The ranking holds 9 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. The British Cambridge route, IGCSE and A-Level, at 9.
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1 of the 9 schools in the ranking is private. The other 8 are state schools, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
8 schools in Bari teach an international programme with no tuition fee: Liceo Classico Statale Socrate, I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo", Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini, I.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi", Istituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli», I.I.S.S. "Tommaso Fiore", Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Galilei, Liceo Carmine Sylos. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
8 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: Liceo Classico Statale Socrate, I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo", Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini, I.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi", Istituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli», I.I.S.S. "Tommaso Fiore", Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Galilei, Liceo Carmine Sylos. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 9 schools in Bari: Liceo Classico Statale Socrate, I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo", Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini, I.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi", Istituto Preziosissimo Sangue, Istituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli», I.I.S.S. "Tommaso Fiore", Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Galilei, Liceo Carmine Sylos.
These schools stand in the suburbs, up to 15 km from the centre of Bari. Each card names the school's own town; they are gathered here because a family in Bari chooses between them as between districts of one place.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Bari that is 7.9 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
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Liceo Classico Statale Socrate comes first with 73.2 points out of 100, counted from 8 of the 9 criteria. Next come I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo" (71.3) and Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini (71.3). The score is built from data anyone can check: accreditations found in official registers, programmes, facilities and published fees. A place in the ranking is not for sale.
The ranking holds 9 schools: 1 private and 8 state (Liceo Classico Statale Socrate, I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo", Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini, I.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi", Istituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli», I.I.S.S. "Tommaso Fiore", Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Galilei, Liceo Carmine Sylos). Private and state schools go into the ranking on equal terms.
IGCSE and A-Level are offered by 9 schools: Liceo Classico Statale Socrate, I.I.S.S. "Marco Polo", Liceo Scientifico G. Salvemini, I.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi", Istituto Preziosissimo Sangue, Istituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli», I.I.S.S. "Tommaso Fiore", Liceo Scientifico Statale Galileo Galilei, Liceo Carmine Sylos.
The earliest intake starts at 2 years old. 2 schools have a preschool section.
The score of every school adds up from nine criteria with different weights: academic programmes, accreditation, facilities, clubs, the fee against other schools in the country, reviews, university destinations, safety and teachers. A criterion counts only when there is data behind it that can be checked, so every score says how many of the nine were counted. Right now that is 7.9 out of 9 on average. We do not use reviews from maps or directories.