End dates for hair and beauty qualifications

Pearson hairdressing qualifications to be discontinued - some hair and beauty qualifications extended

For some years, Pearson has supported the hairdressing sector through the development of work-based learning qualifications. This has led to the provision of apprenticeships and stand-alone qualifications for learners and employers in the sector. Many of the qualifications are now in need of updating to reflect the advised National Occupational Standards, so they continue to meet the needs of learners and employers in the hairdressing industry.

It is with regret that we've decided that we can no longer resource qualification development in the hairdressing sector due to minimal registrations made by our existing centres.

We are therefore withdrawing our provision from the hairdressing sector. The current suite of qualifications will be extended until 31 December 2014, which will also be the operational end date of the following qualifications.

*The Entry Level and Level 1 BTEC qualifications in hair and beauty have been extended to 31 July 2016 and will remain available for registrations. Those qualifications are listed in the 2nd table below in red text.

Key to table below

Revised review date: this is the date that Edexcel will submit qualifications to Ofqual for further review, to see if they will be considered for a possible extension.

Operational end date: this is the date that students must be registered onto the course in order to qualify for certification under the qualification's window of validity.

Certification end date: this is the final date that students will be able to claim certification (receive their completion certificates) on the qualifications they are taking (providing they have registered on time prior to the operational end date). 

The following beauty therapy qualifications have been extended until 31 July 2016 to allow for a NOS Review/Trailblazer Activity:  

If you have any queries regarding Pearson hairdressing or beauty therapy qualifications and their expiry dates, please contact us.

We hope you find this information useful.

Kind regards

The Hair and Beauty Subject Team
Pearson Qualification Services
E: teachinghairandbeauty@pearson.com