Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- Ofsted rating
- No rating
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 5 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Unique reference
- 148434
- Address
- Townsend Drive, AL3 5RL
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 525 (90% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 49.0%
- Girls
- 51.0%
- First language not English
- 23.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 12%
- Persistent absence
- 10.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 20.6%
White British 63.4%
Mixed 9.4%
Other White 8.2%
Chinese 5.5%
Bangladeshi 4%
Indian 2.3%
African 2.1%
Other 1.5%
Pakistani 1.3%
Unclassified 1%
Other Asian 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingAbove average2.6
WritingAverage0.5
MathsAverage-0.5
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 65%
Local authority average 63%
England average 61%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 12%
Local authority average 9%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 108
Local authority average 106
England average 105
Average score in maths
School 105
Local authority average 105
England average 104
Local authority average: Year 2023-2024
National average: Year 2023-2024
Admissions
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 46
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 45
- 2nd preference
- 21
- 3rd preference
- 27
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 45
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 27.6 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 26.3 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Reception, Full-time | 50 22 28 |
| Year 1 | 60 29 31 |
| Year 2 | 74 40 34 |
| Year 3 | 79 34 45 |
| Year 4 | 86 41 45 |
| Year 5 | 86 45 41 |
| Year 6 | 90 46 44 |