About us
A working salon, a training academy, and now a virtual campus
KINGS Queensferry is a hair and beauty salon and training academy in Flintshire, North Wales. Kings Academy has trained hairdressers and beauty therapists here for years, and our Educators have decades of industry experience between them. The Virtual Campus Certificates can be taken remotely or in person, right here at the academy.
Why we built the Virtual Campus
We already run Alternative School Provision for 11 to 16 year olds at the Queensferry academy, and Teen Scene workshops alongside it. The learners who come to us are often the ones for whom a classroom has stopped working.
The limit has always been geography. Families out of range of Queensferry could not reach us, and for some young people leaving the house to attend anywhere is the hardest part of the day.
The Virtual Campus takes the same course, the same Educators and the same kit, and puts them where the learner already is.
Kings Academy is recognised by
- NHF Federation
- Education Workforce Council
- Beauty Industry Approval
- Llywodraeth Cymru · Welsh Government
These recognitions apply to Kings Academy. The Virtual Campus courses are the ABT Accredited Certificate and the KINGS Level 1 Certificate in Hair & Beauty Skills.
Who teaches the course
Every Educator on the Virtual Campus works in the salon or the academy at Queensferry.
Sara
Owner & Founder · Educator & Assessor · Safeguarding Officer
Ceri
CEO · Educator & Assessor · Lead IQA · Designated Safeguarding Lead
Kay
Director of Education · Designated Safeguarding Officer
Roxy
Educator
Heather
Educator & Assessor · IQA · Desginated Safeguarding Officer
Jay
Educator & Assessor · Designated Safeguarding Officer
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Safeguarding
Keeping young people safe online
All Educators hold an enhanced DBS check. Live sessions are never one to one without a second adult present or the session being recorded, and all contact happens through school accounts inside Google Workspace, never through personal messaging.
If you have a concern about a young person, contact our Designated Safeguarding Lead directly. You do not need to go through anyone else first.
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Name to be confirmed
Role · Kings Academy
safeguarding@kingsvirtualcampus.co.uk
01244 000 000
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
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