← Back to the rankingGIS The International School of Monza
Monza, Italy · est. 2020 · Private
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GIS The International School of Monza is a small private international bilingual school in Monza that opened in 2020. Since 2022 it has been authorised by the IB for the Primary Years Programme, which in the early years it combines with the Reggio Emilia approach and Loris Malaguzzi's Hundred Languages philosophy. Early years groups for ages 2-5 are in Monza near the park, where the youngest learn outdoors once a week; primary and the middle school, opened in September 2025, are on a new campus in Villasanta. The middle school is an IB MYP candidate and runs two strands: international and Italian with preparation for the terza media exam; the school plans a four-year high school leading to the IB Diploma. Teaching is in English and Italian: Italian as a subject from age 5, and from grade 3 part of mathematics, science and social studies also in Italian; children without English get English as an additional language support. Children of 27 nationalities attend.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 168–20 448 a year
9 000–18 100 EUR
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English, Italian
Languages taught
Spanish, German, French
Class size
The school says classes are small and the student to teacher ratio is low, but gives no figures.
Registration fee
≈ $1 130
1 000 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year, per year, in three instalments: Alpha half day 6660 EUR, full day 9000 EUR, Early Years 1 9000 EUR, Early Years 2 9350 EUR, Early Years 3 12300 EUR, grades 1-4 14200 EUR, grade 5 16450 EUR, middle school years 1-2 16450 EUR, first year of high school (MYP4) 18100 EUR. Fees include insurance, learning materials, an iPad in primary, the end of grade 5 exam and assessments. Discounts: 10% for the second child, 15% for the third, 20% for the fourth; 5% for paying in full by 28 February 2026.
Admissions Admission is year-round for all students likely to benefit from the programme whose families share the school's values; trial days are possible. English is not required: international students moving to Italy are admitted regardless of their English and receive English as an additional language support; Italian students and those transferring from Italian schools are admitted based on the support they need and an agreement on the family's contribution to that support. Admission may be refused to a student expelled from a previous school, a student without a visa to live in Italy, when the family does not share the school's philosophy, or when the school cannot meet the student's learning or behavioural needs. With a waiting list, priority goes to siblings of current students, then to families from the international community, then in order of confirmation. Middle school applicants meet the principal.
Stages and year groups IB Primary Years Programme (authorised in 2022) from the Alpha group for two-year-olds to grade 5, with the Reggio Emilia approach in the early years. Families may choose for their child to take the Italian exam at the end of grade 5 (esame di quinta elementare); from grade 4 there is the external ISA assessment in reading and mathematics. The middle school opened in September 2025, runs three years on the IB MYP (the school is a candidate, not yet authorised) together with the Italian ministerial programmes: an international strand with more science, mathematics and humanities lessons in English and an Italian strand preparing for the terza media exam; at the end there is an internal MYP year 3 exam and optionally the terza media exam. The school plans a four-year high school leading to the IB Diploma; the 2026-2027 fee schedule already lists the first year of high school (MYP4), while the home page gives the opening of the secondary campus as a forecast for 2027-2028.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme. For the Middle Years Programme the school is a candidate.
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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). 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.
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 transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground
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
Staff come from more than 8 countries. The site presents two campus heads: the Villasanta head holds an MBA in educational leadership and has 13 years of IB experience; the Monza head holds degrees in education and applied linguistics and a CELTA certificate. Arts, music, drama, yoga and Italian are taught by specialists; early years have an atelierista following the Reggio Emilia approach, and dedicated EAL teachers work with children without English.
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 policynot stated on the website
From 8:00 a member of staff is on duty at the gate and in the library. Teachers supervise children in the canteen at lunch. The wellbeing programme includes PYP personal, social and physical education and yoga lessons with a qualified teacher.
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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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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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