← Back to the rankingI.I.S. "Genovesi - Da Vinci"
Salerno, Italy · est. 1971 · State
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I.I.S. Genovesi - Da Vinci is a state upper secondary school in Salerno that runs, under one management, the liceo scientifico Leonardo da Vinci (since the 1971-1972 school year) and the technical institute Antonio Genovesi; they were merged in 2012-2013. The liceo has a standard and an applied sciences track, a mathematics liceo, science and biomedical curvature strands, and a Liceo Cambridge International class since 2018-2019, where English as a second language, Biology and Physics are taught in English to the Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses with native-speaker teachers. The technical institute offers economics and marketing, information systems and an international relations track with the Italian-French ESABAC techno double diploma. Other subjects are taught in Italian. 862 students attend in 35 classes. The school has a psychologist's counselling desk, a theatre company, a web radio and a school newspaper.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Latin
Class size
on average 24 students per class
About the fees A state school (scuola statale): tuition is free. State fees: esame di Stato 12.09 EUR, issue of the diploma 15.13 EUR. The school asks families for a contribution towards technology and an enriched curriculum, without stating the amount on the website; the website does not mention a fee for the Cambridge course.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year follows the state Iscrizioni online procedure (for 2026/27 from 13 January to 14 February 2026). For the Liceo Cambridge International class, families also fill in a separate IGCSE enrolment form; the website says nothing about selection or a test. The school says the number of students of foreign origin is growing and that foreign students with language difficulties need Italian literacy support.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado), 35 classes. Five-year programmes ending with the esame di Stato (maturità): liceo scientifico (standard, opzione scienze applicate, liceo matematico, STEM and biomedical curvature strands), a Liceo Scientifico Cambridge International class; technical institute Amministrazione, Finanza e Marketing, Sistemi Informativi Aziendali and the Relazioni internazionali track with ESABAC techno (Italian esame di Stato and French baccalauréat, exams since 2017/2018). Liceo Cambridge: English as a Second Language in years 1-4, Physics in years 1-3, Biology in years 1-4, each subject with one extra hour a week, some hours co-taught by a native speaker with the Italian teacher and some taught by the native speaker alone; the outcome is IGCSE certificates by subject. The school also mentions A Levels but names no A Level subjects on the website.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The science liceo's Cambridge International class studies IGCSE English as a Second Language and Biology in years 1-4 and Physics in years 1-3, partly with native speakers.
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 hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Makerspace
Campus: The liceo and the technical institute share a complex on Via Principessa Sichelgaita, in a well-connected area near the metro. Ten labs with internet, including biotechnology, robotics and STEM, a lab for future digital professions (big data, blockchain), a web radio and podcast studio; computers and interactive whiteboards in all classrooms. A theatre, an assembly hall with a projector and big screen, a library, two gyms and a five-a-side football pitch.
Clubs and activities: Resident School Theatre Company · Web radio · School Newspaper · FAI - Apprentice Tour Guides · Neuroscience Olympiad · Philosophy Championships · Robotics and Computer Science Championships · School Sports Centre
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
Cambridge and ESABAC subjects are taught by the school's teachers together with native-speaker teachers; a psychologist runs the counselling desk. A significant share of teachers have worked at the school for more than 5 years.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
A psychologist runs a counselling desk (Sportello d'ascolto) for students. The school holds sessions on bullying and cyberbullying, online safety and relationships, and has a staff role for inclusion and wellbeing.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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