← Back to the rankingIstituto Comprensivo «Nicola Zingarelli»
Bari, Italy · est. 2012 · State
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Istituto Comprensivo Nicola Zingarelli is a state school in the Poggiofranco district of Bari. The Nicola Zingarelli middle school has operated here since the 1970s, and since 1 September 2012 it has formed an istituto comprensivo together with the Anna Frank pre-school and primary school. About 1170 children attend: 154 in pre-school, 365 in primary and 655 in middle school, 58 classes in total. Teaching is in Italian under the state curriculum. The school describes itself as a Cambridge International School: the middle school has a Cambridge Lower Secondary track in which English as a Second Language and Mathematics are taught on Cambridge programmes by native-speaker teachers, and at the end of the third year students sit Cambridge Checkpoint in both subjects. The middle school also has music and digital tracks and regular classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
on average 20 students per class
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free, and so is the music track (the family buys the instrument). On first-year enrolment the school asks for a voluntary contribution (see fees).
Admissions Pre-school enrolment is by paper form at the school; first-year enrolment in primary and middle school is online under the state procedure. The Cambridge Lower Secondary, digital and music tracks are chosen at first-year middle school enrolment; the music section G admits students after an aptitude test, with no prior musical knowledge required, within available places. On first-year enrolment families pay a voluntary contribution including insurance. The school does not write about admitting foreigners on the pages read.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria, scuola secondaria di primo grado with regular, digital (tablets, since 2022-2023), music (three extra instrument hours a week, 99 hours a year, section G) and Cambridge tracks; ending with the esame di Stato del primo ciclo. The Cambridge Lower Secondary track in the middle school (ages 11-14): English as a Second Language and Mathematics on Cambridge International programmes with native-speaker teachers, using Cambridge Lower Secondary Mathematics and Cambridge Global English textbooks; at the end of the three years, Cambridge Checkpoint in both subjects, marked by Cambridge International, with feedback on each student and a statement of achievement. The school does not say on the page how many hours a week the course takes.
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. The Cambridge stream in middle school teaches ESL and Mathematics on Lower Secondary programmes with native-speaker teachers, ending with Checkpoint in both subjects 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.
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 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
Campus: Three sites in the Poggiofranco district of Bari: the Nicola Zingarelli middle school (31 classes), the Anna Frank primary school (21 classes) and the Anna Frank pre-school (7 sections); the school plans to rebuild the Anna Frank primary building on the same site soon. Through European fund programmes the school has bought interactive digital boards; in the digital track sections of the middle school students work on tablets at home and at school. The middle school has a music track with four instruments.
Clubs and activities: Music Track · Ensemble Music · Digital Track · PON (EU-funded school projects)
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 Cambridge course is taught by native English-speaking teachers specialising in these subjects; the music track has its own teachers for four instruments.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
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 data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data70 "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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