or head to Live Chat
View or download our course guide for 16-18 year olds.
Enrolment Event
Monday 12 May 2025
HTQs Online Information Session
Wednesday 21 May 2025