← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore A. Torlonia - B. Croce
Avezzano, Italy · est. 1861 · State
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I.I.S. A. Torlonia - B. Croce is a state upper secondary school in Avezzano (Abruzzo), created in 2024 by merging the city's two oldest licei. The Liceo Classico Alessandro Torlonia descends from the royal ginnasio of the early 20th century and the Regio Liceo of 1932, and is named after Prince Torlonia, who drained Lake Fucino. The Liceo Benedetto Croce traces its history to a teacher-training school founded in 1861 and calls itself the oldest upper secondary school in the city; today it houses the linguistic liceo (with ESABAC and the German DSD diploma), the human sciences liceo and the economico-sociale liceo. About 1230 students attend. Lessons are taught in Italian; in the Cambridge International section of the classical liceo part of biology and geography is taught in English, with a native speaker and IGCSE exams. The school is an exam centre for Cambridge English, DELF/DALF and DELE, and offers an American dual diploma with an online school.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. The school gives no amount for family contributions or any charge for the Cambridge section.
Admissions Grade 1 enrolment in all licei follows the Ministry's online procedure, with dates announced by circular, usually in November. The Cambridge International section is chosen within the classical liceo. Entry to grade 3 ESABAC requires French at A2/B1 level. The American dual diploma requires separate enrolment in the linguistic liceo.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year licei on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato: liceo classico (Latin, ancient Greek, English; Cambridge International section), liceo linguistico (three foreign languages; sections with German lead to the DSD diploma; the ESABAC option from grade 3 gives a dual esame di Stato and Baccalauréat diploma), liceo delle scienze umane, liceo delle scienze umane opzione economico-sociale (two foreign languages). Cambridge International in the classical liceo: on top of the standard plan, 3 hours of English a week, biology and geography taught in two languages, and three hours co-taught with a native English speaker; at the end of grade 2 or 3 optional IGCSE exams in Biology and Geography.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. In the Cambridge International section of the classical liceo, biology and geography are taught bilingually with a native English speaker, with optional IGCSE exams at the end of year 2 or 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: 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 hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: FAI Apprentice Guides · Classical Culture Days · Christmas Carol Show · Francophonie Festival · Open Sports Classes · Cambridge Certifications B1/B2 · EIPASS Certification · DELE and DELF Certifications
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
In the Cambridge section a native English speaker co-teaches with the English, geography and science teachers; in the DSD programme German teachers are trained by the German KMK. The school runs a teacher training plan. The school does not publish staff numbers.
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 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.
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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