Kent school of fashion

Fashion Bootcamp today with our 16-19yr olds , Week 3 of 4, how the time has flown by already!

This Oct, we would be launching a new FREE Saturday Club for 13-16 yr olds, who love to invent, code, explore engineering, robotics, software development and science!

We are excited about this and again doing this with the National Saturday Club .

If you have a young person that would be interested in joining us, visit link below to apply for FREE.

https://www.kentschooloffashion.com/course/ksfnscinventors

On behalf of Miss Aylesham 2026 her Court and committee.
We are pleased to announce that our nominations page is now open.
This is your chance to nominate anyone in our village that you think has gone above and beyond for others. The nominated person can be individual or groups.
We need their full name, contact details and reasons why you feel they deserve it.

The winner will receive notification from us and will be invited into our arena on carnival day to receive their award.

Thank you all for supporting us 😃

Summer School: Fashion & Sewing

Creatives in action this week.

From folding and preparing their fabrics, to measuring, cutting, pinning and working confidently on the sewing machines, we love seeing just how hands-on our young people are getting.

There is something special about watching them concentrate, problem-solve, learn new techniques and slowly turn pieces of fabric into something they have made themselves.

They are learning by doing, making with confidence and creating something of their own.

The joy!!

When you finish a sewing project at your best Summer School experience..

Some of the Sewing and Fashion Summer school group today..

Fabric Weaving at Summer School - Crafts 😍

Lovely array of creative work today with the children and young people at Summer School - Arts and Mixed media..

Week 2 already?? 🙄🙄🙄

We switched up Beginners class course outline adding extra lessons, details and projects to even make this course the best experience for our students.

Our beginners even got to explore projector sewing in class!

Such lovely sessions so far, and projects are already coming through.

This is the best Beginners course you can find!

We already have a date for the next class... 4th November start and we would be offering both morning and evening sessions!

Registration will be open from 20th Aug.

Have you booked your place on the Quilting working we have on Fri 21st/Sun 23rd August.

Quilting has become a favourite for us and we are looking forward to having Mira of Mira next week.

How beautiful it would be to also share the workshop with a loved one, come along together!

Under 18s are very welcome to join the workshop when attending and participating with a booked adult.

GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!

One piece of news that has had us absolutely buzzing over the last 2 weeks is this amazing, amazing news...

The first group of students entered from our Fashion Foundation programme have successfully achieved their Gold Arts Award!

We are SO happy and incredibly proud of them.

Over their Fashion Foundation year, our students developed skills in fashion design, sewing and garment construction, pattern cutting and pattern making, fashion illustration, portfolio development, creative research, textile experimentation, digital fashion skills, presentation, independent creative practice and much more.

They developed their own ideas, created original garments and collections, built their portfolios and then brought everything together for a final public showcase and fashion show, presenting their own original designs.
But they did not just finish the programme with new skills, new work and a portfolio.
They also achieved a Level 3 qualification.
The Gold Arts Award, accredited by Trinity College London, is a Level 3 qualification and carries 16 UCAS points.

How amazing is that?
We offer different levels of Arts Award at the school, but there is something particularly special about seeing our first Fashion Foundation students complete Gold.
Their win is our win, and we are still buzzing!

And now we are getting ready to welcome our new Fashion Foundation cohort this September/October.
This year, there are 2 pathways to choose from:
Part-time Fashion Foundation – Saturday pathway
Full-time Fashion Foundation – Weekday pathway

If you have a young person who is ready to develop their creative skills, build a strong fashion portfolio, explore their own creative identity and work towards their Gold Arts Award, we would love to hear from them.
Applications for the new Fashion Foundation year are open.
Find out more and apply through the link here.
https://www.kentschooloffashion.com/course/fashion-foundation-gold-award

We cannot wait to meet our next Fashion Foundation cohort. And once again, a HUGE congratulations to our Gold Arts Award students!