Admissions

General Admissions Guidance

The Local Authority manages our admissions. If your child is of preschool age you should receive notification (if your child is registered with a GP) in the Autumn term prior to the academic year in which your child starts school, informing you of the County’s Primary Schools Admissions Policy and the procedure for obtaining a place at your preferred school. You complete an on-line application. The LA will later inform you where your child has been offered a place. Should you not be offered your first preference school you have the right to appeal. Details on how to make an appeal will accompany the letter stating which school your child has been offered.

If you would like your child to join Garden Fields please arrange to visit the school and see it working, to meet the staff and talk with the Headteacher. For children starting in September, we will be holding 3 school tour events, Please see our home page to book.

Full details about admissions to Primary School can be found on the Herts Admissions Website.

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Reception 2026 Tours

We will be holding tours for prospective parents on the following dates:

Wednesday, 15th October 2025
Tuesday, 11th November 2025
Monday, 12th January 2026

Please click HERE to book your place.

In Year Admissions

If you wish to apply to Garden Fields outside the normal transfer times (eg. if you have just moved into the area), you can make an application by following the links to In Year Admissions on the Hertfordshire County Council Website. If you have any queries about this process, you can speak to someone in the Customer Service Centre on 0300 123 4043. If you wish to visit our school before making your In Year Admission application, please contact us directly and we can arrange for a school tour.

Appeals

You can appeal a decision to refuse your child admission to our school.

The appeals timetable can be found HERE. Please contact us if you wish to appeal for a school place for your child.

Further information can be found on the HCC website.

Useful links and documents

For full details of school admissions in Hertfordshire (including online applications), visit the Herts Direct Website.

Government Advice for school applications for foreign national children and children resident outside England – CLICK HERE

Ukraine Support in Hertfordshire – CLICK HERE

Useful links and documents

For full details of school admissions in Hertfordshire (including online applications), visit the Herts Direct Website.

Change to Published Admission Numbers - September 2025

Garden Fields JMI School currently has an annual admission number of 60 pupils, we have requested a variation to reduce this to 30 which, if approved, will apply to September 2025. We do not envisage this negatively impacting any applications to join our School. If you wish to discuss further please contact the school and we would be happy to provide more information.
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