← Back to the rankingIstituto Comprensivo Statale «Federico Torre»
Benevento, Italy · est. 2010 · State
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Istituto Comprensivo Statale Federico Torre is a state school in Benevento combining scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria and a scuola secondaria di primo grado with a music track. Its roots go back to an early twentieth-century technical school, from 1962 the Federico Torre middle school; it has existed as an istituto comprensivo since 1 September 2010. About 1250 children attend in 60 classes. Teaching is in Italian under the state curriculum. Since 2017 the school has described itself as a Cambridge International School: in the International classes of the middle school one subject from the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme is taught in English for one hour a week (Mathematics, and from 2026-2027 also Science, Humanities or Global Perspectives), and at the end of the third year students sit Cambridge Checkpoint. Separately, any student can prepare for Cambridge English exams after school. In 2026-2027 an experimental course started in two first-year primary classes at Nicola Sala: one hour a week in English with a native speaker. In the middle school the second foreign language is French, Spanish or German.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Russian, Latin
Class size
on average 20 students per class
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. The only charges the school names are the Cambridge courses and a voluntary contribution (see fees).
Admissions Admission to first year follows the state online procedure through Piattaforma Unica (for 2026-2027 from 13 January to 14 February 2026) with SPID, CIE or eIDAS; the office helps families enrol. The Cambridge International course in the middle school is chosen by the whole class (sections D and E in the 2026-2027 first year); families sign a co-responsibility pact and choose the subject taught in English. The afternoon Cambridge English course is optional for each student, with groups formed after a placement test. The school does not write on its site about admitting children from abroad or children without Italian.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia (3 years), scuola primaria (5 years, 27 hours a week), scuola secondaria di primo grado with a music track (3 years, 30 hours a week, ending with the esame di Stato del primo ciclo). There is a primary hospital-school section in the paediatric ward of the G. Rummo hospital. Cambridge International: in the International classes of the middle school, Cambridge Lower Secondary for one or two hours a week in English in the morning alongside the subject teacher; a choice of Mathematics (0862) or Science (0893) and Humanities (0839) or Global Perspectives (1129); in the 2026-2027 first year families chose Mathematics. At the end of the third year, Cambridge Checkpoint in Mathematics and Science, marked in Cambridge. In addition, from the third year of primary and throughout the middle school there is afternoon preparation for Cambridge English exams (Starters, Movers, Flyers, Key, Preliminary, First) with native speakers; these are language exams. From 2026-2027 classes 1A and 1C at Nicola Sala primary have an experimental one hour a week in English using CLIL.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Lower Secondary. International middle school classes have an hour a week in English on Cambridge Lower Secondary maths or science, humanities or Global Perspectives, ending with Checkpoint at the end of year 3.
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: Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). 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
Exam results In 2024, 98,5% of candidates passed Cambridge English exams (90% in 2018); in 2025, 26 third-year middle school students sat the B2 level. The number of Cambridge exam candidates grew from 123 in 2021 to 288 in 2025.
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 transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Mathematics Games · Mathematics & Reality · Coding and Educational Robotics · Chess Course · Rugby Project · New Youth Games · Music Therapy Workshops · Ensemble Music · Erasmus+ (exchanges)
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
Cambridge courses are taught by native English-speaking teachers; the lead teachers have experience as Cambridge examiners, CELTA and a CLIL certificate; the courses have their own coordinator. The music track is taught by four instrument 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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The middle school curriculum includes a project on legality and countering bullying and cyberbullying; the school belongs to the regional network of health-promoting schools together with the Benevento health service.
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 data80 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 "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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