Aim

In textiles design at GCSE, you are encouraged to work on a range of materials and fabrics (including digital processes) over the duration of a two-year course, creating textiles - based outcomes. The two-year course is three lessons per week.

Topics covered

We explore and research the work of a variety of artists and craftspeople and this will inspire your own ideas. The main areas we focus on are:

• Drawing
• Designing
• Sketching
• Annotating
• Manipulating fabrics by machine or hand

We produce textile creations in a range of ways suited to the textiles/art course. 

Assessment

The exam board (AQA) asks for a portfolio of work that represents the best aspects of what you have produced over the course. This coursework portfolio accounts for 60% of the overall award. The examination unit starts in the second half of the course – you have to respond to one of a series of questions set by the exam board. Preparation work is coursework based; a final piece of work is produced in exam conditions over 10 hours. This ‘examination’ unit accounts for 40% of the overall award.

• Coursework: 60% of the final grade
• Examination: 40% of the final grade