← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore Ezio Vanoni
Vimercate, Italy · est. 1971 · State
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Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Ezio Vanoni is a state upper secondary school in Vimercate in the province of Monza and Brianza. It opened in 1971 as a branch of the Mosè Bianchi institute in Monza, has been named after the economist and finance minister Ezio Vanoni since 1973, and since 1977 has been in the shared school centre on Via Adda. The school describes itself as a language hub: it offers a liceo linguistico with English, French, German and Spanish, a liceo delle scienze umane and technical tracks in finance and marketing, information systems, tourism and construction. Since the 2019-2020 school year the licei have had Cambridge classes: in years 1-2 English as a Second Language and Travel and Tourism follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses in English, and in years 3-4 AS courses in English, French or Spanish; IGCSE exams are taken at the end of year 2 and AS at the end of year 4. Other subjects are in Italian and the final qualification is the Italian maturità. In the 2021-2022 school year the school had 1078 students, and it now runs 57 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. For Cambridge classes the school charges an annual contribution for the Cambridge school fee, membership of the national Cambridge schools network, exam registration and native-speaker teachers.
Admissions Year 1 enrolment is in January through the national Iscrizioni online procedure; Cambridge classes are available in the liceo linguistico and liceo delle scienze umane and are presented to future year 1 students at a dedicated meeting. The website does not describe any special selection for Cambridge classes. The school works with students from migrant backgrounds, runs Italian as a second language and hosts foreign exchange students, placing them in a suitable class for the required period.
Stages and year groups 57 classes. Liceo linguistico (English, German, French, Spanish; from year 3 one subject and from year 4 two subjects taught in foreign languages), liceo delle scienze umane, istituto tecnico: amministrazione finanza e marketing, sistemi informativi aziendali, relazioni internazionali per il marketing, turismo, costruzioni ambiente e territorio. Final exam: esame di Stato. Cambridge in the licei classes: IGCSE English as a Second Language (0511) - one hour with a certified teacher on top of regular English, and IGCSE Travel and Tourism (0471) - 2 hours with a certified teacher in years 1-2, exams at the end of year 2; in years 3-4 AS English and AS French or AS Spanish with exams at the end of year 4.
Address Via Adda 6, 20871 Vimercate (MB)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level. Cambridge classes in the licei take IGCSE English as a Second Language and Travel and Tourism in years 1-2, then AS English plus AS French or AS Spanish in years 3-4.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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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
Exam results The school reports that 94.4% of its students achieved IGCSE grades A* to C in all subjects; the year of the session is not stated in the announcement.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
·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: School Sports Centre · Language Certification Courses (PET, FCE, CAE, DELF, DELE, FIT) · ICDL Certifications · Multimedia Communication Workshop · Respect Me - Gender Equality Education · Got Talent · Viaggi Diversi (tourism project) · #IoPensoPositivo (financial literacy) · Erasmus+
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers69
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
According to the PTOF 2025-2028 the school has 69 teachers and 31 technical and administrative staff. Cambridge subjects are taught by certified teachers, the liceo linguistico has a weekly conversation hour with a native speaker, and in the technical tracks native speakers support Spanish and French.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school describes measures for students with disabilities, special educational needs and migrant backgrounds, a counselling desk, Italian as a second language, a gender equality project and rules on the use of phones and electronic devices.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 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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