Ambrit International School is a private international day school in Rome for children aged 3 to 14: early years, primary school and middle school up to grade 8. The school is authorised to offer the IB Primary Years Programme for ages 3-11 and the Middle Years Programme for ages 11-14. The language of instruction is English; Italian is taught to all, and in middle school students can also choose French, Spanish or Mandarin. An Italian track runs in parallel: a full Italian National Curriculum programme in primary with an exam at the end of grade 5, and preparation for the Italian state terza media exam in grade 8. About 420 students from more than 50 nationalities attend; the school aims for about 30% English native speakers, 40% Italian and 30% other languages. The 4-hectare campus is in the Portuense district above the Tiber. The school is owned and run by a non-profit foundation with its own board; the school speaks of a history of more than 40 years.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $13 331–25 984 a year
11 800–23 000 EUR
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, French, Spanish, Chinese
Class size
no more than 20 students per class
About the fees Tuition for 2026-2027: Nursery 11800 EUR, Kinder 11900 EUR, Prep 15000 EUR, grades 1-2 18400 EUR, grades 3-4 20000 EUR, grades 5-6 21800 EUR, grade 7 22800 EUR, grade 8 23000 EUR. Payment in full or in three equal instalments; a 3% discount for full payment by 5 April. Sibling discounts are 10% for the second child and 20% for the third, and children of alumni receive a further 10%.
Admissions Applications are accepted throughout the school year from students of all nationalities; early application improves the chance of a place. Steps: registration of interest and a tour or online meeting, application with documents (copy of the child's passport, two years of school reports in English or Italian, a recommendation from the current school, a student questionnaire from grade 4), review within seven working days, a visit and meeting with the director, an offer or the waiting list. Nursery, Kinder and Prep take children aged 3, 4 and 5; older students are placed by the last completed grade. English native speakers are accepted when places are available; others take a WIDA assessment to identify the English support they need (charged). Children with mild to moderate special needs may be admitted on a trial basis; the school cannot admit children with serious difficulties. At least one parent must communicate effectively in English. The school offers no financial aid.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery, Kinder, Prep, 1-8. IB Primary Years Programme in early years (Nursery ages 3-4, Kinder 4-5, Prep 5-6) and grades 1-5; IB Middle Years Programme in grades 6-8 (ages 11-14) with all subject groups. Italian in primary is 4 hours a week at three levels: IAL 1 and IAL 2 (Italian as an additional language) and the Full Program following the Italian National Curriculum with the Quinta exam at the end of grade 5. Middle school prepares for the Italian state terza media exam in grade 8 with increasing hours taught in Italian; the exam is taken at a local state school that Ambrit works with and leads to the Italian middle school diploma. There is no high school.
Address Via F. Tajani 50, 00149 Roma (quartiere Portuense)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years and Middle Years programmes.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
What the badge means for this school. The school is allowed to run this programme and to award its certificate. This is a confirmation of the programme, not a judgement on the school as a whole. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. At this school: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →Exams and destinations from the school's official website
The school publishes nothing about where its leavers go: no share going on to university, no exam results, no list of universities.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Clubs and activities: Origami · Embroidery · Arts and Crafts · Drama · Debate · Newspaper · Book Club · Creative Writing · Tennis · Yoga · Soccer · Basketball · Robotics · Coding · Gardening · Orchestra · Choir · Rock Band · Model United Nations · Chess club
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The school keeps classes to a maximum of 20 students. All early years classes and grade 1 have a homeroom teacher and an assistant, grades 2 to 5 a homeroom teacher. There are specialist teachers for art, music, PE, library and Italian, an ICT integration specialist and EAL teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
·CCTVnot stated on the website
·Security staffnot stated on the website
·Access controlnot stated on the website
·Nurse or medical roomnot stated on the website
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Student Support Services combine EAL, learning support and counselling: counsellors provide individual, small group and family counselling and workshops for students, parents and teachers, including on bullying prevention. The code of conduct applies to students, staff and parents; the school publishes an anti-discrimination statement.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)72 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data55 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "Scored on disclosed data" stands where we count only what the school has written about itself on its own site: exams and destinations, safety and wellbeing, teaching staff, facilities, clubs and activities. A low score here means the school does not write about this, not that the school does not have it: a school with good security and a sparse site will score low. A school can fill in its profile, and the score will be counted again.
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