Fighting for commitment to change the deeply unjust educational attainment gap for young people in East Brighton. Politically-independent, funded by donations.
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Class Divide retweeted
"This campaign began with a simple question from parents who refused to accept that where you live should determine where you learn."
@DivideClass have done great work to push for big changes to school admissions in Brighton.
Read about their efforts 👇
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✍️ "What has happened in Brighton and Hove shows that inclusion through admissions can be achieved."
@DivideClass Co-Founders @GoldsmithCN and @oswald808 discuss the significance and impact of reforms to school admissions in Brighton in our latest blog ⤵️
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Great article by @DivideClass for @suttontrust on recent admission changes and their impact on educational inequality in B&H.
This administration has been focused on addressing inequality in our city, a cause CD have campaigned on brilliantly for years!
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✍️ "In many places across the country, the social make-up of a school reflects the affluence of its postcode."
@DivideClass have successfully campaigned for groundbreaking changes to school admissions in Brighton.
Read about their achievements ⤵️
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Will the proposed curriculum and assessment reforms work for disadvantaged students?
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A short, but very important piece from @DivideClass
"Any review into inequality is not doing its job if it only explores the lives of the poorest and fails to examine how those with privilege and power contribute to this status quo."
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Class Divide retweeted
Erm, I wonder what the third series of the Class Divide podcast is going to be about - and because no-one wants to fund Class Divide's kind of system change/policy stuff, we will be launching a Go Fund Me soon. Hopefully people will be up for supporting.
In June, 600 residents called for a review into inequality in Brighton & Hove. Now the Council has agreed.
We welcome it - but it must ask tough questions of those in power, not just examine the lives of the poorest.
Read our latest blog: classdivide.co.uk/news/its-n…
#BrightonAndHove #Inequality #Fairness
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Sign the @divideclass open letter demanding action on education and inequality in Brighton & Hove: classdivide.co.uk/take-actio…
Class Divide retweeted
💬 "No child should be going hungry in the UK. It is unacceptable that children in a nation as wealthy as ours are missing out on something as foundational as adequate nutrition."
@LewisTibbs_ on the need for government to tackle child food poverty 👇
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The academic background of Cambridge students is skewed disproportionately towards grammar schools. "Cambridge cannot claim to prioritise outreach while ignoring the fact that grammar schools contribute to class divisions amongst school children." varsity.co.uk/comment/29749
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Great to see the @guardian pick up on the campaign to keep Wellsbourne Healthcare CIC in our community in Whitehawk 👏🏽
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"It's astonishing how little is known about the criteria schools use to decide who gets a place...selection tests and faith requirements are far more likely to exclude disadvantaged children and privilege those from more affluent backgrounds." secularism.org.uk/news/2025/…
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💬 "Improving access to university for disadvantaged young people, particularly those in the ‘left behind’ parts of the country, must be seen as a priority."
@Erica_HoltWhite draws on our new research to explore differences in access to university ⬇️
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Inclusive schools are those that take a 'representative cohort' from their community, operate 'culturally sensitive' behaviour policies and have low exclusions and detentions, according to an influential think tank
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Listen to this great case study of effective grassroots social justice campaigning
(It’s also a great briefing on how privileged folk make sure their kids get opportunities the rest of us don’t)
#SocialJustice #Campaigning #Inequality #Brighton
The latest episode is out.
The vote. The fight. The system. The shift.
Feat our families and campaigners + Diane Reay, @SamFriedmanSoc @dannydorling Ollie Persey KC and more.
🎧 Listen now: classdivide.co.uk/podcast
#ClassDivide #EducationMatters
Class Divide retweeted
Building a Movement for Educational Equality in Brighton and Hove @DivideClass
Class Divide retweeted
If I had a penny for every time a wealthy person said they just don’t get class I would have quite a lot of pennies. It’s easy to not ‘get’ something when you benefit from it.
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It’s taken a long time. But ensuring fairness is a journey with many steps. This podcast from @DivideClass reflects on one big step to a fairer Brighton and Hove education system. There will always be more steps but big steps matter. shows.acast.com/class-divide…
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It’s a tragedy the #Drama has been allowed to wither on the vine in state schools. A private school I visited had THREE theatres. And now we have an #oracy deficiency. Go figure! theguardian.com/stage/2025/a…
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Shifting power is painful and difficult. The last few months have been both of those things. But there is also hope. Thursday the 27th could go down in history as one of the biggest moments in education equity the city will have witnessed.
Major change potentially coming to Brighton schools? Historic vote on the 27th could prioritise 30% of places for kids on free meals AND finally include Whitehawk in Dorothy Stringer/Varndean catchment. Years of parent campaigning could transform educational equality in our city.
Read more:
classdivide.co.uk/news/class…