← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore Galileo Galilei
Voghera, Italy · est. 1952 · State
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The Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Galileo Galilei in Voghera (province of Pavia) is a state upper secondary school which since the 2024/25 school year has combined the Liceo Galilei and the vocational section of the former Calvi institute. The Liceo scientifico Galilei was founded in 1952, and in 1989 the classical section Grattoni joined it. Today it offers the licei classico, scientifico, linguistico and scienze umane and vocational tracks in maintenance and technical assistance. Since the 2021/22 school year the liceo scientifico has had a Cambridge IGCSE section: some subjects are taught in English and students sit Cambridge IGCSE exams. According to the timetable published by the school, in the first two years these are Global Perspectives, Maths, Chemistry and Biology plus extra English with a native speaker, and in the third and fourth years Biology, Chemistry and English; exams can be taken in June and November. The school states that it passed the Cambridge selection and that its IGCSE teachers are approved by Cambridge.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free.
Admissions As a state school, enrolment in the first year goes through the Ministry's national online enrolment system, linked from the school website. For recently arrived students who do not speak Italian, the school runs entry testing, Italian courses and catch-up lessons individually or in small groups. The school does not publish separate selection criteria for the Cambridge section.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5. Scuola secondaria di secondo grado, five years of study (from age 14 under the national system). Tracks: liceo classico (standard, with a biomedical and a legal-economic profile), liceo scientifico (standard, with curvatura Cambridge International, with extra computing, sports), liceo linguistico, liceo delle scienze umane and its economic-social option, a vocational track in maintenance and technical assistance (day and evening), and an IeFP course in vehicle repair. The Cambridge IGCSE course has run since the 2021/22 school year in a liceo scientifico section. According to the school timetable: in years 1 and 2, English 3 + 2 hours a week with a native speaker, Global Perspectives 4 hours instead of history and geography, Maths 6 hours, Chemistry 4 hours in year 1 and Biology 4 hours in year 2; after year 2, exams in Global Perspectives and Maths are possible; in years 3 and 4, English 3 + 2 hours, Biology 4 hours (year 3) and Chemistry 4 hours (year 4) with exams; year 5 follows the regular liceo scientifico plan. Cambridge exams can be taken in June and November. The Cambridge subjects are part of the timetable, not extracurricular.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE.
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: Sports ground or field
Campus: The school operates in four buildings in Voghera: three liceo buildings and one vocational building. Two liceo buildings have their own gyms; the others use external gyms. All classrooms and laboratories have interactive boards and internet. The main building has physics, computing, digital communication and natural science laboratories and an immersive classroom next to a room with two podcast stations; the second building houses a collection of historic teaching instruments and an assembly hall; the vocational building has a car workshop, CNC machine tools, electrical workshops, computing, chemistry and physics laboratories. Each building has a library and mobile language laboratories. According to the PTOF: 14 laboratories with internet, 3 libraries, 2 assembly halls, 3 gyms and an outdoor basketball and volleyball court.
Clubs and activities: School Sports Centre · GaliCampus (after-school open space) · School Newspapers · LAM - Art and Music Workshop
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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: Italian teachers with certified English and native speakers; approved by Cambridge
IGCSE subjects are taught by Italian teachers with certified English and highly qualified native speakers. The school states that the CVs of all its Cambridge teachers have been reviewed and approved by Cambridge, and that teachers regularly attend Cambridge International Professional Development courses.
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 runs a wellbeing programme: activities for emotional and psychological wellbeing and a positive class climate. For students with special educational needs and recent arrivals there is an advice desk for teachers, students and parents, and peer 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 data70 "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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