A-Level Art (Textiles)

Before you submit your application

Before submitting your application to Wilberforce Sixth Form College, please make sure you have included the following information:

Personal details – including your home address, personal email address (not a school email), contact number and current school.

Next of Kin details - please add parent/guardian contact details including email address.

Predicted grades – please include a full list of all your predicted grades.

What happens after you apply?

Once you have submitted your application, we will contact you using the personal email address provided.

If you decide you would like to change your course choices, there is no need to submit a new application. You can discuss and change your choices at your interview.

You only need to attend one interview, even if you would like to change your course choices or are interested in studying multiple courses.

If you have any questions or need any help with your application, please contact liaison@wilberforce.ac.uk.

Studying this course will open a multitude of doors for you within any creative industry. Our students have gone on to a broad range of successful careers which include fashion design, interior design, fashion journalism, costume design for theatre/film and as practising textile artists working in the industry.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

• Fashion design and illustration

You must have a minimum of five GCSEs at grades 9-4, including English Language and Maths.

EXPERIENCES

This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore Fashion & Textiles in many different forms. Past trips have included the New Designers Show in London, the V&A Museum and travelling exhibitions at regional museums. Our students are also given the chance exhibit their work both inside and outside college, with some even winning or being nominated for national awards.