Fashion & Textiles

Taught at Kenilworth School & Sixth Form

Exam Board: Eduqas 

Assessment Method:  

Component1 Personal Investigation (60%) 

You will complete an in-depth, personal textiles project based on a theme that inspires you. This includes a practical portfolio showing your creative journey — from initial research and experimentation with fabrics, surface design, stitch, and mixed media — through to a final textile outcome that showcases your ideas and technical skill. Alongside your practical work, you will  write a short study (at least 1,000 words) linking your work to artists, designers and textile practitioners who influence you. Both parts are assessed together. 

Component 2 Externally Set Assignment (40%) 

In the spring of Year 13, Eduqas releases a choice of themes for you to respond to in your own way. You will explore your chosen theme through preparatory work, experimenting with textile techniques and materials. This leads to a 15-hour practical exam, where you will create a final textile piece that brings your ideas to life. 

Your work is assessed on four key Assessment Objectives: 

1. Develop ideas through research and contextual understanding. 

2. Experiment with a range of textile media, materials, and processes. 

3. Record your observations, ideas, and insights. 

4. Present a personal, meaningful, and well-crafted textile outcome. 

All work is assessed by your teacher and externally moderated by Eduqas. 

Why Choose This Course? 

If you’re passionate about textiles, fashion or art, this course allows you to explore your creativity and develop your own unique style. You’ll learn through hands-on making, creative experimentation and personal investigation, building both your technical skills and your confidence as a designer. The course encourages curiosity, innovation and expressive thinking — perfect for students who enjoy exploring ideas through fabric, texture and colour. 

What Will I Learn? 

A Level Textiles gives you the opportunity to develop a wide range of creative, practical and analytical skills. You will experiment with different textile techniques and materials, study the work of artists and designers, and learn how to express your ideas through personal and meaningful outcomes. 

Through the course, you will: 

• Develop your imaginative, creative and technical abilities. 

• Build your research, analytical and problem-solving skills. 

• Gain confidence in experimenting with materials, processes and design ideas. 

• Learn to work independently, expressing your own intentions and style. 

• Understand how art, design and textiles connect to wider cultural and professional contexts. 

• Explore links to the creative industries, from fashion and interiors to costume and surface design. 

This course helps you grow not only as a maker, but as a thinker — developing your creativity, critical judgement and reflective skills along the way. 

Where Can It Take Me? 

A Level Textiles is highly valued by universities and employers for the independence, creativity and problem-solving it develops. It provides an excellent foundation for further study in Art, Textiles, Fashion Design, Costume Design, Interior Design, or other creative disciplines, as well as a broad skill set useful in many career paths. 

Even if you choose not to pursue art or design professionally, this course offers a rewarding and enriching creative experience that builds confidence, adaptability and innovation — qualities valued in any future direction. 

Entry Requirements:  

Grade 6 in Textiles/ Art