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Childcare in Diss (Norfolk)

Diss (Norfolk) has 5 day nurseries, 2 school nursery classes and 3 childminders. Ofsted has inspected 7 of them and rated 6 Good or better. 3 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Norfolk there are 28 places per 100 children under five, worse supplied than England as a whole at 32.

28places per 100 under-fives in Norfolk, against 32 for England
85%of the 7 inspected here are Good or better
4 of 10are recorded as taking the funded hours; the rest are unknown, not a no

Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Norfolk, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 148 school nursery classes across Norfolk, because nobody publishes how many children they take.

10 settings, best rated first. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.

Day nurseries 5

Conkers

Day nursery · Chestnut Tree Farm, The Heywood, Diss, IP22 5SZ

GoodTakes funded hoursBirth to 8+08:00 to 18:00, 5 days a week★ 5.0 Google, 933 placesOpen for decades

Merryfields Playschool

Day nursery · The Sports Pavillion, Diss Sports Ground, Diss, IP22 4DX

GoodBirth to 8+Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm19 placesOpen for decades

Rainbows Day Nursery

Day nursery · Unit 13a, Hopper Way, Diss, IP22 4GT

Report card Apr 2026Birth to 5Open all day, usually 8am to 6pm50 placesOpen a few years

School nursery classes 2

Childminders 3

Only childminders who agreed to be listed publicly appear here. Ofsted holds many more and does not publish their details.

Bisset, Rebecca

Childminder · Diss, IP21 4RR

GoodBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder12 placesLong established

May, Rebecca

Childminder · Diss, IP22 4LY

GoodBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder6 placesLong established

Jude, Emily Jayne Louise

Childminder · Diss, IP22 4YN

Not yet inspectedBirth to 8+Hours arranged with the childminder6 placesNewly registered

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Questions

What people ask about childcare in Diss (Norfolk)

Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.

Which nurseries in Diss (Norfolk) take funded hours?

4 of the 10 settings in Diss (Norfolk) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.

Which nurseries in Diss (Norfolk) take babies?

8 settings in Diss (Norfolk) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.

Is it hard to get a nursery place in Diss (Norfolk)?

Norfolk has 28 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.