Senior Lecturer @SussexDev @SussexGlobal | Development Finance, Enviro Justice, Colonial Global Economy, Critical Pedagogy | Views not UoS's etc. |
Dec 19, 2022 • 15 tweets • 12 min read
On 23 November, staff and parents at Bright Start Council-run Nursery in #Brighton, were suddenly told the nursery was closing, so @BrightonHoveCC could make cuts and 'protect and support the city's most vulnerable'. A🧵on #austerity, local govt & the #SaveBrightStart campaign:
The initial reaction of parents and staff was bewilderment. As the council's own equalities assessment shows, 38% of Bright Start kids have special educational needs or disabilities #SEND. Those kids *are* vulnerable; private nurseries often turn them away because of cost of care
