← Back to the rankingIstituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore «A. Gramsci - J. M. Keynes»
Prato, Italy · est. 1999 · State
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The Istituto Statale di Istruzione Superiore «A. Gramsci - J. M. Keynes» is a public upper secondary school in Prato, created by merging the Antonio Gramsci technical institute for surveyors and the commercial technical institute named after the economist John Maynard Keynes. Since 2007 it has run licei: the liceo scientifico, the scientifico with the scienze applicate option (environment and robotics) and, since 2014, a sports liceo scientifico; there are also technical tracks in construction, environment and territory (CAT) and economics and tourism. Since 2020 the liceo scientifico tradizionale has had Cambridge IGCSE classes, the only ones in the province: some subjects are taught in English following IGCSE syllabuses with a native-speaker teacher. In 2026-2027 there are 2016 students in 89 classes, 22 per class on average. The school takes students from Prato and nearby areas of Florence and Pistoia. Teaching is in Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Latin
Class size
on average 22 students per class
About the fees The school is public and tuition is free. On the pages read, the school does not mention any charge for the Cambridge classes or the cost of IGCSE examinations. The Tuscany region provides free textbooks on application (Libri Gratis programme).
Admissions Enrolment follows the state Iscrizioni online procedure; under orientamento in entrata the school holds open days. Students come from Prato and neighbouring municipalities in the provinces of Florence and Pistoia. On the pages read, the school does not describe separate selection rules for the Cambridge IGCSE classes or rules for admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado), 89 classes. Five-year upper secondary school with the esame di Stato: Liceo Scientifico Tradizionale, Liceo Scientifico Tradizionale Cambridge IGCSE (LC classes), Liceo Scientifico opzione Scienze Applicate (environment and robotics), Liceo Scientifico Sportivo (LISS); istituto tecnico - Costruzione Ambiente e Territorio (CAT) and Economico-Turistico. The Cambridge course runs only in dedicated liceo scientifico tradizionale classes: in years 1-4, English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Biology and Physics are taught in English following IGCSE syllabuses, 1-2 hours a week with a native-speaker teacher alongside the Italian teacher or in extra hours; Cambridge IGCSE examinations are taken in years 3-4 (in 2026 Mathematics, English, Biology; Physics in the autumn session). Other subjects follow the Italian curriculum in Italian. There are no AS and A Level courses.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Dedicated Cambridge classes in the traditional science liceo study ESL, Mathematics, Biology and Physics to IGCSE in years 1-4, sitting the exams in years 3 and 4.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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 classes each IGCSE subject has a native English-speaking subject specialist working alongside the Italian teacher. The website names the head, deputy heads and building coordinators.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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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