Diss High School is a non-denominational secondary school located in Diss

Diss

Diss is a town in Norfolk, England close to the border with the neighbouring East Anglian county of Suffolk.The town lies in the valley of the River Waveney, around a mere that covers . The mere is up to deep, although there is another of mud, making it one of the deepest natural inland lakes...

, Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England

England

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 with an enrollment of approximately 1200 students from ages 11 to 18. It is a specialist school in Classics and English.

The Main School

The school is split up into two main blocks, A and B. A block is home to the English, Geography and History departments. It also contains the main school library and the staff room. B block houses the maths, science and modern foreign languages departments as well as being where the hall, school office, head teachers office and head of year offices are situated. The Art and Design Technology departments have a separate block as does the Music department.

Notable people educated at Diss High School

And see Old Dysseans

• Matthew Upson
  Matthew Upson
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• Declan Rudd
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• Christopher Charles Dalliston
  Christopher Charles Dalliston
  Christopher Charles Dalliston is the current Dean of Newcastle. Dalliston was born on 2 April 1956, educated at Diss Grammar School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at St Stephen's House, Oxford in 1985. He was a Curate at Halstead then Domestic Chaplain to...
  
  
• James Henry Govier
  James Henry Govier
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• Ralph Howell
  Ralph Howell
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