Diss Infant Academy and Nursery

Academy converter·Infant school Diss, Norfolk·IP22 4PU

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Diss Infant Academy and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

23 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

0.79

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 29 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.21

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9420220.7720231.0020241.0020250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Diss Infant Academy and Nursery 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness

Requires improvement

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Requires improvement

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Requires improvement

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 118
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

14.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

44.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

19.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

29.9%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.7

Typical primary: 20.7

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

Nearby primary schools

Diss Church of England Junior Academy Diss · 0.2 mi 34.8 Roydon Primary School Diss · 1.1 mi 36.6 Scole Church of England Primary Academy Diss · 1.9 mi 70.9 Bressingham Primary School Diss · 2.8 mi 79.0 Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) Diss · 3.3 mi 71.8 Pulham Church of England Primary Academy Diss · 6.0 mi 21.4 Banham Primary School Norwich · 6.1 mi 34.4 Kenninghall Primary School · 6.5 mi 41.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Diss Infant Academy and Nursery is a primary school serving Diss, Norfolk, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 118 pupils aged 3 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Diss Infant Academy and Nursery 'Requires improvement'.

Diss Infant Academy and Nursery was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 23 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Diss Infant Academy and Nursery, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.