← Back to the rankingI.I.S.S. "G. Cesare - D. Romanazzi"
Bari, Italy · est. 1872 · State
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I.I.S.S. Giulio Cesare - Domenico Romanazzi is a state upper secondary school (scuola statale) in Bari formed by the merger of two historic city schools; it traces its history to 1872. Under one head it runs an istituto tecnico economico (administration, finance and marketing; business information systems; international relations for marketing with three foreign languages; tourism), four-year courses (tourism and AFM), a liceo linguistico, as well as evening courses for adults and education in prison. The liceo linguistico has an EsaBac section - a double Italian and French diploma, with history taught in French - and, since the 2019-2020 school year, a Cambridge International class: English as a Second Language and Geography follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses with British textbooks, taught by Italian teachers together with native English speakers for at least one hour a week; IGCSE exams are taken at school at the end of the second year, or by the fourth year at the latest. Other lessons are in Italian. The school is building a new building under the PNRR programme.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English, French
Languages taught
Spanish, German
About the fees The school is state-run and charges no tuition; no surcharge for the Cambridge class or IGCSE exams is named on the pages read.
Admissions A state school: enrolment in the first year is through the national Iscrizioni online procedure (istruzione.it/iscrizionionline) within the dates set each year by the ministry circular, usually in November. The site does not describe a separate selection for the Cambridge class. For students of foreign origin the school has a reception protocol (Protocollo di Accoglienza per gli studenti stranieri) and the project Nobody is a foreigner here for recently arrived immigrant students.
Stages and year groups Istituto tecnico economico, five years: AFM, SIA, RIM, Turismo; four-year courses (Turismo and AFM) with the same diploma; liceo linguistico with three languages in the combinations English - French - Spanish, English - French - German, English - German - Spanish; an EsaBac section (double diploma: esame di Stato and baccalauréat, French to B2, history in French in years 3-5); evening courses in SIA and tourism; education in prison. All programmes end with the esame di Stato. Cambridge: a Cambridge International liceo linguistico class since 2019-2020 - IGCSE English as a Second Language and IGCSE Geography; the IGCSE exam is taken at school at the end of year 2 and no later than year 4; the school is an official Cambridge exam centre for its own students. The school writes that it can also offer Cambridge International A Level programmes, but names only these two IGCSE subjects.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. A Cambridge International class in the languages liceo takes IGCSE English as a Second Language and Geography, sitting exams at school between the end of year 2 and year 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.
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: Makerspace
Campus: Classrooms with digital boards or interactive whiteboards, language and computer laboratories (four multimedia labs, one physics lab, 160 computers and tablets in the labs), a traditional library, an auditorium and four indoor gyms. Five innovative learning spaces: a school radio and podcast studio, the Agorà hall, and two labs for future professions (cyber security, blockchain, social media management). A new school building with laboratories and digital spaces is under construction with PNRR funds.
Clubs and activities: Swimming Project · Cisco IT Essentials · Cambridge, DELF and Goethe Language Certifications · Erasmus+ (exchanges) · Web Radio and Podcasts
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
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 policy
A counselling service (sportello psicologico) is available to students, teachers and parents. The school has an anti-bullying document (a PTOF annex), a reception protocol for foreign students and an inclusion plan.
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 data70 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 data73 "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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