You will be well suited to this course if you are: — creative and interested in fashion and textiles — keen to learn to develop your practical skills with pattern-cutting and garment construction — keen to learn about printing and decorating fabrics. YEAR 1 The first part of the course is designed to broaden your skills and knowledge of textiles techniques through workshops and practical activities. You will produce practical work in the form of embroidery and stitching, adding surface pattern and decoration to fabric and fabric manipulation. You will also be improving your recording and presenting skills through using a sketchbook and developing your fashion drawing skills. You will look at the work of other fashion and textile designers and you will share your ideas with fellow students. You will receive feedback on this work but it will not form part of the formal assessment. This learning will prepare you for the personal investigation element of the course that you will start in the summer term. During the first year you will be required to show your ability to work independently. You will choose a fashion/textile designer that links directly with your personal investigation and demonstrate your ability to research and develop your findings into an artist research board, which you will produce in a formal exam environment.
- This is a demanding and time-consuming course and you need to be prepared to do at least six hours of unsupervised work per week in addition to allocated lessons. If the subject has been studied at GCSE, at least a grade 6 is required and 7–9 grades at GCSE would be beneficial. – Five GCSEs at grade 5 or above, including English Language and Maths – Subjects taken at A level require at least a grade 6.
Your teacher marks your work using four assessment objectives; the marks are checked by an Examination Board Moderator who comes to the school to look at an exhibition of the work and check that marking is in line with national standards. Personal Investigation – 60% of the total A level Summer Term – Year 1 Externally Set Task – 40% of the total A level Pre-released material 1st January – Year 2
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB |
You will be well suited to this course if you are: — creative and interested in fashion and textiles — keen to learn to develop your practical skills with pattern-cutting and garment construction — keen to learn about printing and decorating fabrics. YEAR 1 The first part of the course is designed to broaden your skills and knowledge of textiles techniques through workshops and practical activities. You will produce practical work in the form of embroidery and stitching, adding surface pattern and decoration to fabric and fabric manipulation. You will also be improving your recording and presenting skills through using a sketchbook and developing your fashion drawing skills. You will look at the work of other fashion and textile designers and you will share your ideas with fellow students. You will receive feedback on this work but it will not form part of the formal assessment. This learning will prepare you for the personal investigation element of the course that you will start in the summer term. During the first year you will be required to show your ability to work independently. You will choose a fashion/textile designer that links directly with your personal investigation and demonstrate your ability to research and develop your findings into an artist research board, which you will produce in a formal exam environment.
- This is a demanding and time-consuming course and you need to be prepared to do at least six hours of unsupervised work per week in addition to allocated lessons. If the subject has been studied at GCSE, at least a grade 6 is required and 7–9 grades at GCSE would be beneficial. – Five GCSEs at grade 5 or above, including English Language and Maths – Subjects taken at A level require at least a grade 6.
Your teacher marks your work using four assessment objectives; the marks are checked by an Examination Board Moderator who comes to the school to look at an exhibition of the work and check that marking is in line with national standards. Personal Investigation – 60% of the total A level Summer Term – Year 1 Externally Set Task – 40% of the total A level Pre-released material 1st January – Year 2