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Vivienne14

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For individual college discussion please go to the relevant college thread - see links below.

For discussions about teacher training in general please use this thread. Thankyou.

Anstey College

Anstey College

When I was about 8 or 9 I had to attend Anstey College for excercises on my feet I had to write my name by holding chalk between my toes and do all sorts of movements with my feet in the hopes that my feet would straighten and grow. I can still hear my name being called out that it was the...
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City of Birmingham College

Birmingham Training college - Bristol Road, Westbourne Road

Here is a photo of a tram on Bristol Road, route 71 (Rubery) located I'm fairly sure at the junction with Eastern Road. The tram is therefore heading towards town. What are the buildings behind, on what would otherwise be the King Edward's school playing fields? They appear to be mostly of...
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Bordesley College

Bordesley Centre Bordesley College of Education

The Bordesley Centre Stratford Road Camp Hill Birmingham UK B11 1AR - which is now the Muath Trust- was the centre originally a school/college/community centre?.One of those buildings that i never saw anyone entering or leaving! Was this also previously Holy Trinity School? (Holy Trinity Church...
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Newman University College

Newman University College Bartley Green.

This link gives interesting information about Newman https://www.newman.ac.uk/about-us/alumni/50th-anniversary/the-history-of-newman/
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St Peters College/Saltley College

Saltley College

Saltley Teachers Training College (St. Peters) was closed in the 60's I think. Then it was turned into flats and they were lovely, with the main hall used as a communal lounge. I actually worked there in the offices and got to look round the flats etc. It is a listed building so the upkeep...
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Westhill College

Westhill College Selly Oak

Also, there were a couple of places in Weoley Park Road - one was used for training purposes of missionaries and another was for adult teacher training.
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This is a basic summary of former teacher training colleges in or near to Birmingham. Source : A Gazeteer of Closed Education Colleges by Mike Ratcliffe 2019. Links to specific threads about some of these have been added to post #1.

Anstey College of Physical Education
Founded in 1897 merged with Birmingham Polytechnic in 1975, site was closed in 1984 after teaching moved to another site.

City of Birmingham College of Education
Founded in 1948, moved to Edgbaston in 1957, merged with Birmingham Polytechnic in 1975, with teaching moved to Perry Barr in 2001.

Bordesley College of Education
Founded in 1963, merged with Birmingham Polytechnic in 1975 and teaching was moved to Perry Barr in 2001.

St. Peter’s College, Saltley
Founded in 1852. On closure in August 1978 the buildings were sold (with a trust created from the funds) and used as a hall of residence by Aston, now it is run by a housing association.

Shenstone Teacher Training College
An emergency teacher training college, first situated in a prisoner of war camp in Stone, outside Kidderminster, it moved to Bromsgrove in 1963. In merged with Summerfield College in 1971.

Westhill College, Birmingham
Founded in 1907 the College’s courses were validated by Birmingham with which it merged in 2001. The site is now used by the University of Birmingham School.
 
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I nearly went to St Peters but opted instead for, the then fairly new, Newman Teacher Training College at Bartley Green. Still going as Newman University.
It offered a 3 year cert ed course plus an optional extra year to gain a BEd ratified by Birmingham University. (Graduation in the Great Hall was awesome).
I spent 4 very happy years there.
 
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Thanks Janice. I've added Newman to the links in post#1. As it's still going I won't add it to post #4.
 
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All posts discussing Birmingham Training College have now been moved to the thread here

Birmingham Training college - Bristol Road, Westbourne Road

Here is a photo of a tram on Bristol Road, route 71 (Rubery) located I'm fairly sure at the junction with Eastern Road. The tram is therefore heading towards town. What are the buildings behind, on what would otherwise be the King Edward's school playing fields? They appear to be mostly of...
birminghamhistory.co.uk birminghamhistory.co.uk
 
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