← Back to the rankingInternational School of Modena
Castelnuovo Rangone, Italy · est. 1998 · Private
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The International School of Modena is a small private international day school in Montale Rangone near Modena for children aged 3 to 18, opened in 1998; it was the first full IB continuum school in Emilia-Romagna. Early years and primary follow the PYP (with the Reggio Emilia approach for the youngest), grades 7-11 the MYP and grades 12-13 the Diploma Programme. English is the main language of instruction at all stages; Italian is taught as a mother tongue and as a foreign language, Italian children prepare for the Italian middle school certificate (licenza media), and elements of the Italian national curriculum are integrated into primary and middle school. Middle school students also learn French, Spanish or German. The high school has students of more than 30 nationalities. The average IB Diploma score was 34 in 2026 and 38.5 in 2024.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $13 274–24 741 a year
11 750–21 900 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, French, Spanish, German
Class size
Lessons are taught in small classes; the school does not give the number of students per class.
Registration fee
≈ $2 372
2 100 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for 2026-2027 are paid in full or in three instalments: 25% by 17 February 2026 with the admission and registration fees, 50% by 23 August and 25% by 1 December 2026. Kindergarten full day 11750 EUR; Transition 13000 EUR; grades 1-2 17100 EUR; grades 3-4 17350 EUR; grades 5-6 17450 EUR; grades 7-8 19350 EUR; grade 9 19500 EUR; grades 10-11 21200 EUR; grades 12-13 21900 EUR. Fees include exercise books and stationery (up to grade 6), personal insurance, local school trips and external IB examinations (grades 11-13).
Admissions The family submits an enquiry and the admissions team gets in touch; the school strongly recommends a tour, otherwise an online meeting with the head or a coordinator is arranged. Children from grade 1 are invited to spend half a day in their future class. Through the portal the family then submits a birth certificate or passport, school records for the last two years (from grade 3 of primary), a teacher referee, results of any special evaluations and vaccination records, required by Italian law. An interview with the head or a coordinator, an entrance test and an English assessment may follow; applicants from grade 7 take a baseline test. The school then sends an acceptance letter and payment terms are set in the contract. The school states it educates both Italian and international students; in high school there are scholarships for strong students in grades 10-13 from other schools, with no geographical restrictions.
Stages and year groups Grades K, Transition, 1-13. Early years: Kindergarten (age 3), Transition (age 4), grade 1 (age 5), PYP and the Reggio Emilia approach. Primary: grades 2-6 (ages 6-10), PYP. Middle school: grades 7-11 (ages 11-15), MYP; Italian children prepare for the licenza media, with Terza Media maths preparation in grades 8-9. High school: grades 12-13, Diploma Programme in a dedicated wing; with the right combination of subjects the IB Diploma gives legal equivalence to the Italian diploma. The school reports a 100% pass rate in the PYP and MYP.
Address Piazza Montessori, 1/A - 41051 Montale Rangone, Castelnuovo Rangone (MO)
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 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: average score 34. In 2024 the average score was 38.5, in 2022 it was 36. The school reports a 100% pass rate in the PYP and MYP and says the independent ALPS system placed it in the top 10% of IB schools worldwide for student progress.
Where leavers go: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart · LUISS University · IULM University · King's College London · University College London (UCL) · Durham University · University of York · University of Nottingham · University of Glasgow · The University of Edinburgh · University of Warwick · University of Manchester
and others, 14 universities in the school's list in allUniversity and career counsellors work with high school students; the school states that it supports graduates applying to universities in Europe, the US and the UK.
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
Clubs and activities: Reduced-Contact Rugby · Cricket · Ballet · Basketball · Football · Padel (padel) · Yoga · French · Chinese · STEM · Coding · Homework Club · Stop, Drop and Read · Performing Arts · Choir · Voice Workshop · Stage Props Club · Lego Club (Lego) · MUN / Debate · Science Clinic · Sustainable Development Goals · Creative Minds
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 abroad, exchanges and joint projects with partner schools.
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 sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: The school states that its teachers are highly qualified IB educators; English, French, Spanish, drama, PE, science and music are taught by subject specialists; primary is taught by Italian and English-speaking teachers.
The website names the head of school and three IB programme coordinators (the head of primary and the PYP, MYP and Diploma Programme coordinators).
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%)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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