This creative and thought-provoking qualification gives students the practical skills and a greater understanding of developing textiles processes to be able to create pieces that reflect their own individual ideas and thought processes. Through their investigations, students will build on their research, design, development and making skills through a variety of different media to develop highly skilled outcomes. Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of textile design, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas: fashion design, fashion textiles, costume design, digital textiles, printed and/or dyed fabric and materials, domestic textiles and wallpaper, interior design, constructed textiles, art textiles, installed textiles. Students will need to build on these areas of study, through developed investigations: construction methods, ergonomics and anthropometrics, decorative and embellishing techniques, fabric making, dyeing and manipulation, also developing skills in designing for an audience, historical and a thorough investigation of artists/designers to be able to develop their own ideas.
• Students are expected to achieve a minimum of five GCSE 9-4 grades including English or Mathematics to study in the Sixth Form. • GCSE Design/Technology: Textiles or Art and Design: Creative Textiles.
Personal investigation – an investigation of the student’s choice under the guidance of a tutor. Internally assessed • No time limit • 96 marks • 60% of A level Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June. Externally assessed assignment – design briefs received in February of the final year. • Preparatory period + 15 hours supervised time • 96 marks • 40% of A level Non-exam assessment (NEA) set by AQA, marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | West Sussex |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | North Street, Midhurst, GU29 9DT |
This creative and thought-provoking qualification gives students the practical skills and a greater understanding of developing textiles processes to be able to create pieces that reflect their own individual ideas and thought processes. Through their investigations, students will build on their research, design, development and making skills through a variety of different media to develop highly skilled outcomes. Students are required to work in one or more area(s) of textile design, such as those listed below. They may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas: fashion design, fashion textiles, costume design, digital textiles, printed and/or dyed fabric and materials, domestic textiles and wallpaper, interior design, constructed textiles, art textiles, installed textiles. Students will need to build on these areas of study, through developed investigations: construction methods, ergonomics and anthropometrics, decorative and embellishing techniques, fabric making, dyeing and manipulation, also developing skills in designing for an audience, historical and a thorough investigation of artists/designers to be able to develop their own ideas.
• Students are expected to achieve a minimum of five GCSE 9-4 grades including English or Mathematics to study in the Sixth Form. • GCSE Design/Technology: Textiles or Art and Design: Creative Textiles.
Personal investigation – an investigation of the student’s choice under the guidance of a tutor. Internally assessed • No time limit • 96 marks • 60% of A level Non-exam assessment (NEA) set and marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June. Externally assessed assignment – design briefs received in February of the final year. • Preparatory period + 15 hours supervised time • 96 marks • 40% of A level Non-exam assessment (NEA) set by AQA, marked by the centre and moderated by AQA during a visit to the centre. Visits will normally take place in June