Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School)

Academy converter·Primary school Diss, Norfolk·IP21 4NL
Composite score
71.8
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#1,540
National rank
#156
In East of England
#11
In Norfolk
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
27 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
177
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
4.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,791
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) is a primary school serving Diss, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 177 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 3.7%. There are about 21.1 pupils per teacher. Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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