17 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    29 November 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    12 November 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teacher or lecturer

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Hair and beauty

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours, 52 weeks

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

Commencing at £31,916 with progression to £35,912 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the Role

Keighley College is looking for a Teacher of Hairdressing and Barbering to join our Hair and Beauty team.

You’ll teach across Levels 1 to 3, bringing your industry experience into the classroom and college salon to help students develop the skills, confidence, and professional standards they need for a career in the hair industry.

What You Will Do

  • You’ll deliver practical and theory sessions in hairdressing and barbering, from foundational cutting, styling and client consultation to more advanced colouring, clipper work, fading and beard shaping.
  • In our college salon, you’ll coach students as they work with clients, helping them develop their technical skills alongside safe working practices, client care and professional conduct.
  • You’ll adapt your teaching to suit students’ starting points, give clear feedback and track attendance and progress so you can intervene early when students need support.
  • You’ll prepare students for assessment and help them take their next steps into further study, apprenticeships or employment.
  • Working with colleagues and local employers, you’ll keep the curriculum up to date with industry practice and help students gain experience through employer-led projects and work placements.

About You

  • You’ll bring hands-on experience in hairdressing and barbering and be able to turn that experience into clear demonstrations and practical lessons for students from Level 1 to Level 3.
  • You’ll be as comfortable helping a beginner master their first cut as you are giving an advanced student precise feedback on a fade or colour service.
  • You’ll have up-to-date knowledge of salon and barbershop practice, including cutting, colouring, styling, clipper work and beard grooming.
  • You’ll model high standards of hygiene, safe working and client care, and help students understand what employers expect in a professional salon or barbershop.
  • You’ll communicate clearly, build positive relationships and adapt your approach to students’ different starting points.
  • You’ll give specific feedback that helps students improve their technique, build confidence and work more independently.
  • You’ll take an active role in supporting attendance, progress and achievement.
  • You’ll work well with colleagues and employers and be committed to safeguarding, inclusion and helping students progress into further study, apprenticeships or employment.

What the college offers its staff

The group offers a range of excellent benefits, including:

Annual leave:

  • Curriculum and Management:44 days plus bank holidays
  • Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays

Pension schemes with generous employer contributions:

  • Teachers’ Pension Scheme
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • People’s Pension Scheme

CPD opportunities:

  • Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
  • Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.

Employee wellbeing initiatives:

  • Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).

Travel and commuting:

  • Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for a job with us if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

Applying for the job

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About Luminate Education Group

Organisation type
FE College, ages 14 to 99
Education phase
Sixth form or FE college
Size
No information available
Age range
14 to 99
Ofsted report
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Website
Luminate Education Group website
Email address
careers@luminate.ac.uk
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Luminate Education Group is a collective of education providers based in Yorkshire with one clear purpose: to make a positive difference to people's lives through genuinely transformative education and training.

We are a group of seven organisations, based in the Leeds City Region: Harrogate College, Keighley College, Leeds City College, Leeds Conservatoire, Leeds Sixth Form College, Pudsey Sixth Form College and University Centre Leeds. 

Together, we are inspiring a whole generation of people and new leaders who will go on to make their own impact on the region and beyond.

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