Aurora Scuole is a private bilingual school in Rome: a nursery and kindergarten on two sites, a paritaria primary school and a paritaria middle school (Aurora Institute), and a Liceo Linguistico with Pearson International GCSE courses for students aged 14-19. In primary a third of lessons are in English, in middle school science and history are taught in English and Italian; children prepare for Cambridge English language exams. The liceo teaches three foreign languages, English, Spanish and optionally Chinese, with Latin in the first two years; Pearson International GCSE courses are added to the liceo programme: Global Perspectives in years 1-2 with an exam at the end of year two or start of year three, and English Literature in years 3-4, and from year three one more subject is taught entirely in English. The school works with iPads and Lego Education and offers psychologists, speech therapists and individual learning plans.
Key facts
Programmes
Pearson Edexcel · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, Chinese, Latin
Stages and year groups Grades nido, scuola dell'infanzia, primaria 1-5, secondaria di primo grado 1-3, liceo linguistico 1-5. Italian curriculum: nido and scuola dell'infanzia with daily English in games, songs and routines; scuola primaria paritaria bilingue (a third of lessons in English); scuola secondaria di primo grado paritaria bilingue (ages 11-14, science and history in two languages, preparation for Cambridge English exams); Liceo Linguistico (ages 14-19): English as first language, Spanish second, Chinese optional third, Latin in the first two years, extra English (English as a Second Language, plus 1 hour) and Spanish in the first two years. Pearson International GCSE courses: Global Perspectives (2 hours a week in years 1-2, exam at the end of year two or start of year three) and English Literature (plus 2 hours in years 3-4, exam at the end of year four); from year three one subject is taught entirely in English.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Pearson · authorised programmeThe Pearson register names the school as its centre, and it teaches Pearson Edexcel courses itself.
school is in an official registryconfirmed by a school document, by membership or by taking part in a networkclaimed by the school, no confirmation, not counted in the scoreGuide to all organisations → What stands behind each entry
PearsonPearson Edexcel, a British exam board
It gives a school approved centre status: that means Pearson exams can be sat in the school itself. What is checked is the premises, the equipment, the secure storage of papers and the presence of trained invigilators.
What the badge means for this school. The school can run Pearson exams on its own premises. The status says nothing about teaching, about results or about the school itself: any school able to run an exam securely holds it. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it. Which Pearson qualifications this school is approved for is not stated here.
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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
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Playground · Makerspace
Campus: Two sites in Rome. Classrooms are equipped with digital technology; students work on iPads (the school works with Apple Education), and in the liceo every student gets an iPad; robotics uses Lego Education kits. The nursery and kindergarten have bright play rooms and equipped gardens, and the primary and middle schools have green outdoor areas for breaks and sport. It is a day school.
Clubs and activities: Robotics with LEGO Education · Coding and Programming · Football · Volleyball · Running · Music · Theatre · Art and Creativity Workshops · STEM Workshops
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school provides psychologists, including child psychologists, speech therapists and tutors, draws up individual learning plans for children with special needs and works together with families.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)60 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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.
The score is counted from 7 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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