← Back to the rankingIstituto Comprensivo «Via P.A. Micheli»
Rome, Italy · est. 1965 · State
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Istituto Comprensivo Via P.A. Micheli is a state pre-school, primary and lower secondary school group in the Flaminio district of northern Rome for children aged 3 to 14; the school says it was founded in 1965. Teaching follows the Italian national curriculum in Italian. Since the 2019-2020 school year it has been recognised as a Cambridge International School: all primary classes follow Cambridge Primary and the Cambridge classes of the secondary school follow Cambridge Lower Secondary; this means 3 hours a week with a native English speaker on top of the standard timetable - English as a Second Language and Mathematics in English, paid by a family contribution. At the end of lower secondary students take the Checkpoint exam in mathematics and, if families choose, Cambridge English exams. The secondary school also has an enhanced music track. According to the school plan, 479 children attend primary and 388 secondary; about 16% of students are foreign nationals.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German
Students
867 in primary and secondary school, excluding pre-school
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. Families pay a contribution for the Cambridge course (3 hours a week with a native speaker, 30 weeks a year) in primary and secondary school; projects by external experts during school time, after-school study support, the music track and after-school clubs are also paid by family contributions (see fees).
Admissions First-year primary and secondary enrolment is online through the state Iscrizioni online procedure; the pre-school admits children turning 3 by 31 December and, if places allow, those turning 3 by 30 April of the following year. When enrolling in secondary school families choose a second language - French, Spanish or German. At the start of the year all secondary students take an English test, used to form same-level groups for the Cambridge course. The school states that lower secondary is compulsory for Italian and foreign children who have completed primary school; about 16% of students are foreign nationals, some of them children of embassy staff, and there is support for foreign students with difficulties in Italian.
Stages and year groups Italian state first-cycle curriculum: one mixed-age full-day pre-school section (8:30-16:30); primary school 30 hours (plus 2 Cambridge hours) or 40 hours with lunch; secondary school 30 hours (8:00-14:00), Cambridge classes 32 hours; esame di Stato at the end of year 3. Cambridge course: Cambridge Primary in all primary classes - 2 hours of English as a Second Language and 1 hour of Mathematics a week with a native speaker supervised by the class teacher; Pre A1 level in years 1-2, preparation for Starters, Movers and Flyers from year 3. Cambridge Lower Secondary in the secondary school - 1 hour of Mathematics in school time and 2 hours of English as a Second Language after school (14:15 to 16:15, one day per year group), grouped by level; Checkpoint exam in mathematics at the end of year 3; preparation for KET, PET, FCE and CAE from year 1. Enhanced music track in the secondary school: individual instrument lesson, theory and solfège, orchestra or choir.
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. All primary classes and the Cambridge middle school classes get 3 hours a week of ESL and Mathematics in English with a native speaker, finishing with Checkpoint Mathematics.
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.
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
Exam results At the end of the 2024-2025 school year 101 students sat the Cambridge English Movers, Flyers, Key, Preliminary and First exams and 25 sat the Checkpoint in mathematics; 95% of candidates passed.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓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 Flaminio and Villaggio Olimpico districts of northern Rome. The main Ronconi building from the 1950s has computer, science and art rooms, an immersive classroom with 3D technology, a multipurpose hall for physical education and a large theatre. The historic Alessi building from 1932 has two courtyards totalling 2200 sq m, a large gym marked for volleyball and basketball, a theatre, music and computer rooms, a municipal library and play centre. Villaggio Olimpico is a prefabricated 1970s building with two gardens, a sports pitch and a canteen pavilion from 2013. All classrooms have interactive boards and all buildings have Wi-Fi. The canteen is run by the Comune of Rome with on-site kitchens; since the 2025-2026 school year a lunch service from 14:00 to 14:30 has been trialled for secondary students at Alessi. After school there is paid study support (14:30 to 16:30), and at Alessi a municipal play centre until 18:30.
Clubs and activities: Music Enrichment with AIMA · Instrument and Singing Lessons · Theatre Course · Sportlife · NOICONVOI After-School Programme · French, German and English Courses · Computer Courses
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
For summer 2026 the school offered secondary students, for the first time, an English language camp in Malta: accommodation, lessons and leisure activities supervised by tutors.
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 sizenot stated
The Cambridge English as a Second Language and Mathematics programmes are taught by native English speakers from the Darby School of Languages, supervised by the class teacher in primary. The native speakers meet parents three times a year and write an end-of-year report. Each building has an educational counselling service for teachers and parents, including for children with special needs and high potential.
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 policynot stated on the website
A free psychologist's counselling desk for secondary students with parental consent; educational counselling for teachers and parents in all buildings; support for children with special educational needs and foreign students with difficulties in Italian.
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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 data85 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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