Dog Grooming Assistants C&G – Certificate – Level 2

Course Status

Course intakes are now closed for the current 25/26 academic year.
Course dates and fees for the 26/27 academic year will be released when our new part-time prospectus is published in the summer term.
Please email parttimecourses@sparsholt.ac.uk to register your interest for new course intake information. We will be in touch once these are available.

What will I learn?

This course, taught as a mixture of theory and practical sessions, provides the basic skills needed in a dog grooming salon for newcomers to the dog grooming industry. Students will learn skills to assist stylists confidently.

Courses take place one day per week (day dependant on intake start date), term time only.

Where will it lead me?

Leading to the C&G LBS (formerly NPTC) Level 2 Certificate for Dog Grooming Assistants.

Following successful completion of the City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate for Dog Grooming Assistants, students may apply for the Level 3 Diploma in Dog Grooming course. Your attendance and successful completion on the L2 course, will be taken into consideration when continuing onto our Diploma L3 Dog Grooming course.

Entry Requirements

Subject to interview.

All applicants will be required to attend an interview, and once an offer of a place has been made to you, a 10% deposit will be payable via our college on line store to confirm your place on the course.
For our fee remitted students, this deposit will be refunded once you have successfully completed a term of study with us.

Fee Details 2

Due to funding restrictions, anyone who doesn’t live in England, isn’t a UK resident^ or who lives in the local authority areas^ of:

Cambridge and Peterborough (CPCA)
Greater London (London)
Greater Manchester (GMCA)
Liverpool City Region (LCRCA)
North of Tyne (NTCA)
North East (NEMCA)
South Yorkshire (SYMCA)
Tees Valley (TVCA)
West of England (WECA)
West Midlands (WMCA)
West Yorkshire (WYCA)

Note: for all courses with a start date on or after 1/8/25, the following local authority areas have been added to the list above.

Cornwall (new for 25/26) (Cornwall)
East Midlands (new for 25/26) (EMCCA)
York and North Yorkshire (new for 25/26) (YNCA)

Will be unable to apply for fee remission and may be subject to higher course fees than those published.
^go to this page on our website to check if your postcode is in a Devolved Funding Area or to check eligibility if you are a non-UK resident https://www.andover.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/ or https://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/the-college/fees-and-funding/

If you don’t live in England or are not a UK resident or live in any of the above local authority areas and wish to enrol on the course, please contact us for information on tuition fees.

Fee Code

C

Fee Remission

Free if aged 19+ and unemployed or have a gross salary income (excl benefits) below £25,750*

*19+ on 31/8 in academic year course starts. Includes those who are employed or self-employed.

Please contact the College for further information on gross salary income (excl benefits) below £25,750 funding eligibility.

For further information on fee remission details linked to the above Fee Code – refer to our PT Application form on our website.

All fee remission is subject to availability of Government funding at the start date of a course and eligibility criteria.

Please Note

All fees are correct at the current time and may be subject to change.

Any fee remission information quoted is correct at the current time but is dependent on government legislation and is subject to change.

Due to funding restrictions this course is not available to:

· Existing full time Sparsholt College/Andover College students aged 16, 17 or 18 (or 19-24 with an EHCP) on the 31/8 in the year they started/start their course

· Learners aged 19-24 with an EHCP

· Anyone undertaking an Apprenticeship