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Sant Agnello, Italy · est. 1954 · State
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A state istituto comprensivo in Sant'Agnello on the Sorrento peninsula for children aged 3 to 14: three early years sites, two primary schools and a lower secondary school, 868 pupils in total according to the school. The lower secondary began in 1947 as a branch of the school in Piano di Sorrento and has been independent since 1954; it later merged with the 'Gigliola Fiodo' primary schools into an istituto comprensivo. Teaching follows the Italian state curriculum in Italian. Since 28 July 2023 the school has been registered as a Cambridge International School: in primary, 5 hours of English a week in all classes, 2 of them with a native speaker, under Cambridge Primary (Global English); in lower secondary, a Cambridge Lower Secondary track with 4 extra afternoon hours: English as a Second Language and Science with a native speaker and Global Perspectives with a school teacher. Checkpoint exams are optional and fee-paying. Since 2012-2013 the lower secondary has had a music section (piano, violin, guitar, percussion); French is taught from grade 4 of primary.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
18 and 15 pupils per class on average in primary, 16 in lower secondary
About the fees The school is state-run, tuition is free, and the music section is part of the free curriculum. Cambridge Checkpoint exams are optional and fee-paying.
Admissions Enrolment in primary and lower secondary is only through the national online iscrizioni procedure (for 2026-2027, from 13 January to 14 February 2026); if places are short, the school's approved priority criteria apply and families may name two other schools. The lower secondary Cambridge track is chosen by ticking a box in the additional activities section of the form; several options may be chosen. The music section requires an aptitude test and is compulsory for all three years. The school expects pupils choosing the Cambridge track to be motivated and willing to study subjects in English. The website says nothing about admitting foreign children.
Stages and year groups Italian state first-cycle curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria (24, 27, 30 hours or full day 40 hours), scuola secondaria di primo grado (30 hours; Cambridge and music classes 33 hours), ending with the first-cycle esame di Stato. Cambridge Primary: since 2023-2024 all primary classes have 5 hours of English a week, 2 of them with a native speaker, under the Global English programme (target level A2 by the end of primary). Cambridge Lower Secondary: Cambridge track classes in lower secondary have 4 afternoon hours a week - English as a Second Language (2 hours) and Science (1 hour) with a native speaker, Global Perspectives (1 hour) with a school teacher; teaching uses Cambridge programmes and textbooks. Cambridge Checkpoint exams are optional and fee-paying. The lower secondary has a music section (3 hours a week).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary. Every primary class has 2 hours of Cambridge Global English with a native speaker; the middle school Cambridge track adds English, science and Global Perspectives in the afternoons.
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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end.
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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
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Musical Instrument Programme (piano, violin, guitar, percussion) · Theatre Workshops · Attiva Kids (primary school sports) · Giococalciando (football) · STEM and Coding · Mediterranean Diet · Saturday PON and PNRR Projects · School Twinning and Language Placements
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 publishes pupil and class numbers for each building: Capoluogo primary 329 pupils in 18 classes, Colli di Fontanelle 61 pupils in 4 classes, lower secondary 247 pupils in 15 classes. In the Cambridge track an outside native speaker works with school teachers who hold certified language qualifications; the music section is taught by specialist 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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has an anti-bullying and cyberbullying team and a school psychologist; the website has a school safety section and an anti-bullying programme for 2025-2026. Pupils with special educational needs receive ongoing support in lessons.
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 data65 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 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.
The score is counted from 8 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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