Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

St AlbansConstituency

AL3 5RLPostcode

7.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 430 pupils. Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School is part of AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 11%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

430

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

23%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 430
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Nov 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.