Maria Grey Training College was a training college in London, England, for teachers from 1878–1976. When it opened, it was the first teacher training college for women in Great Britain. It was named for Maria Georgina Grey, a promoter of womens education and a founder of the organisation that became the Girls Day School Trust.
The college was opened as the Teachers Training and Registration Society College on 1 May 1878 in the Clergy House, Skinner Street, Bishopsgate (now Pindar Street). In some literature it is recorded as the first teacher training college for women, however Whitelands College (now part of the University of Roehampton) opened in 1841 as a womens teacher training college and was the first such college in England for women. The Teachers Training and Registration Society was created by the Womens Education Union to promote womens right to education and the professional recognition of female teachers. The Society was promoted by Maria Georgina Grey, who had also been fundamental in the founding of the Union.
In 1885, it moved to Fitzroy Square, and in March 1886 it was renamed Maria Grey College after its founder. The college was attached to Brondesbury and Kilburn High School so that the trainee teachers could test their skills in a classroom situation. New buildings for the college and high school were erected in 1892, designed by architect J. Osborne Smith, at a cost of £11,500 (£1.23 million as of 2019).
In 1892, it attracted Alice Woods as its new head. She was not a great administrator but she focussed on raising the quality of the students work. Under her leadership, she was able to have lecturers who were all graduates for every area except for the kindergarten. The teachers learnt about teaching methods developed by Maria Montessori and Froebel.
In 1946, it moved to Twickenham. In 1976, the College merged with Borough Road College and Acton and Chiswick Polytechnic to form the West London Institute of Higher Education. In 1995, the West London Institute of Higher Education became part of Brunel University. The site was sold when the department moved to Uxbridge in 2005.
The records of the College are now held in the Brunel University Archives.
Coordinates: 51°31′18″N 0°8′18″W / 51.52167°N 0.13833°W / 51.52167; -0.13833
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