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Knightsfield School

Academy special converter school in Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire).

Pupils
65
on roll
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Nov 2024
Attendance rate
91.3%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
6.1
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
21.5%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
0.0%
2025/26
Capacity
108%
65 / 60 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
9.2%
2024/25

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

At Knightsfield School we encourage our students to develop their speaking and listening skills through consistent use of an auditory/oral approach. We aim to give each of our students a high quality, personalised educational experience that equips them for a full and fulfilling role in society.

The school provides for students from Hertfordshire and other LEAs in the region, whose main special educational need is hearing impairment. We accept students who have a range of hearing loss, mainly from severe to profound, whose language and communication is affected by their hearing impairment.

They will be making progress in developing their language skills through the auditory/oral mode. This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

1 activityiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
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Key facts

URN
138485
Type
Academy special converter
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
9 to 18
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2012

Governing body (15 current, 2 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

11 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Jonathan Gladwin Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Alun Morris DavidTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Daniel Lee Bidwell Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2026 · until 2030
Rev Robert Marshall Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Jamie Richard Walker Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Mary Doris BarronMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2025
Mr Dhiru GadviTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Matthew Perkins Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025
Mrs Linda Farenden Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by trusteessince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Jonathan Gladwin Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Linda Farenden Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2024
Mrs Annabel Jane Deegan Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by trusteessince 2024 · until 2028
Mr William NewtonMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021
Mrs Anne Patricia Longsdon Kemp Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2021
Mrs Lucy Pope Confirmed same personChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2016
Mrs Helen Mellor Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mr Daniel Bidwell Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2022 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record