south east wales benchmarking hair & beauty therapy good practice & critical success factors...
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South East WalesBenchmarking
Hair & Beauty Therapy Good Practice & Critical Success Factors
Sara Tutton, Coleg Morgannwg
SuccessesCourse Successful Completion No of StudentsNVQ L1 Beauty Therapy 83% 12NVQ L2 Beauty Therapy 82% 27NVQ L3 Beauty Therapy 94% 32Holistic Therapy 87% 15Hairdressing L2 94% 17Certificate Reflexology L3 91% 11Diploma Holistic Therapy 88% 9NVQ L2 Beauty Therapy 94% 18NVQ L3 Hairdressing 88% 9NVQ L2 Hairdressing 83% 23NVQ L2 Hairdressing 93% 45NVQ Beauty Therapy 88% 17Diploma in Beauty Spec. Tech. 88% 16Diploma in Holistic Therapies L3 95% 20BTEC Nat Dip Beauty Therapy L3 90% 11Diploma in Reflexology 94% 17VTCT Reflexology L3 88% 16
Critical success factors
• tightly structured delivery and assessment• blended learning that meets learning styles• regular review and recognition of progress• strong links between practical and theory work
supported by skills workshops• mix of full and part-time courses delivered to meet
vocational needs• support and pastoral care from a cohesive and
appropriate staff team• staff are proactive, innovative and are good role
models for the students
Critical success factors cont’d
• staff have established CPD into their work effectively• high quality work experience linked to assessment• bravo value added process beginning to be used and
on-line tutorials• early signs of male involvement in barbering and
holistic therapies• the benefits of achieving early and sustained contact
with parents• employability of students and acquisition of
enterprise, customer services and soft transferable skills
Issues• maintaining a professional staff team who are
experienced practitioners without comparable pay scales
• working to recruit students with integrity despite perceptions
• needing to maintain high professional standards whether delivered in college or schools
• resource base needs to reflect delivery needs• allocating time and resources for CPD • opportunities for developing and sharing ILT resources
across the colleges in SE Wales• maintaining a forum to share good practice and
address shared issues
Raising standards
• consistently strong programme area but the need to sustain this through continued investment and development
• address the minority of poor teaching and learning • meet the continuing need to be flexible and
responsive to the workplace needs• continue to develop blended learning and ILT
materials• engage more effectively with employers, Sector Skills
Councils and the awarding bodies • maintain the status of the programme area within FE
and training