The International School of Monza is a private international day school in central Monza for children aged two and a half to 18; the school speaks of a history spanning four decades. All stages follow International Baccalaureate programmes: the PYP in early years and primary (with the Reggio Emilia approach for the youngest), the MYP in middle school and grades 10-11, and the Diploma Programme in grades 12-13; the school calls itself the only full IB continuum school in Monza and Brianza. The language of instruction is English from early years; Italian is taught from grade 1 to both native and non-native speakers. Italian children are prepared for the state exams at the end of primary and middle school, sat at partner schools, and the school states that the IB Diploma has full legal equivalence to the Italian upper secondary diploma. For about half of the students Italian is their mother tongue. The average IB Diploma score in 2026 was 33.5, the highest 42.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $10 958–26 831 a year
9 700–23 750 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP, CP
Admits from
2.5 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, Spanish, Chinese
Class size
Two educators per early years class; small classes in high school, 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 three instalments: 25% on enrolment, 50% by 23 August 2026 and 25% by 1 December 2026. Pre-Kindergarten full day 9700 EUR, half day 8600 EUR; Kindergarten 9800 EUR; Transition 10100 EUR; grade 1 15100 EUR; grades 2-5 from 19200 to 19400 EUR; grades 6-9 from 21050 to 21400 EUR; grades 10-11 22600 EUR; grades 12-13 23750 EUR. Fees include exercise books and stationery (Pre-K to grade 5), day trips (Pre-K to grade 6), personal insurance and external IB examinations (grades 11-13). Bus and after-school activities are charged separately.
Admissions Admission runs throughout the year. The family submits an enquiry, receives access to the admissions portal, books a visit and a meeting with the Educational Leadership Team (online is possible; strongly recommended for middle and high school applicants). A formal application follows with school reports for the last two years, vaccination records, documents on special educational needs if any, guardianship documents if the child will not live with the parents, and a confidential report from the current school. Primary applicants are invited to a trial day; middle and high school applicants take English and Mathematics assessments. The leadership team decides: a place or the waiting list. The school states that its curriculum is designed for both local and international students; non-native speakers take Italian acquisition courses, and English as an additional language is offered to those who need it.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-K, K, Transition, 1-13. Early years (Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Transition) from two and a half: PYP and the Reggio Emilia approach, reading with the UK Little Wandle programme. Primary (grades 1-6, ages 6-11): PYP. Middle school (grades 7-9, ages 11-14): MYP, alongside the Italian scuola media curriculum for those who wish to sit the state exam in grade 9. High school: MYP in grades 10-11 (with MYP eAssessment in grade 11), then the Diploma Programme in grades 12-13. Italian children prepare for the Quinta Elementare (grade 6) and Terza Media (grade 9) exams, sat at partner schools. Students do not sit the Esame di Stato: the school states the IB Diploma has full legal equivalence to the Italian diploma. The school is a candidate for the IB Career-related Programme, which it intended to launch in the 2025-2026 school year; the programme is not yet authorised.
Address Via Solferino, 23 - 20900 Monza (MB)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP, CP · authorised programmeInspired · school is part of the networkThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years, Middle Years, Diploma and Career-related 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), CP (ages 16-19, with a vocational slant). 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. CP is the final stage with a vocational slant, ages 16 to 19: some of the DP subjects plus an applied qualification. It is meant for those heading into a trade or an applied degree rather than an academic one.
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Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
33.5 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: average score 33.5, highest score 42. The school states that the independent ALPS system placed it in the top 10% of IB schools worldwide for student progress.
Where leavers go: LUISS University · Politecnico di Milano · Sapienza University of Rome · Bocconi University · Catholic University of the Sacred Heart · IE University (Madrid) · Maastricht University · Sciences Po · KTH Royal Institute of Technology · EHL Hospitality Business School · University College Dublin · Imperial College London
and others, 20 universities in the school's list in allThe school states that 90% of students are admitted to their first-choice university; a university counsellor guides students from grade 10 to grade 13, using Unifrog and ManageBac, and university fairs are held on campus.
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: Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Basketball · Volleyball · Football · Karate · Chess · Arts and Crafts · Singing · Guitar · Acting · Comics · Piano · Dance · Robotica (robotics) · Genius Kid (science club) · Homework Club
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 (theatre, arts, sports, photography), and in October a one-week day programme in entrepreneurship with the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE) for students over 14: 27-31 October 2026 in Milan, 3300 EUR, without accommodation. Students in grades 4-13 go on annual residential trips.
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 many middle and high school teachers are IB examiners; all staff are fluent in English, and primary is taught by native English speakers; the head of school has more than 30 years in international education and experience as an IB senior examiner.
The team page names the head of school, the heads of primary and secondary, the IB programme coordinators, the early years coordinator and the head of wellbeing.
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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Monza, Italy · Private