In October, 1968, the Minister for Education announced that the Westmead Boys' Junior High School would close in December that year and the buildings it was occupying would be utilized as emergency accommodation for teacher education.  The college to occupy the buildings would be the first tertiary institution to be established in the rapidly developing western and southwestern suburbs of Sydney.  On 3rd January, 1969, the Director-General of Education announced the establishment of The Teachers College, Westmead.

The Principal was Dr H. Campbell.

By the week commencing 24 February 1969, when the first session of the college of 150 students undertaking a General Primary course enrolled, building alterations and renovation were well under way.

On Wednesday, 16th December 1970, the first group of students to enter the college graduated after two years of teacher education.