Diss High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 14 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
137092
Address
Walcot Road, IP22 4DH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
941 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
10.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.8%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.5%
Other White 8.5%
Unclassified 2.9%
Mixed 2.3%
African 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 64%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award53
TourismTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE60
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE155
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Diss High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
142
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
25
3rd preference
4
From another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
82
73
Year 8
200
98
102
Year 9
143
78
65
Year 10
149
82
67
Year 11
146
66
80
Year 12
74
38
36
Year 13
74
36
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
9.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
76.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
13.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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