← Back to the rankingIstituto Comprensivo «Orsa Maggiore»
Rome, Italy · est. 2007 · State
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Istituto Comprensivo Orsa Maggiore is a state pre-school, primary and lower secondary school (scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria, scuola secondaria di primo grado) in the Torrino Nord district of southern Rome for children aged 3 to 14. It was formed in the 2007-2008 school year by merging the former 300th primary school district with the lower secondary school on Via delle Costellazioni. Teaching follows the Italian national curriculum in Italian. The secondary school has three streams: standard, Cambridge and enhanced sport. In the Cambridge stream the school runs Cambridge Lower Secondary: Science and Global Perspectives for all students in the stream, plus a choice of Art & Design, Physical Education or Computing; lessons are co-taught by Italian subject teachers and native English-speaking teachers without extending the timetable. The primary school and pre-school run English projects, in 2025-2026 the Global Perspectives Cambridge English Project. According to figures shown on the school website, 1019 children attend: 133 in pre-school, 489 in primary and 397 in secondary.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish
Class size
on average about 21 students per primary class and about 22 per secondary class
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. For the Cambridge stream of the secondary school families pay an annual participation fee and buy the Cambridge textbooks (see fees).
Admissions Admission to the first year of primary and secondary school follows the state Iscrizioni online procedure, which opens in January; pre-school enrolment is by paper form at the school office. No level test or language certificate is needed for the Cambridge stream of the secondary school: classes are formed under the general criteria for first-year classes approved by the school council. Enrolment in the Cambridge stream is binding for all three years and students cannot move to a standard stream once started; families pay an annual participation fee and buy the Cambridge textbooks. The school's reception and inclusion protocol provides personalised learning plans for foreign children newly arrived in Italy.
Stages and year groups Italian state first-cycle curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia (6 sections, 40 hours a week), scuola primaria (23-24 classes, full day 40 hours), scuola secondaria di primo grado (18-20 classes, 30 hours a week) with the esame di Stato at the end of year 3. The secondary school has standard, Cambridge and enhanced sport streams. Cambridge course: Cambridge Lower Secondary in the Cambridge stream of the secondary school (years 1-3) - Science and Global Perspectives for all, plus Art & Design, Physical Education or Computing by choice, taught in one of the two weekly hours of that subject; co-taught by an Italian teacher and a native English speaker; Checkpoint exams at the end of year 3 are optional. Primary school runs the Global Perspectives Cambridge English Project and pre-school the Jumping around the stars project; primary and secondary offer after-school preparation for Cambridge English exams (Starters, KET).
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 section of the middle school teaches Science and Global Perspectives plus a choice of Art and Design, PE or Computing, co-taught with a native speaker; Checkpoint is optional.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Campus: Three buildings in the Torrino Nord district in southern Rome: the pre-school and primary school on Via dell'Orsa Maggiore share an entrance, the lower secondary school is nearby on Via delle Costellazioni. Each building has a canteen, a library and a gym or playing area; the primary school has computer, art and maths and science rooms, a nature classroom with a pond and a garden; the secondary school has an assembly hall, art and music rooms, a gym and an outdoor pitch. All classrooms have interactive boards. Primary school runs full day, 8:00 to 16:00 or 8:30 to 16:30; secondary school runs five days, 8:00 to 14:00.
Clubs and activities: School Sports Games · School Sports Centre · KET Certificate · Starters Certificate · Theatre Workshop
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
In the Cambridge stream lessons are co-taught by a qualified Italian subject teacher and a native English-speaking teacher competent in the subject; native speakers are selected by the head teacher. At the end of each term they jointly write a progress report for each student.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has a reception and inclusion protocol for children with special educational needs and for foreign children newly arrived in Italy: personalised plans, support teachers and assistants.
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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 data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data73 "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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