training

Finished School? Time to Start a Great Career in Hairdressing!

Join our academy and start your career on a high with our award winning team in Sheffield.

At the Wigs & Warpaint Academy, we work with The Sheffield College to deliver the best quality hairdressing training at NVQ 2 and NVQ 3 level.

We are passionate about the training we provide, and we use the latest techniques in online learning so you receive the highest quality education.

Students will have 24 hour access to a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) where all resources will be available. To make it even easy to access, all students will be able to use a complementary tablet in the salon to check the VLE.

The  salon training includes the classic foundations that will allow you to move onto the more cutting edge, commercial techniques that will make you an award winning stylist of the future.

How To Apply

We have limited spaces available in the academy. If you are interested, please pop into the salon and pick up an application form or download one below and return it to us:

Academy Application Form

What to expect

Your experience will consist of one day per week at the academy and the rest of the week will be spent in an approved salon. The training you receive will be exactly what salons need, making you more employable at the end of your training.

The requirements of this training is that the student is employed with a minimum contract of 30 hours per week at £2.68 per hour. A trial period and initial assessment will be a necessity. If you haven’t received a C or above in Maths and English at GCSE, you’ll be required to study to achieve these certificates.

Private training

In addition to our partnership with the college, we offer private training courses. These range from full NVQ qualifications to six week intensive cut and colour courses, and one day advanced cut and colour seminars.

We are happy to help you achieve your dream by putting together a training package that is tailored to your specific needs. Get in touch for more information and prices.

Awards

The Wella Exposure competition is one of the most prestigious events in a trainee’s calendar. This is the biggest trainee competition in the UK, and since entering in 2012 Wigs & Warpaint  have had the most finalists in the competition, including two silver medals.

Sheffield Safe Places

The Academy has recently teamed up with Sheffield Safe Places.  The Safe Places Scheme encourages business to offer support to people with learning disabilities who may be lost, ill or frightened, by providing them with a temporary refuge and helping them.

This gives our students the opportunity to work alongside people with learning disabilities, and teaches them to treat everyone with the upmost respect.