← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore E. Duni - C. Levi
Matera, Italy · est. 1864 · State
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Istituto di Istruzione Superiore E. Duni - C. Levi is a state upper secondary school in Matera formed in the 2015-2016 school year by merging two licei. The Liceo Classico E. Duni is the oldest school in the city: it opened on 6 November 1864 in a former seminary, and in 1882-1884 Giovanni Pascoli taught Latin and Greek here. The Liceo Artistico C. Levi opened in 1984 and offers six art tracks. Besides the standard programme, the Liceo Classico runs a Cambridge International course approved by the region in 2015: Cambridge classes study English as a Second Language, Geography and History to Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses over four years with native-speaker teachers, sit IGCSE exams and prepare for IELTS. Other options are an international plan with Spanish or German, extra mathematics (Pitagora), biology with a medical focus and a digital class. The main language of instruction is Italian, and the final qualification is the Italian maturità. According to the school, the Liceo Classico has 476 students in 22 classes and the Liceo Artistico 382 students in 20 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, German, Latin
Class size
On average 21 students per class in the classical liceo and 19 in the art liceo.
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. Families pay for native-speaker hours and exams of the Cambridge course themselves, separately from tuition. The school asks for a voluntary contribution, which was 50 euro in the 2023-2024 school year including insurance; in years 4 and 5 state school fees apply.
Admissions Year 1 enrolment is through the national Iscrizioni online portal, including via SPID; the Cambridge course, international plan and other options are chosen at enrolment and run if there is enough demand. The school does not describe any special selection for Cambridge classes. Students come mainly from Matera and nearby towns in the province. The school does not state directly whether it admits foreign students; the PTOF mentions that it takes children born in Italy to immigrant families and works with associations for the integration of foreigners.
Stages and year groups 42 classes. Liceo Classico E. Duni: standard programme and options Cambridge IGCSE (since 2015-2016), Liceo Classico Internazionale with Spanish or German, Pitagora (one extra hour of mathematics and one of science per week), Biologia con curvatura biomedica (150 hours in years 3-5), Dike, Ginnasio 4.0; Liceo Artistico C. Levi: Arti figurative, Architettura e ambiente, Audiovisivo multimediale, Design, Grafica, Scenografia. Final exam: esame di Stato. Cambridge: IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) and Geography (0460) in years 1-2, History (0470) in years 3-4, plus IELTS preparation in the upper years; English and Geography in years 1-2 and History and Science in years 3-4 each have 2 hours a week with a native speaker (1 hour co-taught with the class teacher and 1 extra hour). Exams are held at the school in May-June and October-November.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge classes in the classical liceo take IGCSE English as a Second Language and Geography in years 1-2 and History in years 3-4 with a native speaker, plus IELTS preparation.
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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 from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓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: Art studio
Campus: The Liceo Classico temporarily occupies the building formerly used by the University of Basilicata and regional offices: its historic building was closed for safety reasons, and the school is preparing a partial return there. The temporary building has classrooms, language and computer labs, physics and science labs and a dedicated room for Cambridge course records. The Liceo Artistico occupies a historic former Capuchin convent with subject workshops, a library and an enhanced digital classroom. For sport the school uses city facilities near the Liceo Classico: the sports hall, the athletics ground, the tennis club and the municipal pool. The liceo keeps a large historic library and a collection of antique scientific instruments.
Clubs and activities: Latin Language Certification · Chinese Language Course · IELTS Preparation · Cambridge B1-B2-C1 Courses · Erasmus Plus KA1 · Lions Youth Exchanges
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Teachers of Cambridge classes have been trained and recognised by Cambridge International Examinations to teach with its methodology.
Cambridge course subjects are taught by native English speakers together with class teachers. 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.
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