Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 20 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry34 applications · 29 places offered · 23 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2025 1.4; Norfolk median median 2.0
- 2024 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2023 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2022 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2021 1.5; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2020 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2019 1.2; Norfolk median median 1.7
- 2018 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2017 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; Norfolk median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.3; Norfolk median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Norfolk median
Dashed bars: as Diss Infant and Nursery School with Children's Centre (URN 120803), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 34 | 1.2 | 23 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 40 | 56 | 1.4 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 37 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 45 | 1.1 | 33 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2022 | 36 | 46 | 1.3 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 42 | 1.5 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 40 | 49 | 1.2 | 34 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 | 44 | 53 | 1.2 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 47 | 62 | 1.3 | 47 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 55 | 60 | 1.1 | 50 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 * | 56 | 73 | 1.3 | 51 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 * | 90 | 103 | 1.1 | 71 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2014 * | 49 | 65 | 1.3 | 50 | 1.02 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Diss Infant Academy and NurseryThis schoolThis school20261.2applications per place
- 0.4 km · NorfolkGood202250%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SuffolkStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · NorfolkGood20242.0applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Norfolk20262.4applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 3.7 km · Norfolk20263.3applications per place
- 4.6 km · NorfolkRemains Good20241.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 4.9 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20243.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 146692 · 926/2049
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 115 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2019
- Replaced
- Diss Infant and Nursery School with Children's Centre (URN 120803)
- Address
- Fitzwalter Road, Diss, IP22 4PU
- Local authority
- Norfolk · South Norfolk
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources