Diss Infant Academy and Nursery

If you are interested in our Nursery please contact Liz Budgen to discuss the fabulous opportunities available to the children.

01379 642768

Policy for the Admission of children to Nursery classes

Children may be admitted in nursery class at the beginning of the term following their third

birthday, if a place is available.

Children usually start nursery class at the beginning of the term in September, January or April.

However, for children moving into the area, where a place is available, children may start mid-term.

Diss Infant Academy and Nursery offers five part-time sessions each week throughout the school year.

The times of these sessions are 9.00am until midday.

Nursery places are limited and some of these places are reserved for children with Special

Educational Needs.

If there are more applications for places than there are places available, we will give preference

to children living nearest the school according to the following criteria in this order of priority:

1. Children with a statement of Special Educational Needs/EHCP naming that school

2. Children who live within the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission.

3. Children who live within the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the adjoining junior school at the time of their admission.

4. Children who live within the designated area and have no brother or sister attending the school or adjoining junior school at the time of their admission.

5. Children who live outside the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the school at the time of their admission.

6. Children who live outside the designated area and have a brother or sister attending the adjoining junior school at the time of their admission.

7. Children living outside the designated area and have no brother or sister attending the school or adjoining junior school at the time of their admission.

If you would like to apply for a nursery class place at Diss Nursery please contact the office (01379 642768 office@diss.stbenets.org )

If you are given a place in the nursery class, it does not mean your child will automatically have an admission place in the Reception year. You will be asked by the Local Authority nearer to the admission date whether you require a place for your child in the Reception class.

Although a child’s five early education sessions may be split between a playgroup and a nursery class, to maximize the use of the nursery class place the school will allocate the additional sessions not attended to another child.

If your child attends the nursery class for five sessions weekly, any sessions at another pre-school will have to be funded by you the parent.

If you do not wish your child to attend nursery class for five sessions weekly, you must tell the Headteacher, in order that the additional sessions may be allocated to another child.

This may mean that 5 sessions will not be available later that academic year if you wish to increase

sessions. Alternatively, you may delay your child’s admission into nursery class, but this may mean that a place will not be available later in the academic year if required.