Class Divide - Episode 4 - Losing our school

Episode 4 - Losing our school

04/19/23 • 41 min

In this episode we're looking at how years of neglect and middle-class flight resulted in the closure of East Brighton's only secondary school also known as "the school that died of poverty".

How is that allowed to happen? And what does it say and do to a community when its school is closed?

Featuring:

Carlie Goldsmith - https://twitter.com/GoldsmithCN

Arron, Asa, and Ryan

Jill Clough - Ex COMART Head

Andy Schofield - Ex Varndean School Head

Mr Hubbard - Ex Stanley Deason/Marina High/COMART head of drama

Diane Reay - https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/reay/

Darren McGarvey - https://twitter.com/lokiscottishrap

Class Divide was written and produced by Curtis James. The executive producer is Eve Streeter. Location recording, sound design, post production and mixing is by Simon James, with editorial support by Carlie Goldsmith.

Music in the series was kindly donated by Salvatore Mercatante, Traams, Shida Shahabi, Max de Wardener, Simon James, Clarice Jensen, Polypores, Toydrum, and Shopping, Olivier Alary, Maaja Nuut, Rumm, Neil Hale, Minor Pieces, Rutger Hoedemaekers Thank you to Fat Cat Records, Castles in Space.

The series was funded by Necessity. If you'd like to support the Class Divide campaign follow on Twitter and Instagram, or visit the website, classdivide.co.uk

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In this episode we're looking at how years of neglect and middle-class flight resulted in the closure of East Brighton's only secondary school also known as "the school that died of poverty".

How is that allowed to happen? And what does it say and do to a community when its school is closed?

Featuring:

Carlie Goldsmith - https://twitter.com/GoldsmithCN

Arron, Asa, and Ryan

Jill Clough - Ex COMART Head

Andy Schofield - Ex Varndean School Head

Mr Hubbard - Ex Stanley Deason/Marina High/COMART head of drama

Diane Reay - https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/people/staff/reay/

Darren McGarvey - https://twitter.com/lokiscottishrap

The series was funded by Necessity. If you'd like to support the Class Divide campaign follow on Twitter and Instagram, or visit the website, classdivide.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 4 Teaser

Join us as we follow the story of the closure of East Brighton's only secondary school and the impact it had on the community. Hear about years of neglect, poverty, and the lack of commitment to working-class education. Don't miss this powerful episode, released on Wednesday 19th April.

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Reaction Episode 4

Welcome to the fourth reaction episode of the Class Divide podcast.

This episode is split into two halves. In the first Curtis is joined by Ryan and they discuss their experiences of Stanley Deason School as well as what it felt like to get a peak behind the curtain of what was happening on the lead up to their school closing. In the second half Carlie speaks about the impact the school closure has had on the community.

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