Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School
Academy converter primary school in St Albans (Hertfordshire).
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
Garden Fields has a committed team of governors who play an important role in the strategic leadership of our school. We are unpaid volunteers (save for our Headteacher who is also a governor) and are either appointed or elected to serve a four-year term of office.
We are a Local Governing Body who reports to the AET Trust Board through a schedule of delegation. a. 7 co-opted governors b. 2 parent governors c. Our Headteacher d. 1 staff governor * co-opted governors are appointed by the governing body, on the basis of our regular skills audits, because they have the skills required to contribute to the effective governance and success of the school.
Our task is to govern the school, providing strategic leadership and focussing on the following core functions:
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
20 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Basketball
- Choir
- Coding
- Computing
- Cooking
- Cross Country
- Dance
- Dodgeball
- Drama
- Fencing
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Multisports
- Music
- Netball
- Stem
and 4 more
Awards
2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Primary Science Quality MarkScience
- Food for LifeRecognised award
Key facts
- URN
- 148434
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2021
Governing body (9 current, 1 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Latham | Chair of Local Governing Body | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Keri Fitzsimon | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Dax Goose | Local Governor | Appointed by trustees | since 2026 · until 2030 |
| Mr Henry Webb | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Clare Cotton | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Paul Sutton | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2023 |
| Mr Robert Walter | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2031 |
| Mrs Sally Welton | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Dominic Philip Jones | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2029 |
| Dr Victoria Rachel Wolfe Former | Local Governor | Elected by parents | since 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