← Back to the rankingCollegio Arcivescovile Ballerini
Seregno, Italy · est. 1898 · Private
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Collegio Arcivescovile Ballerini is a Catholic paritaria school in Seregno founded in 1898 by the priest Angelo Longoni; since 1901 the college has been in its building on Via Verdi. Today it houses a primary school, a scuola media, a liceo scientifico in two versions (traditional with Latin and applied sciences without Latin) and an istituto alberghiero for food service and hospitality; the liceo scientifico opened in 1975 and the alberghiero in 1988. Bilingualism runs through the school: since the 2022-2023 school year the primary school calls itself fully bilingual, with 12 hours of English a week and some subjects taught in English by the Italian teacher and native speakers. In the scuola media English is the only foreign language, with a choice of 10 hours (Smart English) or 17 hours (Full English) a week. In the liceo part of the curriculum is taught in English, and in the sezione Cambridge students prepare from year 1 to year 4 for IGCSE exams in Geography, English as a Second Language and Science. The school is a Cambridge English preparation and exam centre.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $5 875 a year
5 200 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Registration fee
≈ $565
500 EUR
About the fees The annual fee for the liceo scientifico and for the istituto alberghiero in the 2026-2027 school year is 5200 EUR, including the quota di iscrizione; the balance is paid in four instalments (20 September, 15 November, 15 January, 15 March) by SEPA direct debit only. The amount may be revised for 2027-2028; the quota di iscrizione for 2027-2028 is 500 EUR. The liceo fee covers lessons, guidance and work placements, clubs, afternoon study and digital services; the compulsory iPad, textbooks, trips, courses, PET, FCE, CAE and IELTS exams and afternoon tutoring are extra. Lombardy families can receive the Dote Scuola grant of up to 2000 EUR by ISEE and a tax deduction of up to 152 EUR. The retta for primary and scuola media is not published on the website.
Admissions To enrol, families contact the office and submit the application with the agreement between the parties, the patto di corresponsabilità, a self-declaration and a SEPA direct debit mandate, pay the 500 EUR quota di iscrizione (non-refundable) and, for the liceo, provide the scuola media leaving certificate. Families with important personal circumstances need an interview with the Rector or Vice-Rector. Before enrolling, families can meet the liceo coordinator; the alberghiero holds a pre-enrolment guidance interview. The site gives no specific conditions for foreign children or children without Italian.
Stages and year groups The Italian state curriculum, ending with the esame di Stato (maturità); the liceo is a liceo scientifico, traditional and scienze applicate. Cambridge International only in the liceo: in the sezione Cambridge three subjects with Cambridge IGCSE certification - Geography, English as a Second Language and Science; courses and exams are spread over years 1 to 4, with afternoon preparation workshops, and exams are taken at the school; English in year 3 ends with the English as a Second Language certificate. Primary has 12 hours of English a week with subjects taught in English; the scuola media offers Smart English 10 hours or Full English 17 hours with coding taught in English; the site does not name Cambridge Primary or Lower Secondary programmes. Cambridge English exams (B2 by the end of liceo year 2, C1-C2 by the end of year 4) are separate.
Address Via Verdi 77, 20831 Seregno (MB)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Only the Cambridge section of the science liceo takes IGCSE geography, English as a Second Language and science across years 1-4; pupils finish with the maturità.
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
CambridgeCambridge International Education
Part of the University of Cambridge. It allows a school to teach the Cambridge programmes and to enter pupils for the exams. There are four stages and they are authorised separately: primary, lower secondary, IGCSE and A Level. If the stages are known they are named in the line below; if that line is missing, the school does not publish them, and the Cambridge registry does not show stages either - it gives only the name of the centre, the country and whether private candidates are accepted. Cambridge calls what it does registration rather than accreditation, and the network holds about ten thousand schools.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
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 hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Clubs and activities: B-Clubs · English-Language Theatre Course · Debates · Book Club · Snow Weekend · Latin · Coding and Digital Languages
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
For primary, Giugno in Ballerini Happy English: a four-week summer school after the end of the school year with games, creative workshops, summer homework and an afternoon day camp in English; from year 3, a summer week in the mountains with educators, and in year 5 a ten-day language trip to England or Ireland. For the scuola media, a week in the mountains and a two-week language trip to an English-speaking country with teachers. For liceo students, summer work experience and study trips abroad.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
In the scuola media, year 2 has a project on friendship, bullying and cyberbullying and year 3 a project on emotional development; cross-curricular reading and digital education projects teach responsible use of the internet. The school stresses inclusive teaching, families sign a patto di corresponsabilità, and families with important personal circumstances meet the Rector.
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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 data60 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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