We train the stylists and barbers the industry wants to hire.
Cheynes Training is one of the UK's most trusted specialist providers of hairdressing and barbering apprenticeships, delivering high-quality training through a national network of expert educators and academy locations.
Our programmes are built around the realities of a busy salon, combining practical learning, creative development and real-world support that helps apprentices grow into confident, capable professionals.
Our Managing Director, Melanie Mitchell, is the national End-Point Assessment lead for hair and barbering at City & Guilds, giving Cheynes Training a unique insight into what excellence looks like at every stage of the apprenticeship journey.
Melanie Mitchell Managing Director, Cheynes TrainingEvery salon is different, so we keep training simple, flexible and built around you, with the experience to help your team thrive.
Salons across the country choose Cheynes Training for consistent, results-driven training and education.
We are specialists in our industry, offering high-quality programmes designed by those who know it best.
In-salon and academy learning, designed to fit the way your salon already works.
From recruitment through to End-Point Assessment, we have you covered.
Our apprentices do not just pass an exam, they become professionals who progress into senior salon roles.
Wherever you are based, a Regional Training Advisor works close by, across England and Scotland.
Cheynes Training exists to help the people and organisations we work with to grow by developing and improving their skills, so learners achieve their goals and become the best they can be.
Our approach is built on respect for all and a total commitment to safety, fairness and equality of opportunity, for every learner and every organisation we work with.
From apprentices to academy owners and industry figures, these are some of the people connected to Cheynes Training and the careers built in hair and barbering.
Led by Programme Director William Howarth, our team has spent over 25 years running high-quality apprenticeship programmes. Salons and groups regularly ask us to share that expertise to improve their own hairdressing education. Each brief is tailored, but our work focuses on four things: