School admissions in Diss
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 1 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Diss in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 10 schools in Diss first 151 times for 150 places: 1.01 first choices per place. One of the 10 had more first choices than places. For 2023 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Wortham Primary School, to 4.91 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
Reception places, September 2026
10 schools. 1 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roydon Primary School | 1.38 | 29 | not published |
| Bressingham Primary School | 1.00 | 20 | not published |
| Burston Community Primary School | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Garboldisham Church of England Primary Academy | 1.00 | 5 | not published |
| Hopton Church of England Primary Academy | 1.00 | 4 | not published |
| Wortham Primary School | 1.00 | 14 | 4.91 miles |
| Dickleburgh Church of England Primary Academy (With Pre-School) | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| Pulham Church of England Primary Academy | 0.89 | 9 | not published |
| Scole Church of England Primary Academy | 0.86 | 7 | not published |
| Diss Infant Academy and Nursery | 0.79 | 29 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.