← Back to the rankingAndersen International School
Milan, Italy · est. 2000 · Private
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Andersen International School is a private international school in Milan for children aged 2 to 17, founded in 2000. Early years, primary and middle school (Nursery to Year 9) follow the British National Curriculum in English; the primary and middle schools are scuole paritarie recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education, with an Italian stream: in middle school about 30% of hours are taught in Italian (Italian language and literature, mathematics, history, Latin), and the Italian fifth-grade exam is taken at the end of primary. The high school is an IB World School: the Middle Years Programme (MYP 4-5) at ages 14-15 and the Diploma Programme at ages 16-17. More than 600 students of about 40 nationalities attend; the school grounds cover more than 18000 square metres. Since the 2024-2025 school year the school has partnered with the Future Champions Academy fencing academy and admits international athletes to the high school.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $14 122–28 243 a year
12 500–25 000 EUR
Programmes
IB · MYP, DP · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Italian
Languages taught
Spanish, French, Latin
Students per teacher
1 to 7 in Nursery, one teacher per 12 children with an assistant in Kindergarten and Reception
Registration fee
≈ $226
200 EUR
About the fees The site publishes fee schedules for the 2027-2028 school year (first child): Pre-K, Kindergarten and Reception 12500 EUR, Year 1 15510 EUR, Year 2-4 16530 EUR, Year 5-6 17625 EUR, middle school Year 7-9 18770 EUR, MYP 4-5 23000 EUR, Diploma Programme 25000 EUR a year; lunch is included in high school. Payment is in three instalments: by 20 June, by 20 September and by 31 January. Fees are lower for a second and third child attending at the same time.
Admissions Parents book a school visit and provide the child's latest school report. After the visit, applicants to primary and middle school (from Year 1) and all new high school students take an admission test (charged at 200 EUR); the school communicates the results. To enrol, parents sign the enrolment contract and pay the admission and annual registration fees. Early enrolment in Nursery and Kindergarten helps secure a place for the following years. The school states that it welcomes children of every nationality, with English as the shared language; through the partnership with the fencing academy it admits international athletes to the high school.
Stages and year groups Grades Nursery, Kindergarten, Reception, Year 1-13. Early years follow the English Early Years Foundation Stage: Nursery from 24 months, Kindergarten from 3, Reception from 4. Primary Year 1-6 and middle school Year 7-9 follow the British National Curriculum in English plus the Italian scuola paritaria stream (4-6 hours a week in primary, with the fifth-grade exam in Year 6; about 30% of hours in middle school: Italian, mathematics, history, Latin, with Spanish as third language). High school: MYP 4-5 (Year 10-11) with English and Italian as Language A, Spanish, Italian or French as Language Acquisition, history, geography, economics, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, art and design, PHE and the Personal Project; DP 1-2 (Year 12-13) with English and Italian Language and Literature, French, Spanish, Italian and English as Language B or ab initio, history, geography, economics, psychology, business management, environmental systems and societies, biology, chemistry, physics, two mathematics courses, visual arts, film, TOK, CAS and the EE.
Address Via Don Carlo San Martino 8, 20133 Milano
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · MYP, DP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Middle Years and Diploma 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: MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). 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. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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The state school programme of the country the school stands in: it is set by that country's ministry of education, which also licenses the school and awards the leaving certificate. That certificate is used for entry to local universities, and abroad it is matched to the local one.
What this means for this school. This entry does not count towards the score, and that is deliberate. Every lawful school in a country works to the national programme, so on its own it tells one school apart from no other - unlike the French, German or Russian programmes, which are carried abroad and confirmed by the register of their organisation. We show it because a parent needs to know what programme their child is taught and what certificate the child will get. Counting it would lift the whole ranking at once and still tell nobody apart.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Where leavers go: Sorbonne Université · IE University · Sapienza University of Rome · Bocconi University · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · University of Milan · IULM University · Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) · Politecnico di Milano · Regent's University London · Jönköping University · Altiero Spinelli School for Interpreters and Translators
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Drama club · Football club · Art club · Artistic Gymnastics Club · Baby Modern Dance Club · Chess · Choir · Fencing Club · MUN · Newspaper Club · Robotics & LEGO Constructions Club · Spanish Club · Philosophical Minds · Mathematics Club · Debate Club · Piano, Guitar, Violin, Pop Singing
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
Nursery has two teachers and an assistant, a ratio of 1 to 7; Kindergarten and Reception have one teacher per 12 children plus an assistant; PE, music, art and drama are taught by specialist teachers. British curriculum teachers are native English speakers, Italian stream teachers native Italian speakers. All IB teachers take professional development courses accredited by the IB. The high school leadership page names four coordinators with their education and experience. The total number of teachers is not given.
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 policynot stated on the website
From Year 6 a psychological listening desk operates: the school psychologist counsels students on difficulties with school, family and peers, with written parental consent. There is a PSHE programme, rules on medication, projects for integrating foreign students and for inclusion; the high school DP coordinator specialises in safeguarding.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)88 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data70 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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