Beauty Schools and Courses in the United Kingdom

Beauty, hairdressing and barbering training in the UK runs mainly through further-education colleges, apprenticeships and private academies. Regulated vocational qualifications are awarded by bodies such as VTCT, and entry to college courses varies by provider, often asking for some GCSEs including English and maths. Private academies also issue their own diplomas and short certificates that are separate from regulated qualifications.

Source: nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/beauty-therapist

VTCT Level 2 and Level 3 beauty therapy diplomas

Ofqual-regulated vocational qualifications awarded by VTCT Skills, delivered by colleges and private centres; Level 3 typically builds on a Level 2 beauty qualification. Source

Intermediate and advanced apprenticeships (hairdressing, barbering, beauty therapy)

Level 2 intermediate and Level 3 advanced apprenticeships, typically 1 to 2 years, with entry requirements that vary and usually include some GCSEs. Source

Scottish SCQF-level college awards

Scottish colleges describe beauty therapy courses at SCQF level 5, for example a VTCT Level 2 Diploma in Beauty Therapy Studies. Source

Level 7 Diploma in Cosmetic Injectables

A postgraduate-level medical aesthetics qualification awarded by VTCT Skills for regulated healthcare professionals, regulated by Ofqual and approved by the JCCP according to the provider. Source

Teaching languages. Courses are taught in English; Welsh-language provision exists at some Welsh colleges.

Nothing here establishes visa, work-permit or credit-transfer eligibility. Check current rules with the official sources below.

• National Careers Service: beauty therapist
• National Careers Service: hairdresser
• VTCT Skills