I.I.S.S. Tommaso Fiore is a state upper secondary school (scuola statale) with its main site in Modugno, an industrial suburb of Bari, and a second site in Grumo Appula. Under one head it runs a liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (applied sciences with computing and laboratories), an istituto tecnico economico - administration, finance and marketing (including a four-year course specialising in integrated logistics since the 2021-2022 school year), business information systems and tourism - as well as a vocational hospitality track and evening courses for adults. The liceo scientifico has a Cambridge International (IGCSE) course: enhanced English as a second language with native speakers, and Mathematics and Biology also taught in English, with Cambridge University textbooks and CLIL-certified teachers working alongside the English teacher. Students and families choose which IGCSE exams to take together with the teachers; the IGCSE diploma is awarded for passing at least seven subjects, while individual certificates can be earned independently of the diploma. Other lessons are in Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The school is state-run and charges no tuition; no surcharge for the Cambridge course or IGCSE exams is named on the pages read.
Admissions A state school: enrolment in the first year is through the national Iscrizioni online procedure (istruzione.it/iscrizionionline) within the dates of the annual ministry circular, usually published in November. The site does not describe a separate selection for the Cambridge course.
Stages and year groups Liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (standard and Cambridge International course), istituto tecnico economico: five-year AFM (Grumo Appula) and four-year AFM specialising in integrated logistics (Modugno), SIA, Turismo; the vocational track Servizi per l'enogastronomia e l'ospitalità alberghiera; evening courses for adults. Programmes end with the esame di Stato. Cambridge: the liceo scientifico OSA Cambridge International (IGCSE) course - English as a Second Language with native speakers, Mathematics and Biology in English with Cambridge textbooks; students and families choose which IGCSE exams to take with the teachers; the IGCSE diploma requires passing at least 7 subjects, subject certificates are separate. The site does not specify in which years the subjects are taught or for how many hours.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The applied sciences liceo's Cambridge International course: English as a Second Language with native speakers, Mathematics and Biology in English; IGCSE exams are chosen individually.
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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
No reviews yet. The community rating counts towards the score once a school has five verified reviews - until then we do not show a zero, so as not to mislead.
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 data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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