Schools by area › Hertfordshire › Garden City Academy
Garden City Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Radburn Way, Letchworth Garden City SG6 2JZ · gardencityacademy.co.uk · 01462 621800
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 215
- 5 over 210 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50.8%
- First language not English
- 19.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Reach2 Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 25 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 18 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 18 | 14 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 22 | 20 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Garden City Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 5 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
70% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 70%
- Replies
- 44
- 24% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 57% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (39%) with SEND