Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 5–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.36 miles

Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.60

0.48

0.59

0.53

0.51

0.45

0.36

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Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 5–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.36 mi
Reception 2025	0.45 mi
Reception 2024	0.45 mi
Reception 2023	0.51 mi
Reception 2022	0.53 mi
Reception 2021	0.59 mi
Reception 2020	0.48 mi
Reception 2019	0.60 mi
Reception 2018	0.60 mi
Reception 2017	0.55 mi
Reception 2016	0.61 mi
Reception 2015	0.49 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For children whose nearest school it is, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.36 miles, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 12 years with a published distance.
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Reception 2026 drew 26 first-choice applications for 26 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
Free school meal eligibility is 14.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 7.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RL
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 430 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 14.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.6

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024

Strengths

“The school has developed a highly inclusive culture where everyone is welcome.”
“Pupils and staff feel a strong sense of community.”
“The school focuses on nurturing the all-round development of every pupil.”

To improve

“The school recognises that the curriculum in a few foundation subjects is not yet fully embedded.”
“In these subjects, pupils are not always able to make connections between their prior and current learning.”
“As a result, some pupils struggle to remember the subject-specific skills they have learned over time.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	69%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.

Bernards Heath Junior School 0.4 mi Good
Margaret Wix Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Maple Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Alban City School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 1.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published