Alderstead School is a State school serving the Alderstead education system. It delivers compulsory education and the main curriculum stages within the standards established by the Department for Education.

Role of the school

The school may deliver orientation support, Foundation Stage, primary and secondary education phases, values education, online safety and digital literacy, study support, qualifications and completion records in accordance with the applicable education framework.

Role of Alderstead Council

As local education authority, the council supports local delivery, learner access, local education communication, safeguarding escalation, authorised local records, accessibility support and the relationship between education requirements and local place or estate needs.

National standards and local delivery

The school is locally embedded but operates within a State education system. Alderstead Council does not create a separate local curriculum or replace the Department for Education's national standards. Local support is intended to make the national education system work effectively for learners in Alderstead and to ensure local access and estate needs are properly connected to the responsible authorities.

Local delivery within a national system

Alderstead School is locally embedded but works within the national State education system. The Department for Education sets the national policy and standards, while Alderstead Council supports learner access, local communication, safeguarding escalation, education records, accessibility and the local place and estate relationships needed for delivery.

The council does not create a separate local curriculum or substitute its own qualifications for the national framework.