← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore Leonardo da Vinci
Civitanova Marche, Italy · est. 1962 · State
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The Leonardo da Vinci institute is a state upper secondary school in Civitanova Marche on the Marche coast. The liceo scientifico opened here in 1962 as a branch of a Macerata liceo and became independent in 1968-1969; a liceo linguistico followed in 1995, the liceo classico of Civitanova Alta joined in 1997, and since 2000 it has been called Istituto di Istruzione Superiore. It now runs the liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico with applied sciences, liceo classico, liceo linguistico and liceo linguistico with the ESABAC Italian-French double diploma; about 1600 students attend, including a notable number of foreign students. The main language of instruction is Italian. Since 2019-2020 one section of the liceo linguistico (English, German, Spanish) has followed the Cambridge IGCSE path: English, biology and modern history are taught in English on British syllabuses with IGCSE exams. The liceo linguistico has native-speaker assistants in all three languages, study trips abroad and Erasmus+ exchanges.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. The school collects a voluntary family contribution whose amount its documents give without a figure; the website mentions no separate charge for the Cambridge section, but it may require extra textbooks beyond the official list. State school taxes are paid in grades 4-5.
Admissions Grade 1 enrolment follows the state online procedure. Students are selected for the Cambridge section by their lower secondary English mark - at least 8 out of 10; Spanish at lower secondary is helpful but not required; students must be prepared to sit IGCSE exams. Consent to the Cambridge section is given when enrolment is confirmed in the first week of July, or earlier by email to the head. The school notes that a significant number of foreign students attend; the PTOF goals include Italian as a second language courses.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year licei on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, liceo classico, liceo linguistico (traditional, Cambridge, ESABAC). ESABAC since 2013-2014 is for sections with French: history in French (2 extra hours), double diploma - Italian maturità and French baccalauréat. Cambridge section (F, English, German, Spanish): grade 1 levels students out, and from grade 2 English, biology and modern history are taught in English with British syllabuses and textbooks; IGCSE exams are held in June and November at the same time in all Cambridge schools. In grades 3-5 of the liceo linguistico one non-language subject is taught in a foreign language (CLIL).
Address Via Nelson Mandela 7, 62012 Civitanova Marche (MC)
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 section of the language liceo, English, Biology and modern History are taught in English to IGCSE from year 2, with exams in June and November.
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 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
Clubs and activities: Theatre in English, French and Spanish · Mathematics Olympiads · Liceo Classico Night · Asimov Prize · Goncourt Prize (student jury) · Christmas Show · Erasmus+ (international exchanges)
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 sizenot stated
In the liceo linguistico native speakers of all three languages work alongside the teachers; in grades 3-5 one non-language subject is taught in a foreign language through CLIL. The school does not publish staff numbers.
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
Throughout the year there is support and remedial teaching, prevention of all forms of bullying and psychological assistance; induction programmes are run for grade 1.
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 data70 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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