← Back to the rankingIstituto di Istruzione Superiore «Via dei Papareschi»
Rome, Italy · est. 1911 · State
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Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Via dei Papareschi is a state upper secondary school in the Marconi district of south-west Rome with a branch in Colle del Sole. It traces its history to a girls' vocational school founded by royal decree on 28 September 1911 and named after Colomba Antonietti in 1932; in the 1990s linguistic and science-technology tracks were added to the commercial technical course. Today it has four tracks: liceo scientifico with the applied sciences option, liceo linguistico, liceo delle scienze umane with the economic and social option, and a technical institute in administration, finance and marketing with an international relations track. It has 1361 students in 57 classes, 23 per class on average. Since 2017 the school has been a Cambridge International School and an official IGCSE exam centre: the liceo scientifico has Liceo Scientifico Internazionale Cambridge classes in which, alongside the Italian curriculum, three subjects - English as a second language, Physics and Mathematics - are taught bilingually, partly with native-speaker teachers, and students sit IGCSE exams. Teaching is in Italian, with part of the lessons in English in the Cambridge classes. The school takes part in Erasmus+ and the We Debate network and prepares students for English, French and Spanish language exams.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
Class size
23 students per class on average
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a state school and first-year enrolment goes through the state online system. The website has no information on a supplement for the Cambridge classes or the cost of IGCSE exams.
Admissions Admission to the first year is through state online enrolment; for 2026-2027 the school announced 2 first-year classes in the technical institute, 2 in the liceo linguistico, 3 in the liceo scientifico with applied sciences and one more class with a digital profile in the main building. The minimum English level for the Cambridge classes is an A2 (KET) certificate. According to the PTOF the share of students without Italian citizenship is significant, above provincial and national averages in almost all tracks; the school runs an Italian as a second language project for their reception and integration.
Stages and year groups 57 classes. Five-year tracks ending with the esame di Stato: liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (including Cambridge classes and a digital-profile class), liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish), liceo delle scienze umane opzione economico sociale (with French or Spanish), and a technical institute in Amministrazione, finanza e marketing with the Relazioni internazionali per il marketing track (three foreign languages). Cambridge: in the liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate the Liceo Scientifico Internazionale Cambridge classes take Cambridge IGCSE in three subjects with a bilingual syllabus: English as a Second Language, Physics and Mathematics; in addition to the maturità diploma students obtain IGCSE certificates. Per the curriculum, hours with a native-speaker teacher: English 3 hours a week in years 1-2 and 2 hours in years 3-4, Mathematics 1 hour in years 1-3, Physics 1 hour in years 1 and 3 and every other week in year 2. Exams are held at the school: in 2024 students sat English as a Second Language and Physics (years 3 and 4) and Mathematics (Extended).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge classes in the applied sciences liceo take IGCSE English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Physics in a bilingual programme with a native speaker, sitting exams at school.
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 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
Clubs and activities: We Debate · Theatre Workshop · Inclusive Theatre Workshop · School Band · Student Sports Centre · Natural Sciences Olympiad · Mathematics Olympiad · Romanae Disputationes (philosophy competition) · Erasmus+ · Cambridge, DELF and DELE Certifications
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
The school reports 57 classes with 23 students per class on average; in the Cambridge classes part of the English, Mathematics and Physics lessons are taught by native-speaker teachers. The school does not publish teacher numbers or qualifications.
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
There is a psychological support service for students, teachers and staff; the school has an anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying protocol for 2025-2026 and a school-family co-responsibility agreement. The PTOF notes a large share of students with disabilities and learning difficulties and a support network with educators and psychologists.
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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 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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