We believe every educator — whether you're in a large college or running a small training academy — deserves access to high-quality support, resources, and development.
HBQA CIC was created by educators, for educators. We know what it’s like to juggle delivery, assessment, compliance and CPD without a big team behind you. So we became your team.
What's it all about?
When you join HBQA, you’re not just accessing resources. You’re investing in the bigger picture — helping us support under-resourced educators, build sector confidence, and raise standards in hair, beauty and aesthetics training across the UK.
For those who are not yet ready, or able to commit to the community, we have an entry point for you still - because collaboration is important, and doesn't cost anything!
Ideal for active educators, assessors & small academy staff who want tools & templates to deliver & assure with confidence -
Everything in our free community, plus:
Access to the HBQA Educators Vault (lesson plans, QA templates, etc)
Access to meetings & CPD, including recordings
CPD log templates & reflective practice guides
First dibs on new tools, downloads, & updates
Ideal for growing academies who want to lead with confidence — and raise the bar across their whole provision.
Everything in our Educator Membership, plus a few key extras:
Access for 2 named educators to attend meetings, access the Vault, and get involved in CPD
Access to the HBQA Academy Vault – including organisational templates, example policies, tracking documents and more
Discounts on desktop audits & IQA activity to support your internal quality
Your academy featured on our HBQA Map – boosting visibility and credibility *coming soon
Important Note!
HBQA memberships provide professional support and resources only.
Membership does not constitute accreditation, approval, inspection, or quality assurance and does not replace awarding organisation requirements.
There are opportunities to gain HBQA endorsement of quality systems, via our inspection and service agreements, however, membership levels do not include this, and therefore, presenting your HBQA membership status to your awarding organisation, and to your learners is confirmation that you support ongoing improvement, and not confirmation of compliance.
Academy membership does not include IQA, TLA, observation, sampling, verification, or awarding body liaison. These services are available only under separate contract, however, discount is applied as per the latest service and fee guide. Where these services have not been contracted, academies are not authorised to use the 'HBQA Quality Endorsed' status.
HBQA reserves the right to withdraw membership where misleading claims are made.