Time to excel and earn the recognition you deserve
Somebody's face is in your hands. Be worth that.
They sold you a certificate. Nobody gave you a standard.
This industry was stripped back to the shortest course that could still be sold. The practitioners paid for that, and so did every client who lay down trusting a qualification nobody had ever checked.
Elite 500 is five hundred of us raising it back. Not waiting for a licensing scheme to tell us where the bar sits, setting it, holding it, and being known for it.
Ofqual-regulated qualifications from Level 3 to Level 7. Safe, informed, expert-led practice and the paperwork that proves it. A career that keeps going, a future you are building rather than hoping for, and the recognition that comes from being genuinely good at this.
You start where your qualifications already put you, and you secure a place from £570.
FROM £570 TO SECURE YOUR PLACE
SEE EVERY ROUTE AND PRICE
£570
Secures your place. Full pathways from £5,699
500
Places on the programme, capped for a reason
1
Bundle at a time. You commit to nothing else
30
Years of clinic floor behind the curriculum
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THE THING NOBODY TELLS YOU
THE PEOPLE BEING LICENSED FIRST ARE THE ONES NOBODY HAS TOLD.
You cannot be worth somebody's trust on a certificate that was sold to you in a weekend. So here is what does not get explained before you pay, about your qualification and about the treatments already on your price list.
STEP ONE
FIND YOUR ROUTE
You have already done the work. Most programmes make you pay for it twice, because selling one fixed block is easier for them.
Yours starts where you already are. Tell us what you do and what you hold, and the route is built from there. You never pay again for something already on your wall.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO
LASER AND LIGHT
Laser and IPL, hair reduction, skin rejuvenation, tattoo removal
AESTHETICS
Skin to level 5 then to level 7 injectables
WHERE ARE YOU STARTING FROM
BEGINNERS
New or working without qualifications
LASER AND LIGHT — BEGINNERS
You start at the beginning and build the whole route
TO SECURE YOUR PLACE
- CIBTAC Level 3 Certificate in the Principles of Cosmetic Practice
- CPD Core of Knowledge for Laser and Light
£770
Place fee
- CIBTAC Level 4 Certificate in Laser and IPL for Hair Growth Reduction
Then £686 to begin bundle one
6 × £229 a month, interest free
Qualifications 5
£7,699 in total, including VAT
- CIBTAC Level 4 Certificate in Laser and IPL for Skin Rejuvenation
- CIBTAC Level 5 Certificate in Laser Tattoo Removal
Prior learning is assessed before you enrol. If you already hold more than this route assumes, your starting point moves up and the total comes down.
SKIN
Peels and micro-needling to level 5
SKIN ADVANCE
Skin to level 5 by the injector route
AESTHETIC CONVERSION
Already injecting, CPD converted to qualification
ADVANCE
Already qualified, skipping what you hold
EXPERT
Advanced, plus both teaching awards
EVERY ROUTE, PRICED IN THE OPEN
NO CONSULTATION CALL BEFORE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SEE A NUMBER.
Thirteen routes across five pathways. You secure a place, then pay for one bundle of qualifications at a time — interest free, and never for the next bundle until you start it. The price is the same whether you pay monthly or in one go, because we do not add a finance charge and then take it off again.
Pathway | Starting From | Place fee | A Month | Months across the whole route | Total inc VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laser and Light | Beginners | £770 | £229–£299 | 18 | £7,699 |
Laser and Light | Advance | £570 | £247–£323 | 12 | £5,699 |
Laser and Light | Expert | £740 | £196–£308 | 18 | £7,399 |
Skin | Beginners | £1,100 | £208–£377 | 24 | £10,999 |
Skin | Advance | £720 | £107–£232 | 24 | £7,199 |
Skin | Expert | £900 | £105–£229 | 32 | £8,999 |
Skin Advanced | Beginners | £1,160 | £239–£385 | 24 | £11,599 |
Skin Advanced | Advance | £780 | £111–£240 | 24 | £7,799 |
Skin Advanced | Expert | £970 | £109–£238 | 32 | £9,699 |
Aesthetics | Beginners | £1,970 | £198–£440 | 36 | £19,699 |
Aesthetics | Advance | £1,500 | £203–£452 | 28 | £14,999 |
Aesthetics | Expert | £1,750 | £193–£429 | 36 | £17,499 |
Aesthetics conversion | Advance | £900 | £156–£241 | 28 | £8,999 |
The place fee holds you a place at the table, one of the Elite 500. After that you pay for one bundle at a time: thirty per cent when a bundle starts, the balance over six or eight months, interest free. The monthly column is the range across that pathway's bundles, because each is priced separately rather than averaged. No interest, no arrangement fee, no charge if a payment fails. Prices cover registration, assessment and certification.
The months column is the total across every bundle on that route, not one agreement. You are only ever committed to the bundle you have started.
WHAT A PLACE INCLUDES
ELITE 500 IS THE PROGRAMME. THE PATHWAY IS HOW YOU WALK IT.
Five hundred places, capped. Not a marketing device a cohort of six on every practical date is a promise you can only keep if you know how many people you have said yes to.
Ofqual-regulated qualifications
CIBTAC and VTCT, Level 3 through Level 7. The certificate says the same thing whoever reads it.
Six on every practical date
Live models, real hands, a tutor with thirty years on the clinic floor. Not a room of thirty watching a screen.
“Small classes that give a real personal touch” — Zoe, Google review
The membership portal
Theory, case study templates, assessment tracking and your full record in one place, for the life of your route.
The paperwork that protects them
Consent, aftercare, complication pathways, the governance an inspector asks for. Written out, not described. It protects you, and it exists because it protects the person on your couch first.
One bundle at a time
You never sign today for a qualification you have not started. Stop after any bundle and you owe nothing for the ones you have not begun.
A seat at the table
Members are consulted on where the standard goes next. It gets set by the people holding it.
BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF
This IS NOT for everyone...
Not if you want it fast
Regulated qualifications carry case studies, invigilated theory and assessed practical. No route skips the hours.
Not if price is the only question
You can find a Level 7 for under two thousand pounds. Different awarding body, different standard. We are not competing for that buyer.
Not if you are done learning
The framework moves. What you hold today will need topping up. This assumes you intend to keep going.
Not if you want it your way
Dates are published and fixed. That is what protects the group size. One-to-one delivery exists and is priced separately.
THE NEXT COHORT
BOOK THE CALL. BRING YOUR CERTIFICATES.
Fifteen minutes. We work out what you already hold, which route is actually yours, and exactly what it costs, before you commit to anything.
If it is not right for you, I will tell you so on the call.
Somebody is going to hand you their skin next week either way. This is about what you know when they do.
Scotland passed the Non-surgical Procedures Act in March 2026. It covers botulinum toxin and dermal fillers, bans procedures on under-eighteens, and carries a maximum fine of twenty thousand pounds. It cannot commence before 6 September 2027. England has not set a date. The direction is not in doubt, only the timing.
YOU. Academy is a trading name of Art Educate Ltd, a regulated training provider delivering CIBTAC and VTCT qualifications. Prices include VAT and are correct at the date of publication. Payment plans are interest free and subject to the terms of the learner agreement.