← Back to the rankingI.I.S. Liceale "Quinto Orazio Flacco"
Portici, Italy · est. 1969 · State
Illustration · Portici
I.I.S. Liceale Quinto Orazio Flacco is a state liceo in Portici near Naples, opened in 1969 as a liceo classico; since 2003 it has been in a building on Via Scalea. Today it runs a liceo classico (standard, Cambridge International, journalism and communication and logic-science strands), a liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish or German) and a liceo delle scienze umane, including the economic and social option and, from 2026-2027, a cinema and audiovisual strand. Since 2025-2026 the school has been an authorised Cambridge school: in the Cambridge section of the liceo classico, English as a second language, Latin and Mathematics are taught to the Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses in English, with IGCSE exams in years 3-5. Other lessons are in Italian. The school publishes an online newspaper, has a theatre company and is active in international projects: Erasmus+, eTwinning, model UN, language certificates and CertiLingua.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Latin
About the fees A state school (scuola statale): tuition is free. The school does not name a fee for the Cambridge section or IGCSE exams, or a voluntary contribution, on its website.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year follows the state procedure; the school announces enrolment for the 2026/2027 school year. The Cambridge section is one section of the liceo classico, and its hour of English conversation with a native speaker is optional; the website says nothing about selection for the section. According to the PTOF, almost all students are Italian citizens, with about 0.7% foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado). Five-year liceo programmes ending with the esame di Stato (maturità): liceo classico (standard, sezione Cambridge International, curvatura Comunicazione e Giornalismo web, logic-science), liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish; German since 2014/2015 as a third language), liceo delle scienze umane and opzione economico-sociale, from 2026/2027 curvatura Cinema e audiovisivo; a cross-curricular Digital Humanities & Communication course. Cambridge section of the liceo classico: in years 1-2 English 2 hours plus 1 IGCSE hour and 1 hour of English conversation with a native speaker, Latin 4 hours plus 1 hour of Latin IGCSE; in year 3 the English IGCSE exam, Latin 3 hours plus 1 hour of Latin IGCSE, Mathematics 1 hour plus 1 hour of Mathematics IGCSE; in year 4 the Latin IGCSE exam and 1 hour of Mathematics IGCSE; in year 5 the Mathematics IGCSE exam. The school may extend the Cambridge option to other licei.
Address Via Scalea 30, 80055 Portici (NA)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The classical liceo's Cambridge section takes IGCSE English as a Second Language (years 1-2), Latin (years 1-3) and Mathematics (years 3-4), with exams in years 3-5.
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 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: Since 2003 the liceo has occupied a spacious building on Via Scalea in Portici. Physics and chemistry labs, two multimedia rooms, a web TV studio, a cinema and podcast lab, a library, a large meeting room and an auditorium recently renovated by the local authority, an indoor gym and an outdoor basketball court.
Clubs and activities: Resident School Theatre Company · comete.info (online school newspaper) · IMUN (Model United Nations) · MUNER-NY · Web TV · Learning podcast · Classical Languages and Civilisation Championships · eTwinning · 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
IGCSE subjects are taught by the school's teachers, trained in the international methodology and holding language certificates, together with native English-speaking teachers. The school has a working group for the Cambridge section.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school has an online safety policy (E-policy, Generazioni Connesse project) and an emergency protocol; the school plan provides a psychological support desk with an external psychologist, wellbeing days and life skills workshops.
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 data70 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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