London School of Barbering - Manchester Reviews Summary

Teaching and Educators

Pros:

• "Ash and Liam were both absolutely fantastic. They were attentive, knowledgable, kind, and understanding."
• "Ash and Liam both taught everyone individually to their personal learning styles, which is ideal if you have learning difficulties such as dyslexia."
• "Ash and Liam are incredible teachers, they took the time to really make sure I understood the lesson plan."
• "LSB has made me learn so much about barbering that I have landed a job in an amazing barbershop."
• "They understand different students needs and help them depending on their learning styles, unlike traditional school and university education."
• "Liam was my primary educator and Ash swooped in like the GOAT he is."
• "One month after graduating my lvl 3 at LSB Manchester... Ash and Liam are both fantastic mentors."
• "They know when to teach, and when to leave you to it."

Cons:

• "They are not treating all their students the same. skin colour matters."
• "If you are boy then there is chance you will get less time than others."
• "I been trained with this school and absolutely rip off do not pay and then you wouldn't be able to get a job even."
• "I pay this company a bound of money and i call to talk to manger and sophia decided to not talk to me."
• "This is what’s supposed to be an on the job training. In the first place the student seemed a bit confused and had no idea about how to start."
• "Unfortunately, my experience this time wasn’t good, the student’s hands smelled of cigarettes."
• "I had my hair cut by Alistair and Emily, both of which were absolutely awesome. Even though it was their first week working with people's hair."
• "Be aware of who is cutting your hair, and be very clear on what kind of haircut do you want."

Job Prospects and Career

Pros:

• "I have found a job in a fantastic barber shop and I’m thriving."
• "Ash and Liam are incredible teachers, they took the time to really make sure I understood the lesson plan and gave complete honesty on how i can improve when i needed it, it's been a month now of working in a barbershop."
• "LSB has made me learn so much about barbering that I have landed a job in an amazing barbershop."
• "I work for a barber formally taught by Ash, who now owns a successful barbershop."
• "The LSB Instagram is a great platform to meet recruiters, I spent a weekend in Oxford putting my skills to use in a barbershop."
• "Straight into a job after graduating and couldn't have felt more prepared."
• "Competed the 1 week clipper course in Manchester with educator Ash. Can't recommend highly enough. Back in the salon on saturday and did my first academy worthy fade for one of my customers."
• "The amount I've learnt in such a short amount of time has been phenomenal."

Cons:

• "I have paid 4k for something which you are not able to get a job."
• "100% job guarantee it’s a big lie from this school."
• "Those people made me loss all money I had and now I’m jobless."
• "Don’t trust this company, go learn in barber shop floor you got more chance to get a job."
• "Waste of my 4k for pic of paper and wouldn't get a job."
• "I pay this company a bound of money and i call to talk to manger and sophia decided to not talk to me, before i enroll they send me emails and messages calls me, 4k for paper which you not able to used."
• "I did the course in 2017. Thinking about it back it's not wat you espect to get and it's also not possible in only 9 weeks."
• "Be aware of who is cutting your hair, and be very clear on what kind of haircut do you want."

Customer Experience

Pros:

• "My hair is very hard to cut and this is one of the few places I have my haircut done properly."
• "The staffs were very nice and welcoming. So far I have had multiple haircuts here done by the students."
• "Great hair cut everytime with this gents hairdressers."
• "This has been my 'go to' place for more than 5 years. They might be trainees but the haircuts every time are extremely precise."
• "I have been continuously going to LSB for about 9 months that's only because their service is always the best."
• "Third visit to the school, first two cuts were by an educator, so top cuts."
• "Just amazing …the ambience is very friendly and the supervisors are incredible."
• "These guys are great. Really punctual. You can get cuts from students supervised by excellent instructors or you can go with the instructors themselves."

Cons:

• "You need to make sure that you clearly mention the service that you will be providing."
• "Sadly won’t be returning. I purposely asked for my natural parting to be left but it was cut short."
• "Unfortunately My experience this time wasn’t good, the student’s hands smelled of cigarettes."
• "I've visited this location multiple times and have received a good service from the barbers. However, i arrived recently and was turned away due to a barber being ill."
• "Took a punt on a £3 haircut and shave & am very pleased with the results. There is a classroom kinda assessment vibe to it but a positive & funny place to be."
• "Had a brilliant haircut from Kenny today. He was really friendly and took great care of styling my hair how I wanted it."
• "I have gone four times and I have always been attended by 4 people totally different and they have always done their work perfectly."
• "I've been going here for the last 2 years and always happy with the cut."