← Back to the rankingInternational School of Turin
Chieri, Italy · est. 1963 · Private
Illustration · Chieri
The International School of Turin is a not-for-profit independent international day school in Chieri near Turin, operating since 1963: it was founded by managers of American companies as the American International School of Torino, and the current campus in Chieri opened in 2012. The school takes children from 20 months to 18 years through the full IB continuum: the PYP since 2006, the MYP since 2008 and the Diploma Programme since 1990; it describes itself as the first fully authorised IB school in Piedmont. Teaching is in English; all students learn Italian as a first or additional language. High school offers three pathways: the IB Diploma, the American High School Diploma with three AP courses, or the standard American diploma; IB graduates earn both diplomas, and in Italy the IB Diploma is equivalent to the maturità. Italian students sit the scuola media examination (Licenza Media) through the integrated Italian programme; the preschool and primary school are recognised by the Italian Ministry as private schools. Students and staff come from more than 40 nationalities; high school classes have up to 20 students. The average IB Diploma score in 2026 was 34.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $9 603–21 691 a year
8 500–19 200 EUR
Programmes
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · AP · American programme
Admits from
20 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
English
Languages taught
Italian, French, German, Spanish, Latin
Class size
in high school, groups of up to 20 students
Registration fee
≈ $3 728
3 300 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for 2026-2027: Pre-Nursery 9300 EUR, Nursery 8500 EUR, Pre-Kindergarten 9000 EUR, Kindergarten 10400 EUR, grades 1-5 13400 EUR, grades 6-8 16600 EUR, grades 9-10 16700 EUR, grades 11-12 19200 EUR. Payment in three instalments: 50% by 15 September, 40% by 15 January and 10% by 15 April. Fees include hot lunch, day trips and residential trips from grade 4, MYP, DP, AP and SAT exam fees, language certifications, textbooks and materials, an iPad up to grade 8, secondary clubs, university counselling and the graduation ceremony; in Pre-Nursery, diapers and changing essentials. Discounts: 25% for the third child, 50% for the fourth, 75% for the fifth and further children, with no registration fee. Students joining in January or February pay 75% of the annual fee, from March to June 50%.
Admissions The school is independent, non-denominational and co-educational. Because of its international nature, priority in admissions goes to international English-speaking candidates, then international candidates who do not speak English, then siblings of enrolled students. Families contact the admissions office by email or phone, arrange a video call or a tour, and then apply online. The school places students according to previous schooling, transfer documents, date of birth and English level; placement tests in English and Mathematics are required for grades 6-12. Enrolment is confirmed by payment of the registration fee and depends on available places. Children without sufficient English are offered a paid English Language Learner programme.
Stages and year groups Grades Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Pre-K, K, 1-12. IB PYP: Early Years - Pioneers (Pre-Nursery, from 20 months), Explorers (Nursery, ages 3-4), Discoverers and Investigators (Pre-K and Kindergarten, mixed groups aged 4-6); Primary - grades 1-5 (ages 6-11). IB MYP: grades 6-10, with the Italian curriculum integrated in grades 6-8 and the Licenza Media examination. From grade 11 - IST Pathways: the IB Diploma Programme (grades 11-12), the American High School Diploma (at least 27 credits) with three AP courses - AP Statistics, AP Spanish Language, AP Geography or AP Microeconomics - alongside three DP Standard Level courses, or the standard American diploma. In the Diploma Programme: English and Italian as first languages, English, Italian ab initio, French, German and Spanish as foreign languages; Economics, History, Geography, Environmental Systems and Societies, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, two Mathematics courses, Visual Arts. Italian stages: the scuola dell'infanzia and primaria are recognised by the Ministry as private (paritarie). There are no Cambridge International courses; Cambridge, DELE, Goethe, DELF and PLIDA language exams are included in fees.
Address Strada Pecetto 34, 10023 Chieri (TO)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP, MYP, DP · authorised programmeCIS · accreditationNEASC · accreditationThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years, Middle Years and Diploma programmes. There are no Cambridge International courses: the school runs the full IB continuum, with an American high school diploma and AP courses as an alternative in the upper grades. The school is accredited by CIS. The school is accredited by NEASC.
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
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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →CISCouncil of International Schools
It accredits international schools and is a paying association at the same time. It examines governance and ownership, the curriculum, teaching, student wellbeing, staff and premises; a team of volunteers from other CIS accredited schools visits the school. Membership and accreditation are different things here, and schools confuse them more often than anything else.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →NEASCNew England Association of Schools and Colleges
An American accreditation working since 1885. For international schools it uses an approach where the visitors look first at live lessons rather than at folders of paperwork: the team works in the school for about a week. It is the only one here whose public directory honestly separates accredited schools from candidates.
What the badge means for this school. The school has been through this organisation's accreditation. It was judged as a whole: governance, safeguarding, staff, premises, teaching. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →AP
Advanced Placement: American advanced courses for the senior years. The exam for a course is set and marked by the College Board, not by the school. A good result is counted by American universities as a first-year course already passed, which saves a student time and money.
What this means for this school. A school does not get to call a course AP automatically: the College Board reads the course syllabus and approves it separately for every subject and every teacher, and the permission has to be renewed each year. Every approved school in the world is listed in the open AP Course Ledger, and this school's entry there stands as a line in the accreditation block above. How many courses a school is approved for, and in which subjects, the ledger does not show in its general listing. AP has no leaving certificate of its own: it sits on top of the school's main programme rather than being a separate system.
American programme
The American school programme, with the High School Diploma at the end. It usually comes together with AP courses, which the College Board stands behind, and with an American accreditation - MSA, NEASC or Cognia.
What this means for this school. The diploma is written out by the school itself: the American programme has no common leaving exam, and the content of the senior years is set by the school. Outside checking therefore rests on two things here - the accreditation of the school, and the AP exams if the school runs them.
Exams and destinations from the school's official website
Average IB score
34 (world average 30.88)
Exam results IB Diploma 2026: 34 candidates, average score 34 out of 45 against a world average of 30.8, highest score 43, 9% scored 40 points or more, pass rate 91% (86% in 2024, 85% in 2025). Grade 8 Italian scuola media examination: average mark 8.5 in 2024, 2025 and 2026, 100% pass rate. The school describes itself as non-selective.
Where leavers go: University of Edinburgh · King's College London · University of Warwick · University of Manchester · University of Amsterdam · Erasmus University Rotterdam · Maastricht University · Leiden University · Delft University of Technology · IE Business School · ESADE · University of California, Berkeley
and others, 20 universities in the school's list in allGraduates most often go to the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, the US and Canada, and many stay in Italy; others go to Switzerland, France, Germany and Australia. The school provides university counselling including UCAS applications and test preparation, and students can take the SAT at the school.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Model United Nations · UNESCO Club · Yearbook Club · Eco Club · Secondary Sports Team · Primary Performing Arts · Secondary Latin · MYP Rock Band · IST Voices · School of Rap · Hip Hop · Art Workshop · Lego Innovations · Track and Field · Artistic Gymnastics · IST Rugby Junior · Soccer Junior · Kids Black Belt · Chess · IST Young Journalists Club · Eco Garden Club
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 describes a highly qualified faculty including IB examiners and workshop leaders and teachers with master's degrees and doctorates. The website names the leadership, administration and teachers with their subjects. All new employees provide police background checks from every country where they have lived and worked.
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 room
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
There is a child protection policy, a designated Child Protection Officer and team who run sessions for students from early years to grade 12; all staff are trained annually and sign the child protection protocol; new staff provide police background checks. The school has two nurses, a security and maintenance officer, a counsellor for primary and secondary, homeroom advisors, a learning support programme with individual plans, and programmes for gifted students and elite athletes.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)98.5 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 data75 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)95 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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