Full-day nursery in Diss, Norfolk
Merryfields Playschool
The Sports Pavillion, Diss Sports Ground, Shelfanger Road, DISS, IP22 4DX · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Good
- Quality of educationGood
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Leadership and managementGood
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
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Fees
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
The Sports Pavillion, Diss Sports Ground, Shelfanger Road, DISS, IP22 4DX · More nurseries in IP22
Stations
- Diss24 min walk · 1.0 miles
Parks and playgrounds
- Quaker Wood7 min walk
- Playground3 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground5 min walk
- Playground8 min walk
- Playground11 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Norfolk there are about 3.9 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
What parents say
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Merryfields Playschool is a full-day nursery at The Sports Pavillion, Diss Sports Ground, Shelfanger Road, DISS, IP22 4DX, in Diss, Norfolk. It is registered for 19 children. Ofsted rated it Good at its inspection in September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
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Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Diss Church of England Junior Academy Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: Goodinspected September 2022 0.5 miles
- Diss Infant Academy and Nursery Primaryages 3–7has a nursery classOfsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.7 miles
- Roydon Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected February 2024 0.7 miles
- Palgrave Church of England Primary School Primaryages 5–11Ofsted: Standards maintainedinspected March 2025 1.3 miles
- Diss High School Secondaryages 11–18Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected March 2024 0.4 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Merryfields Playschool's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Merryfields Playschool Good at its inspection on 27 September 2024, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Merryfields Playschool take?
Merryfields Playschool is registered with Ofsted for up to 19 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Merryfields Playschool?
Diss is the nearest station we know of, 1.0 miles away in a straight line.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last checked 30 June 2026 · Ofsted URN EY408040 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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