We’ve been working on the Class Divide podcast for over two years.
The series follows the lives of a family, one daughter and three sons from Whitehawk, whose stories will highlight what a massive difference a good education can make to life chances.
Across the series families, teachers and education experts talk about the roots of the UK's education, segregation and subsequent attainment gap and why it’s so bad in places like Brighton and Hove. Guests include Orwell prize winning writer, rapper and tv presenter Darren McGarvey, working class academic and education expert Professor Diane Reay, education writer Fiona Millar and many others.
Writer and presenter of the series Curtis James says: “I grew up in East Brighton and this podcast series has been in the making since I made my first radio programme in 1990. The stories I’ll be sharing are rarely told by people like us, and it’s important for people to understand where the issues are, so the city can begin to make things fairer. The ideal outcome from this series is that the good people of Brighton get together, work together, to ensure every child gets the support they need to learn and thrive. It’s going to take the whole city to support the education of all of its children.”
More transcripts coming soon.
For podcast enquiries, email podcast@classdivide.co.uk