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