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King's Group Academies

Key Stage 3

Students can select Hair & Beauty in Year 9 as a Taster Course, covering the following topics:

  • Hair & Beauty Salon Health and Safety
  • Caring for your Skin
  • Manicure and Hand Treatments / Facials
  • Caring for your Hair
  • Plaiting and Braiding of Hair
  • Hair Up – Different Styles
  • Using the different handheld appliances
  • Careers in Hair & Beauty

Key Stage 4

VTCT Level 1/2 Technical Award in the Study of Hair & Beauty
  • Health and safety in the workplace
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Cosmetic science
  • Entrepreneurs in the hair and beauty sector
  • Hair design
  • Current trends in beauty
  • Facials
  • Facial massaging
  • Exfoliating
  • Manicure
  • Eyelash tinting
  • Eyebrow tinting
  • Eyebrow shaping
  • French plait
  • Dutch plait
  • Cane row
  • The setting of hair/ hair up / prom/ party/ weddings
  • Straightening of hair with an understanding of the structure
  • Curling the hair with an understanding of its structure
  • Client consultation
  • Use of tools
  • Professional use and name of tools

This qualification is an excellent introduction into the hair and beauty sector. It allows students to have a good insight of the industry and is a pathway to many careers. Business and entrepreneurship in the Hair & Beauty sector, anatomy, physiology and cosmetic science, design in the Hair & Beauty sector are subjects taught alongside the practical.

  • Personal development and critical reflection
  • The ability to interpret, analyse and apply knowledge
  • Organisation, planning and research skills
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Reasoning skills
  • Problem solving

This course allows the student to grow in confidence, gain good communication skills and help artistic ability.

Miss J Prior
Head of Art & Technology Faculty
jprior@kgaprospect.uk

Mrs C Pierro
Hair & Beauty Teacher
cpierro@kgaprospect.uk