Textiles is about creativity and expressing your ideas through the medium of fibre and fabrics. You can explore combinations of art, textiles, costume, dyeing, printing, digital textiles, fashion and interiors. You will learn traditional techniques and modern textile techniques from hand embroidery to digital printing. Textiles encourages you to be imaginative, drawing on your personal interests and working to your own strengths. This course will allow you to create high quality textiles products from your own original designs.
Entrance requirements include a GCSE predicted average of 6 or above and 7-9 in subjects planned for A-level.
There are two components: component 1 is the Personal Investigation comprising of a portfolio of selected work; component 2 is an externally set assignment responding to a design brief set by the examination board. Preparation for the externally set assignment will begin in the Lent Term of Year 13 followed by fifteen hours of supervised time.
About Education Provider
| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | East Sussex |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Day £28,710 - £29,265; Boarding £43,740 - £44,415 |
| Sixth Form Fee | Unknown |
| Address | Headmaster's House, Old Wish Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4JX |
Textiles is about creativity and expressing your ideas through the medium of fibre and fabrics. You can explore combinations of art, textiles, costume, dyeing, printing, digital textiles, fashion and interiors. You will learn traditional techniques and modern textile techniques from hand embroidery to digital printing. Textiles encourages you to be imaginative, drawing on your personal interests and working to your own strengths. This course will allow you to create high quality textiles products from your own original designs.
Entrance requirements include a GCSE predicted average of 6 or above and 7-9 in subjects planned for A-level.
There are two components: component 1 is the Personal Investigation comprising of a portfolio of selected work; component 2 is an externally set assignment responding to a design brief set by the examination board. Preparation for the externally set assignment will begin in the Lent Term of Year 13 followed by fifteen hours of supervised time.