Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
Primary schoolGarden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 5 to 11. It had 430 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, December 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 11 December 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
13% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Batchwood SchoolSpecial. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met220 m
- Heathlands SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, February 2023390 m
- Bernards Heath Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)630 m
- St Albans Girls' SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 60.7 (2025/26, provisional)750 m
- Margaret Wix Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, December 2024. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met820 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St Albans
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).