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Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy

Level 2 Diploma in Women’s Hairdressing

Become a hairdresser. This full-time Level 2 Diploma builds the complete set of salon skills: cutting, colouring, styling and caring for clients. You'll work on real people in our salons, build your confidence and people skills, and finish ready for a job in a salon, an apprenticeship, or the Level 3. This is where a real hairdressing career takes shape.

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How you’ll learn

Cut, Colour, Style. On Real Clients.

This Diploma gives you the full set of hairdressing skills a salon looks for. Across 11 units, you’ll learn to cut and colour women’s hair, dress and style hair, carry out client consultations, and work safely and professionally, along with the art of dressing hair.

You’ll build these skills on real clients in our salons, not just mannequins, developing the confidence and people skills that make a great stylist. It’s a genuine step into the trade, leading towards a job in a salon, an apprenticeship, or the Level 3.

Core Units

  • Follow health and safety practice in the salon
  • Working in the hair industry
  • Client consultation for hair services
  • Shampoo and condition the hair and scalp
  • Colour and lighten hair
  • Cut women’s hair
  • The art of dressing hair

Optional Units

  • Plaiting and twisting hair
  • Provide scalp massage services
  • Salon reception duties
  • Create an image based on a theme, and promote sales in a salon
Entry and progression

What you need and where it leads

  1. Entry requirements
  2. This course Level 2
  3. Further study

Entry requirements

  • GCSE Maths and English
  • A genuine interest in hair and working with people
  • Successful interview with our team

If you're still working towards Grade 4 in Maths or English, you can keep building those alongside the course. There is a small kit to purchase.

Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.

Further study

See all 5 courses

At this college

At North Lindsey College

Careers it can lead to

  • Hairdressers and Barbers £12.22 an hour
  • Beauticians and Related Occupations £12.24 an hour
  • With further study or experience Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Managers and Proprietors £29,400 a year

Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).

Our facilities

Real Clients in The Hub Salon

You'll carry out real treatments on paying clients in The Hub Salon, our professional on-campus salon, with supportive, industry-experienced tutors.

  • The Hub Salon

    Our professional on-campus salon, where you carry out real treatments on paying clients.

  • Supportive Tutors

    Skilled, qualified tutors with industry experience, supporting you every step of the way.

  • Competitions and Masterclasses

    Take part in trips, the Concept Competition, and masterclasses with industry pros.

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Student Voice

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Doncaster College has been amazing. I’ve built confidence with clients, learnt how to write a CV, and met great people. The teachers are so kind and supportive, and they’ve helped me every day to grow in my hairdressing career and reach my goals.

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For parents and carers

Supporting your child’s journey

Tutors With Real Experience

Our tutors bring real industry experience into the classroom. They teach what's actually used in the world of work, and students consistently say this is what makes the course work.

GCSE Support Built In

If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.

About student support

Financial Support Available

Bursaries are available, and free meals are provided for those who qualify. If cost is a concern, there's help, and it's straightforward to apply.

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Your next step

Apply now, come and see us first, or ask us anything.

Ready to Become a Hairdresser?

Applications for September 2027 are open. Apply online in 10 minutes.

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What happens after you apply

1

You apply

Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.

2

You meet your tutor

We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.

3

You get an offer

We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.

4

You get ready to start

Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.

Read our full guide to applying