← Back to the rankingIstituto Antonio Rosmini
Borgomanero, Italy · est. 1857 · Private
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Istituto Antonio Rosmini in Borgomanero (province of Novara) is a private Catholic paritaria school from nursery to middle school: asilo nido from 15 months, scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria and scuola secondaria di primo grado. Rosminian schools have worked in the town since 1845, and the Antonio Rosmini girls' college was authorised to open in 1857; it was run by the Sisters of Providence founded by Antonio Rosmini. Since the 2018-2019 school year it has been a Cambridge Centre, by its own account the only one in the provinces of Novara and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola: primary and middle school follow Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary programmes in English, mathematics and science, with Cambridge Progression tests and Checkpoint exams at the end of year 5 and year 8. English is 6 hours a week in primary and 5 hours in middle school, with native speakers. The main language of instruction is Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
15 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, German, Latin, Chinese
About the fees The school does not publish the retta on its website; fees are given on request through a form. In the kindergarten lunch and annual workshops are included in the retta.
Admissions The school admits children to the nursery from 15 months to 3 years, to the kindergarten, primary and middle school; information and fees can be requested through a form on each section's page. The kindergarten groups children by age. The website describes no entrance tests or language requirements and says nothing about admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades nido, infanzia, primaria 1-5, media 1-3. Asilo nido (15 months to 3 years, September to June), scuola dell'infanzia (age groups), scuola primaria (years 1-5, paritaria since the 2000-2001 school year), scuola secondaria di primo grado (years 1-3, paritaria since 2004-2005), Italian state curriculum. Cambridge Primary and Cambridge Lower Secondary in all primary and middle school classes: English, English as a second language, mathematics and science; school-marked Cambridge Progression tests and Cambridge Checkpoint exams taken at the end of year 5 and at the end of year 3 of middle school. English: 6 hours a week with native speakers in primary, 5 hours in middle school (3 with the class teacher and 2 with a native speaker). The second language in middle school is Spanish; optional labs: in primary Spanish, Chinese, IT; in middle school Latin, German, IT, creativity, photography, study skills.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary. Every primary and middle school class follows Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary in English, maths and science, with optional Checkpoint tests at the end of year 5 and of year 3 of middle 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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: Multisport · Spanish Language Workshop · Chinese Language Workshop · Latin Workshop · German Workshop · Computer Science · Photography · Creative Writing · Theatre · Study Skills
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 sizenot stated
The school names the nursery and kindergarten staff and the primary and middle school teachers, including four native English speakers. In primary each class has a main teacher supported by specialists in English, Spanish, music and PE. Staff regularly attend professional development courses.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
According to the PTOF, the Cambridge Centre inspection also covered building and user safety. A written delegation is required for a child to leave with an adult other than the parents. The school works with the police, fire service and Red Cross.
Reviews
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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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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 7 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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