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Our staff has continued to change and
nature areas, adventure trails, a climbing
strengthen. This gives us an excellent mix of
area, substantial playing fields, basketball
skills, enthusiasm, dedication and
and netball areas. The schools have been
professionalism which serves the pupils of
awarded Artsmark, Sport Activemark, Basic
Diss very well. The Junior school’s last
Skills mark, ICT accreditation and Healthy
Ofsted Inspection noted our good
Schools recognition. In the Junior School we
attendance and pupils’ enjoyment of school.
offer musical instrument tuition through
The Leadership and Management of our
visiting tutors. Additional coaching for a
school was judged to be ‘good’. The Infant
variety of sports is offered out of school
School received a ‘good’ grading in its last
hours.
Ofsted inspection and celebrated our outstanding Early Years provision.
Our schools are very active in promoting walking to school and we have received
In the Junior School we have a spacious
Travel Plan awards in each of the last 5
library, a computer suite, our own kitchen
years. Our Junior School children have
and large dining area. The Junior School
swimming lessons at Diss Leisure Centre.
kitchen provides daily hot meals for all the children, including the Infant School children.
Finally, we have Parent Teacher Associations which are very enthusiastic in supporting the work of the school through organising
Diss Infant and Nursery School with
excellent fund raising events and social
Children’s Centre
opportunities.
Fitzwalter Road, Diss, Norfolk IP22 4PU
Primary Schools
Tel: 642768 Email: office@diss-inf.norfolk.sch.uk Website: www.diss-inf.norfolk.sch.uk Headteacher: Mrs K Sewell Chair of Governors: Mrs J Turner The Infant School has six classrooms, a food
Within a five mile radius of Diss are the following primary schools: Roydon, Bressingham, Winfarthing, Burston, Dickleburgh, Hoxne, Scole, Wortham and Palgrave, which take pupils through from four to 11 years old.
technology area, library and good IT facilities. We like to encourage outdoor learning for our children. Outside we have D i s s Town Gu i d e 2016 - 2017
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