← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore "G. Peano - C. Rosa"
Nereto, Italy · est. 1955 · State
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Istituto di Istruzione Superiore «G. Peano - C. Rosa» is a state upper secondary school in Nereto, at the centre of the Val Vibrata valley in northern Abruzzo, near the border with the Marche. It brings together two of the valley's schools: the «Concezio Rosa» commercial technical school, opened in 1955 as a branch of a technical school in Teramo, and the Liceo Scientifico «G. Peano», independent since 1979; they have been together since 2009-2010. Today it offers the liceo scientifico and its applied sciences option, the liceo linguistico with the dual Italian-French ESABAC diploma and Spanish, the liceo delle scienze umane and its economic and social option, and an economic technical institute with finance and marketing, information systems and tourism tracks (including a four-year one), plus evening courses. Since 2018-2019 the science licei have had a Cambridge International section: some subjects follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses in English with a native-speaker teacher. About 1100 teenagers aged 14-19 from the twelve municipalities of the valley attend; the main language of instruction is Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. Hours of the native-speaker teacher in the Cambridge section are paid by families as a separate contribution (contributo Cambridge), the amount of which the school gives at its office. In addition, families pay the state upper secondary school fee and a voluntary school contribution (contributo volontario) through Pago in Rete.
Admissions Admission to first-year classes is through the national Iscrizioni online procedure. The Cambridge International section has minimum entry requirements, and if applications exceed places an entrance test is held; the set of IGCSE subjects is confirmed after enrolment closes. Students without Italian citizenship make up a significant part of the school - about 23% in the technical institute and about 8% in the science liceo; the school describes no special conditions for them on its website.
Stages and year groups Italian state upper secondary curriculum ending with the esame di Stato (maturità): liceo scientifico and opzione scienze applicate (both with a Cambridge International section), liceo linguistico (ESABAC with French - Italian diploma and French baccalauréat - and a course with Spanish), liceo delle scienze umane and opzione economico-sociale; istituto tecnico economico - amministrazione, finanza e marketing, sistemi informativi aziendali, turismo (since 2022-2023 also a four-year version); evening courses for adults. Cambridge International section since 2018-2019: possible IGCSE subjects are English as a Second Language, Computer Science, Biology, Art & Design, Mathematics, Global Perspectives; in the science liceo the year 1 timetable has English as a Second Language (5 hours of English, 2 with a native speaker), Global Perspectives within history and geography, Art & Design, and Mathematics from year 2; in the applied sciences option English as a Second Language, Computer Science, Biology, Art & Design. English is increased by 2 hours a week in years 1-2 and 1 hour in years 3-5, and one more hour a week one subject is taught in English jointly with a native speaker; the target is C1 English. IGCSE exams are taken at the end of each course. Separately the school prepares students for the Cambridge English B2 First and C1 Advanced language exams.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The Cambridge International section of the science and applied science licei offers IGCSE ESL, Global Perspectives, Mathematics, Computer Science, Biology and Art and Design, partly with a native speaker.
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.
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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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·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
Campus: Two sites in Nereto: the historic Liceo «G. Peano» building on viale Europa and the former «C. Rosa» commercial technical school building on via Vittorio Veneto, built from 1960-1961; the first computer room opened there in 1988-1989. Liceo classes are distributed between both buildings.
Clubs and activities: School Newspaper · Sports Projects · European School Sport Day · Gamification · NOI E... (school podcast) · Reclaiming Literature
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has 36 students with certified disabilities and 40 with learning disorders and says it develops methods to include them; there is a civic education and legality project.
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 data60 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data76 "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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