← Back to the rankingInternational School of Bergamo
Bergamo, Italy · est. 2011 · Private
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The International School of Bergamo is a private international day school in the east of Bergamo for children aged 2 to 18. It was founded in 2011 by Chiara Traversi and Guia Ghidoli with the aim of becoming a full IB continuum school: it has offered the PYP since 2013, the MYP since 2019 and the Diploma Programme since 2020, with the first graduating class in 2023. All subjects at all levels are taught in English; Italian is taught from grade 1 for five hours a week following national guidelines, and from middle school as language and literature or as language acquisition, plus a compulsory third language (Spanish, French or German). In grade 9 students sit the Italian Terza Media state exam before an external commission from a state school; the school states that the IB Diploma is recognised in Italy as equivalent to the Italian diploma. Students of more than 50 nationalities attend. The average IB Diploma score in 2026 was 34.5.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 902–22 708 a year
9 650–20 100 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, Spanish, French, German
Registration fee
≈ $2 372
2 100 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for 2026-2027 are paid in three equal instalments (by 10 June, 23 August and 1 December 2026). Pre-Kindergarten full time 9650 EUR, until 12:30 7860 EUR; Kindergarten and Transition 11700 EUR; grades 1-2 13400 EUR; grades 3-5 13550 EUR; grade 6 14250 EUR; grades 7-9 from 16900 to 17000 EUR; grades 10-11 17700 EUR; grades 12-13 20100 EUR. Fees include insurance, and in primary also exercise books and curriculum resources. Sibling discounts are 5% for the second child, 10% for the third and 15% for the fourth.
Admissions New students are accepted into all year groups throughout the year, subject to places and the discretion of the Senior Management Team. The family submits an enquiry, then completes an online application: birth certificate or passport, school records for the last two years, a teacher referee, results of any special evaluations, and vaccination records. The school encourages a visit; if that is not possible, an online interview is held. Admission is based on academic records and English proficiency. Applicants above grade 7 take Maths and English assessments (native Italians also Italian) to determine placement and any support needed; from grade 3 applicants may be assessed depending on records. Diploma Programme entry involves subject-specific assessments. The school states it caters to both local and international students; students new to English take paid English Language Acquisition classes, and international students take Italian Language Acquisition.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-K, K, Transition, 1-13. Early years: Pre-K from age 2 (Reggio Emilia approach), Kindergarten and Transition from age 3 under the PYP, grade 1 from age 5 (preparation for primary). Primary: grades 2-6, PYP; grade 6 corresponds to the Italian 5th year of scuola primaria. Middle school: grades 7-9, MYP plus the Italian national curriculum; Terza Media exam in grade 9 (esame di Stato del primo ciclo). High school: grades 10-11 MYP with the Personal Project, grades 12-13 Diploma Programme in English. The school states the IB Diploma is recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education as equivalent to the Italian diploma (Ministerial Decree No. 128 of 1987).
Address Via Monte Gleno, 54 - 24125 Bergamo
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeInspired · school is part of the networkThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12), MYP (ages 11-16), DP (ages 16-19). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end. MYP is the middle stage, ages 11 to 16. There are no exams here either; at the end an optional electronic assessment of pupils' work is possible. DP is the final stage, ages 16 to 19: six subjects plus a compulsory core of theory of knowledge, an extended essay and CAS. The diploma is accepted by universities all over the world, and in a number of countries it counts for admission on the same footing as the local leaving certificate.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
34.5 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: average score 34.5. MYP Personal Project: average 4.7 out of 7. State exam at the end of middle school (Terza Media): average 8.2 out of 10; the school states about 30% of students receive the top mark of 10 out of 10. In 2026 the school says it ranked 5th in Europe and 27th worldwide among IB schools with a small cohort.
Where leavers go: Bocconi University · Politecnico di Milano · Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
The school states that graduates enter Italian universities and institutions across Europe, the UK and North America, including Russell Group and Ivy League universities; the ISBestFit careers programme runs through high school with university fairs, talks by professionals, aptitude tests and application support.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground · Makerspace
Clubs and activities: Judo · Dance · Football · Volleyball · Athletics · Skiing · Cycling · Urban Ski Lab · Lego Robotics Coding · Junior FLL (First Lego League) · Model United Nations · Drama Club · Arts & Crafts · Sewing and patchwork · Choir · Piano, guitar, drums, violin · DELF (French exam preparation) · DELE (Spanish exam preparation) · Chinese · Reading Club · Homework Club · Student Council
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
The school does not describe a summer camp of its own: students are offered summer camps and exchanges at partner schools abroad (sports, arts), with exchanges lasting from five weeks to a year. In addition each class has 5-6 trips a year, residential in upper grades: Rome (grade 6), Trieste and Slovenia (grade 10), Florence and Maranello (grade 8), Tuscany (grade 9), Aosta (grade 7), Geneva and CERN for high school.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: The school states that teachers are trained in IB pedagogy; early years are taught by native English teachers; PE, art and music in primary are taught by subject specialists. There is a SEN specialist and an Inclusion Coordinator working with external consultants.
Each primary class has a dedicated teacher who leads Language, Maths, Science and Social Studies in English. Only the head of school is named on the website.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)95 Community rating (16%)no dataparent reviews are needed: the criterion switches on at the fifth verified one Exams and destinations (12%) scored on disclosed data80 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 data85 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.
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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