← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore "A. Meucci"
Ronciglione, Italy · est. 1967 · State
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Istituto di Istruzione Superiore "A. Meucci" is a state liceo on two sites in the province of Viterbo. The scientific liceo in Ronciglione opened in 1967-1968 as a branch of the "Ruffini" liceo in Viterbo and became independent in 1972-1973; since 2023 the liceo in Nepi has been part of it. Ronciglione hosts a liceo classico (since 2024-2025), a liceo scientifico, including a Cambridge section (since 2019-2020), and a liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, from 2026-2027 also with an artificial intelligence and big data option. Nepi hosts a liceo linguistico, a liceo delle scienze umane opzione economico-sociale (also with a criminology option) and a Made in Italy liceo. In the Cambridge section of the scientific liceo three subjects are taught in English following Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses for the first four years, the rest in Italian. There are 1085 students in 52 classes; many commute from nearby towns.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Latin
About the fees State school: tuition is free, as in all scuole statali.
Admissions The school is state-run: first-year enrolment is through the national Iscrizioni online system. The school does not publish separate selection criteria for the Cambridge section on its open pages or in the PTOF. The PTOF lists Italian as a second language courses for students without Italian citizenship or with another mother tongue among its goals, but the school does not describe admission rules for foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado). Five-year licei ending with the esame di Stato: liceo classico, liceo scientifico (standard and with a Cambridge section), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (with an artificial intelligence option from 2026-2027), liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish or German; there is a Cambridge section with a native-speaker hour preparing for B1 and B2 language certificates), liceo delle scienze umane opzione economico-sociale (English and French for all five years, with a criminology option), and a Made in Italy liceo (from 2026-2027). Cambridge section of the scientific liceo: three subjects in English in years 1-4 following Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses with school teachers and native speakers; the PTOF names English as a Second Language, Chemistry and ICT, with IGCSE exams from the end of year 2; the 2025-2026 timetable places extra Cambridge hours with a native speaker in English (years 1-3), mathematics (years 1-2) and science (years 3-4).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The science liceo's Cambridge section teaches English as a Second Language, Chemistry and ICT to IGCSE in years 1-4, with exams from the end of year 2; the rest follows the Italian curriculum.
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.
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
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: Two sites. In Ronciglione, in the town centre, a fully renovated building with 32 classrooms, chemistry, physics and IT labs, a library and the offices; the labs have new STEM equipment. In Nepi the liceo occupies the former bishop's seminary: 20 classrooms, a language lab and a computer room. In total there are 5 internet-connected labs, a traditional library and multi-purpose rooms; every classroom has a PC and a Smart TV, some have interactive boards. Indoor gyms are municipal, and outdoor sports facilities are within walking distance. It is a day school with no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Theatre and Music Workshop · Mathematics Olympiad · Physics Championships · Debate · STEM Lab · Cambridge Preliminary B1 and First B2 · Erasmus and Cultural Exchanges · eTwinning
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers106
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
The school has 106 teachers; 43.8% have been at the school for one to three years and 40.6% for more than five years. Cambridge section subjects are taught by the school's teachers together with native-speaker subject specialists. The school notes a large number of support teachers and assistants for students with special needs.
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 policy
There is a school psychologist, support teachers, assistants and an inclusion coordinator; the three-year plan includes first aid training with the emergency service and activities against discrimination, bullying and cyberbullying.
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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