Who we are

About Cheynes Training

Empowering the next generation

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 Training
Why choose Cheynes Training

Great hairdressing begins with great education.

Every salon is different, so we keep training simple, flexible and built around you, with the experience to help your team thrive.

Trusted nationwide

Salons across the country choose Cheynes Training for consistent, results-driven training and education.

Hair & barbering experts

We are specialists in our industry, offering high-quality programmes designed by those who know it best.

Flexible delivery

In-salon and academy learning, designed to fit the way your salon already works.

Support at every step

From recruitment through to End-Point Assessment, we have you covered.

Real results

Our apprentices do not just pass an exam, they become professionals who progress into senior salon roles.

Local presence, national reach

Wherever you are based, a Regional Training Advisor works close by, across England and Scotland.

Our purpose

We are in the people business.

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.

Our four aims
  1. Operate a successful business
  2. Be excellent at what we do
  3. Be the customer's first choice
  4. Be happy people
Career pathways

Part of the Cheynes story

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.

Consultancy

Sharing 25 years of apprenticeship expertise.

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:

  • Strengthening training and assessment to achieve improved results.
  • Improving quality with simple audit and tracking tools that measure training performance.
  • Improving information flows, so everyone, especially the employer, has a clear picture.
  • Reducing cost to improve the overall value for money from the training system.
Approved & accredited

Quality you can trust

FAQs

Common questions

Our programme was developed for salon owners, by salon owners, so we understand the challenges employers face. We deliver a comprehensive training system that produces high-quality hair designers in the shortest possible time, and we build in 'Stretch and Challenge' units so every apprentice completes thorough, structured practical training.
We operate in every region of England and across Scotland. A team of around twenty highly experienced Regional Training Advisors is based locally to the academies and salons they support, working with individual salons, salon groups and independent academies.
We offer NVQ and apprenticeship programmes in hairdressing and barbering. In Scotland we offer SVQ programmes and Modern Apprenticeships in the same subjects, from intermediate through to advanced and creative levels.
We work with employers who show a strong commitment to strengthening their business through apprenticeship education. If that sounds like your salon, we would love to talk.

Want to know if Cheynes is right for you?