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Diss Infant Academy and Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Fitzwalter Road, Diss IP22 4PU · dissinfant.stbenets.org · 01379 642675
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 115
- 55% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Norfolk
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 13.9%
- First language not English
- 40%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 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 | 23 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 40 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 36 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Diss Infant Academy and Nursery on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120803), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120803)
Sept 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120803)