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San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy · est. 1968 · State
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A state upper secondary institute (istituto di istruzione superiore) in San Benedetto del Tronto combining the Giacomo Leopardi classical lyceum and the Nicola Ciccarelli vocational institute for commercial and social-health services, historically based in Cupra Marittima. The lyceum opened in the 1961-1962 school year as a classical section of the scientific lyceum, became independent in 1968-1969 and has had its own building on Viale Alcide De Gasperi since 1970-1971; the merger with the vocational institute dates from 1999-2000. The five-year course follows the Italian national curriculum in Italian and ends with the esame di Stato. The lyceum has several tracks: standard, enhanced mathematics, biomedical, Cambridge International (since 2019-2020) and Liceo Classico Europeo (since 2024-2025); the PTOF also lists music and dance lyceums from 2025-2026. In the Cambridge track English, mathematics and biology follow the Cambridge IGCSE curriculum with a native English-speaking teacher. The vocational institute offers commercial and social-health tracks, with the option of a healthcare assistant (OSS) qualification. According to the school, the lyceum has 523 students in 26 classes and the vocational institute 155 students in 9 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Latin, French, German, Spanish
Class size
on average about 20 students per lyceum class and about 17 in the vocational institute
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. For the Cambridge track families pay an annual contribution covering the school's Cambridge subscription, membership of the Cambridge schools network, exam fees and the native-speaker lessons; families pay for language study stays abroad.
Admissions Admission to year 1 is through the state Iscrizioni online procedure. For the Cambridge track students must obtain a language certificate of at least A2 by the end of the first year. The school has a reception protocol for foreign students: the intercultural committee interviews the child and family, runs entry assessments, chooses the class and organises Italian lessons; if previous school records are missing a parental declaration is accepted, and confirmation about the foreign school can be requested through the Italian consulate.
Stages and year groups Grades liceo classico 1-5; istituto professionale 1-5, 35 classes. Italian state upper secondary curriculum, five years, ending with the esame di Stato. Lyceum: standard liceo classico, enhanced mathematics (Progetto Archimede), biomedical track (optional from year 3), Liceo Classico Internazionale Cambridge, Liceo Classico Europeo (Latin and Greek as a single subject, a second foreign language chosen from German, Spanish or French, some subjects taught through CLIL); the PTOF also lists a liceo musicale and liceo coreutico from 2025-2026. Vocational institute: servizi commerciali (web community, tourism with a sports focus) and servizi per la sanità e l'assistenza sociale with an OSS course. Cambridge course: Cambridge IGCSE in the Cambridge track - English as a Second Language (exam in year 2-3), Mathematics (exam in year 3-4), Biology (exam in year 4-5); exams are taken at the school in May-June or November. In years 1-4 an extra hour of English with a native speaker is added (optional from year 3); the native speaker co-teaches English in years 1-2, mathematics in years 1-3 and biology in years 3-4. Cambridge University Press textbooks, language study stays in English-speaking countries from year 2.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. In the Cambridge track of the classical liceo, English, maths and biology follow IGCSE syllabuses with a native co-teacher, with exams at school between years 2 and 5.
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 lyceum building on Viale Alcide De Gasperi was purpose-built and occupied from the 1970-1971 school year; a new wing with labs and offices was added in the 1980s. There are two multimedia labs, a science lab and a language lab, a library with a 4K projector, 25 classrooms (5 of them in the neighbouring scientific lyceum building), a gym with a large courtyard and an outdoor sports field, a computer and smart TV in every classroom, 52 notebooks and a 3D printer. The vocational institute occupied the top floor of a building in central Cupra Marittima, with PE at the municipal sports hall; since 2026 its classes have been housed in the lyceum building in San Benedetto del Tronto.
Clubs and activities: My Theatre · Chess Project · Debate in English · Debate · School Newspaper · Young Astronomers · An Afternoon at the Opera · Theatre Audience School · Baskin at School (inclusive basketball) · English Language Enrichment · Italian Language Championships
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers94
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
The two sites have 94 teachers, 74 on permanent and 20 on fixed-term contracts. Native English-speaking teachers work in the Cambridge track and in English enrichment for all tracks; in the Liceo Classico Europeo native-speaker language assistants work alongside teachers.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has an emergency plan, an educational co-responsibility pact with families, a digital learning policy and a reception protocol for foreign students with an intercultural committee.
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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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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