FOR THE TRADE · DAROS SCHOOL OF STUCCO, BRIDGEND

Learn the finish. Then learn what to charge.

Five to a bench at the school in Bridgend, taught by Daros himself. Marmorino, marble and metallic finishes on full boards — then the module most schools skip: pricing the job.
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TAUGHT BY DAROS · 5 SEATS MAX · 50 CERTIFIED

NEXT DATES2026
  • 10 AUG – 13 AUG 20264-DAY GROUP COURSE · £1100 PP
  • 27 AUG – 28 AUG 20262-DAY GROUP COURSE · £650 PP
  • 7 SEPT – 10 SEPT 20264-DAY GROUP COURSE · £1100 PP

MAX 5 SEATS PER GROUP COURSE

£200 DEPOSIT SECURES · NON-REFUNDABLE
THE DAROS FAMILY · TRAINED & CERTIFIED ·D

YOU LEAVE WITH

CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY DAROS7 SAMPLE BOARDS15% OFF SAN DECOTHE PRICING MODULE
§ 01 · THE WAY INAN INVITATION, NOT A PROMISE — THE WORK DECIDES

Train. Certify. Wear the badge.

01 TRAIN — FIVE TO A BENCH, FULL BOARDS02 CERTIFY — SIGNED WHEN THE WORK IS RIGHT03 WEAR THE BADGE — INVITED INTO THE FAMILY

STEP ONE · TRAIN

He doesn't franchise the teaching.

Plenty of schools would license this out — a facilitator up front, a film of the founder on a loop. Daros doesn’t. Every course at the school in Bridgend is taught by the man himself: five to a bench, under his eye, your trowel corrected the moment it drifts.

You work Marmorino, marble and metallic finishes on full boards — substrate, base coats, top coats, burnish, wax. Then the module most schools skip: pricing. Materials, coats, days on site, margin. Both halves of the trade.

You already know how to work a wall. This is the part that lets you quote the rooms you currently pass on.

Five seats. No spectators.

Darren addresses a group of students in whites in the school workshop, racks of tins behind him, one student filming on a phone.
THE SCHOOL — LIVE DEMONSTRATION · BRIDGEND

COURSES · 2026

Pick your way in.

DEPOSITSREAD FIRST

A £200 deposit secures your place. Deposits are non-refundable.

01GROUP

2-Day Group Course

2 DAYS · MAX 5 STUDENTS

£650per person

  • 27 AUG – 28 AUG 2026
  • 24 SEPT – 25 SEPT 2026
  • 29 OCT – 30 OCT 2026
  • 26 NOV – 27 NOV 2026
£200 DEPOSIT TO SECURE · NON-REFUNDABLE
02GROUP

4-Day Group Course

4 DAYS · MAX 5 STUDENTS

£1,100per person

Price includes VAT.

  • 10 AUG – 13 AUG 2026
  • 7 SEPT – 10 SEPT 2026
  • 5 OCT – 8 OCT 2026
  • 9 NOV – 12 NOV 2026
£200 DEPOSIT TO SECURE · NON-REFUNDABLE
031-TO-1

1-to-1 Intensive, 2 Days

2 DAYS

£1,100per course

Flexible dates — weekends available. Price includes VAT.

FLEXIBLE — ARRANGED AROUND YOU

£200 DEPOSIT TO SECURE · NON-REFUNDABLE
041-TO-1

1-to-1 Intensive, 3 Days

3 DAYS

£1,500per course

Friday to Sunday available.

FRI–SUN AVAILABLE

£200 DEPOSIT TO SECURE · NON-REFUNDABLE
05PRIVATE GROUP

Closed Private Group, 3 Days

3 DAYS · MAX 3 STUDENTS

£850per person

2–3 students. Price includes VAT. Contact us to arrange.

ARRANGED PRIVATELY

£200 DEPOSIT TO SECURE · NON-REFUNDABLE
INCLUDEDEVERY COURSE
  • Full boards to work on
  • Marmorino, marble and metallic finishes
  • The pricing module — materials, coats, days, margin
  • 7 sample boards to take away
  • The certificate, signed by Daros
  • 15% off San Deco materials
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THE BENCH

Inside the school.

Benches, boards, tins and a blackboard wall in Bridgend. Five to a bench, hands on, with a trowel in your hand rather than a slideshow in front of you.

Framed sample board of cream marble-effect plaster with fine dark crackle veining, photographed in the workshop.
An instructor draws a long blade across a cream marble-effect panel on the bench while a student in blue watches from the foreground.
Distressed bronze-and-gold sample board with an embossed mandala stencil motif, catching low light against a dark workshop wall.
A smiling trainee in plaster-flecked dungarees holds up her finished teal sample board while classmates behind present theirs.
THE SCHOOL — FINISHED BOARDS
A long row of fresh sample boards lines the blackboard wall of the workshop under magenta light, Darren standing mid-frame by the workbench.
A row of decorative plaster sample boards in marble, metallic, stencil and pearl finishes leans against a sweeping teal, navy and gold marble-effect academy feature wall.
A chrome trowel rests on a bench of textured sample boards in the showroom, magenta LED light washing the Daros sign and display wall behind.
Wide view of the blue, teal and gold marble-effect showroom wall with a neat row of framed finish samples lined along its base.
Daros Marmorino Venetian Plaster Training certificate of completion in black and gold, shot flat and legible against a textured snakeskin-effect backdrop.
Dramatic blue and gold marble-effect feature wall in the DAROS showroom with a row of framed finish sample boards leaning along its base, purple light flares crossing the surface.
Bench-level view of a cream marble-effect training panel, the instructor cleaning a long blade above it and teal sample boards beyond.
Darren and two trainees sit around a steel-topped table in the showroom, a galaxy-print ceiling edged in violet neon overhead and the Daros wall lockup behind.
Chrome trowel resting on a plastered bench in the foreground, rows of sample boards and the branded sign under magenta LED behind.

SCHOOL OF STUCCO · BRIDGEND · REAL COURSES, REAL BOARDS

STEP TWO · CERTIFY

Every certificate crosses his desk.

Darren seated at the dark desk, head down and pen in hand over a purple-toned document, gold Daros signage and a framed portrait behind him.
DAROS — FOUNDER · SIGNING
CERTIFIED · THE DAROS FAMILY ·

No slideshow. No attendance prize.

The course ends at the bench. When the board is right, the certificate is signed — by Daros, not a printer. His name against yours, and the same mark carried at 50 locations across the UK.

WHO IT'S FORTHE BENCH DECIDES

Plasterers and decorators adding polished finishes to the list. Tradespeople broadening what they can quote for. Beginners who want it taught properly from the first coat. Put the days in at the bench and you are welcome.

DAROS SCHOOL OF STUCCO · BRIDGEND
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MATERIALS

The San Deco advantage.

PROUD SUPPLIER

LIME & MINERAL COATINGS · EST. 1965 · SCARCE IN BRITAIN

STUDENT TERMS

15% OFF SAN DECO — EVERY STUDENT

7 SAMPLE BOARDS INCLUDED

You train on the same lime and mineral coatings the family installs, and you leave with the supplier relationship. Every student takes 15% off San Deco materials, plus 7 sample boards to put in front of your first clients.

CLAIMED AT THE BENCH — NO CODES, NO FORMS
San Deco's own packshot of the Decostucco tub — black pail, cream marble label band, name plate reading DECOSTUCCO.
SAN DECO DECOSTUCCO
San Deco's own packshot of the Marmorosso Marmorino tub, marble-effect label band.
SAN DECO MARMOROSSO MARMORINO
San Deco's own packshot of the water-based protective wax tin, cream label bands.
SAN DECO WAX

The same tins the family carries onto site. Everything in the Supply Room is priced on enquiry.

Open the Supply Room

FROM STUDENTS

In their words.

01

“Daros teaches it straight — real process, real results. I booked two premium jobs right after training.”

MARK — DECORATOR
02

“The Sandeco materials were amazing to work with — the results were stunning.”

SARAH — DESIGNER
03

“The private group after the course helped me quote and win my first client within a week.”

CHRIS — INSTALLER

AS PUBLISHED AT DAROSSCHOOLOFSTUCCO.COM

STEP THREE · WEAR THE BADGE

The badge is earned.

THE DAROS FAMILY · TRAINED & CERTIFIED ·D

Graduates who keep the standard can be invited into The Daros Family — certified craftsmen carrying the same mark at 50 locations across the UK. It is an invitation, not a promise. The work decides.

ONE SCHOOL ONE STANDARD 50 LOCATIONS

Meet the family
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