Academic Departments - Textiles

Textiles offers a broad scope of learning experience in both two and three dimensional studies. We explore designing and making skills using fabrics and components, embracing digital drawing, embroidery, printing, fabric construction through to garment construction.

New developments in Textiles are cross-curricular. Textiles Technology meets with science, sport and art to explore new ideas found in performance fabrics, fibre optics and electronics.

In Year 9 students are introduced to Textiles by designing and making a cushion cover from a design brief. They are also introduced to using a sewing machine.

For GCSE in Years 10 and 11, we offer a Textiles Technology syllabus, where students work from a design brief, research, develop, realise and evaluate their ideas into a final textile product.

Every year we visit the Clothes Show which provides a platform for researching new trends, experiencing a professional catwalk show as well as viewing what the colleges and universities have to offer. Whenever possible, students are encouraged to visit museums and galleries to further their studies e.g. the V&A and Chertsey museum.

A Level is offered as an Art and Design - Textile Design course which explores the creative and decorative use of fibres and fabrics through embroidery, printed fabrics and fashion.

Our Textile students have gained places at a range of colleges and universities including Nottingham Trent University and the Brit School.

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