Textiles and Fashion - A Level (Eduqas)

This practical design course in Fashion and Textiles takes a broad experimental approach to a range of textiles practices including dye, print, digital, stitch and embellishment. Through a series of creative projects you will learn how to develop ideas by engaging with drawing and research, how to create textiles samples and realise your ideas into final outcomes. Learning about artists, designers and textiles from diverse cultures will underpin your independent projects and trips to exhibitions will inspire your ideas.

Topics covered can include:

• Research and Development of Ideas
• Drawing and Collage
• Contextual Research and Understanding
• Design Development
• Creative Making & Textiles Techniques 
• Experimental Garment Construction
• Project Recording and Presentation

You will need:

• Three GCSEs at grade 5 or above, including English Language, plus two further GCSEs at grade 4 including Maths
• Grade 4 or above in GCSE Art and Design, or a related subject*
• A reference from your previous school/college

*If you did not study GCSE Art and Design, or a related subject, we will assess your suitability based on a portfolio of work. For help and advice on building your portfolio of work, please click here.

All applicants must have an interview to confirm that A Levels are suitable for them.

Please be aware that as this subject includes a portfolio, as well as a public exam set by the exam board, you will only be permitted to have a choice of one other subject which includes coursework. Your third subject choice must be an exam-only assessed subject. For example, you would not be permitted to take Photography, History and Media, as these all include coursework.

Final assessment is made up of 60% coursework and a 40% externally set assignment.

School Leavers

If you will be aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31 August in the year you begin your course, and have been resident in the UK/EU/EEA for the past 3 years, it will be free. Some courses will have other costs associated, such as for materials and trips. Many of our students are eligible for financial support when studying at college – please click here for more information.

A Levels are widely regarded as the standard entry qualification for top universities in the UK, and the rest of the world. Many of our students go onto study for a degree at the university of their choice, with some choosing to progress into apprenticeships or other employment.