The STAR Programme is designed as an introduction to hairdressing; it offers an opportunity to the student to achieve unit standards in the hairdressing domain as well as a taste of a realistic career pathway.

The programme will deliver topics that are interesting, fun, and relevant. The topics to be delivered will have a high practical component attached to them, through learning connections, model building, creative experiences and hands on hair work. 

Relationship to other courses

The STAR Programme is designed to precede the Gateway Programme. A student that successfully completes the STAR Programme will staircase exceptionally well into the provider/work based Gateway Programme, onto our government funded Smart Start Youth Training Programme or onto our Foundation Certificate in Hairdressing.

Servilles Academy will be running 6 STAR Programmes in 2011.