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Bretton Hall College of Education was a higher education college in West Bretton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened as a teacher training college in 1949 with awards from the University of Leeds. The college merged with the University of Leeds in 2001 and the campus closed in 2007.
Bretton Hall College of Education was a higher education college in West Bretton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. It opened as a teacher training college in 1949 with awards from the University of Leeds.
Bretton Hall College was founded in 1947 by Sir Alec Clegg, Chief Education Officer of the West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. It first began as a training college for teachers of music, art and drama with courses awarded by the University of Leeds.
The College of Bretton Hall was founded as a Training College for Teachers by the West Riding Education Authority in 1949 at the suggestion of the Ministry of Education. Bretton Hall, bought by the Authority for use as a College, was built between 1700 and 1750, and was formerly one of the country homes of Lord Allendale.
This chapter discusses the formation of Bretton Hall College as a teacher training college for the arts, and how this influential creative institution shaped teacher training through the arts from 1949 in the West Riding.
Listed below are some of the people and projects which allowed Bretton Hall to move towards transforming its buildings and campus into a more stimulating and widely acclaimed learning environment, e.g. . 1) Mansion Wine cellarswere stripped of their endless stone racking to provide much needed and greatly loved art studios.
By the mid 20th century, the hall’s days as a home were over. Sir Alec Clegg, Chief Education Officer for the West Riding, oversaw the creation of the college at Bretton Hall in 1949. He helped establish the area as a pioneering and innovative place for education.
