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The Academy
About Us
We specialise in transforming aspiring and developing barbers into confident, job-ready professionals. Our training is fully immersive and built around real-world experience, blending the core foundations of classic barbering with today’s modern cutting and styling techniques.
Whether you’re starting your journey or advancing your craft, our expert educators guide you step-by-step through a structured, hands-on learning experience. You’ll train inside our buzzing, barbershop-style academies in Central London and Manchester — working on real clients every day.
Our Locations
Both our London academy and Manchester academy operate as fully-fledged barbershops, covering the whole of the UK with our top-class training. Our students deliver over 1,500 haircuts per week. As a trainee barber, you get no better real-life experience than learning the trade.
Manchester Campus
42-44 Fountain St,
Manchester,
M2 2BE
Nearest station: Manchester Oxford Road or Manchester Piccadilly
FAQ‘S
Frequently Asked Questions
Got questions? We’ve got the answers.
Whether you’re preparing to enrol or already training with us, this section answers the most common questions about our courses, admissions, locations, financing, and more.
You’ll also find dedicated guidance for international students, service leavers, and career changers.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for here, feel free to contact us — our team is always happy to help.
"Amazingly talented team of tutors, very informative, easy to make connections with as they’re all very friendly people and accepting of all no matter gender or sexuality, and incredibly helpful with helping to perfect techniques and improving upon my own skills.
Have enjoyed every minute of the course and always look forward to coming in to put my all in to my haircuts.
Has increased my love and enthusiasm for the trade, and I really look forward to finishing my level 3.
I would strongly recommend this course to anyone wanting to start a career as a barber, its the best around!"
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