Bedford College

Bedford College was launched in 1943 by the Baptist Churches in NSW to meet Australia's great emerging social needs due to the devastation of families during World War II. Women needed essential job skills to join the rapidly changing workforce so they could provide for their families. With a benevolent heart, the Baptist movement donated all the funds necessary to start this initiative to support women to find independence, employment, and success.

The College is proudly Australia’s longest operating private, not-for-profit vocational college. Throughout our almost 80 years of operation, It has trained thousands of students, from Australia and overseas, to be ready for employment. Bedford is accredited by the Australian Government with the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) as a Registered Training Organisation

Its Norwest campus is located within the Norwest Business Park, which is 15 minutes from the Parramatta CBD in Sydney. Norwest is home to over four hundred companies and businesses, including large multinational corporates such as Woolworths, ResMed, Optus, and IBM.