The Istituto Gonzaga in Milano is a Catholic paritaria school of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers), working in the city since 1906; girls have attended since the 1980-1981 school year. On Via Vitruvio under one roof are a scuola dell'infanzia from age 3, a scuola primaria, a scuola media and three licei: classico, scientifico and the Liceo Europeo (since 1993) with linguistico moderno and giuridico-economico tracks. School runs five days a week with Saturdays free. Teaching is in Italian under the national curriculum; English is reinforced at every level: a bilingual project with native speakers in kindergarten, 5 hours of English and CLIL in primary, English following the Cambridge programme in middle school, Cambridge IGCSE Biology (scientifico) and Geography (europeo giuridico-economico) in the licei, history in English in the upper Liceo Europeo classes, and CLIL in physics and science. The school is a Cambridge International centre and a Cambridge English preparation centre. It has a large sports centre with a swimming pool, a medical room and a team of psychologists.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school does not publish tuition fees on its website; they are given after the information interview. The KET course with a native speaker in middle school is paid.
Admissions Enrolment begins with a personal information interview with the head of the chosen level, attended by at least one parent and, for middle school and the licei, by the student; the interview is requested through a form on the site, giving the previous school. After the interview the family receives the enrolment form to return to the administration office; the interview carries no obligation. The licei admit students who have passed the scuola media exam; student and family accept the school's educational project. The school is open to non-Catholics who respect the Catholic character of the project. For 2026-2027 the licei offer bursaries for able students from families in financial difficulty. The site does not write separately about admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups Italian curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia (5 groups), scuola primaria, scuola secondaria di primo grado (32 lessons a week, French or Spanish as second language) and licei ending with the esame di Stato: liceo classico, liceo scientifico and the Liceo Europeo (linguistico moderno: English, French, Spanish; giuridico-economico: English, French, law and economics). Cambridge: the site lists English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives in primary, English as a Second Language in middle school, and Biology, Geography, Chemistry, English as a Second Language, Global Perspectives, Physics and History in the licei with IGCSE and AS Level exams. The PTOF specifically confirms: in scuola media English also follows Cambridge IGCSE programmes; in grades 1-2 of the liceo scientifico IGCSE Biology (4 hours a week) with an exam at the end of grade 2; in grades 1-2 of the Liceo Europeo giuridico-economico IGCSE Geography with an exam at the end of grade 2. In the Liceo Europeo history in grades 3-5 is taught entirely in English. The school separately prepares for Cambridge English language exams (Starters, Movers, Flyers, KET, B2 First) and IELTS.
Address Via Vitruvio 41, 20124 Milano
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeLa Salle · school is part of the networkThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Italian state curriculum with IGCSE Biology in years 1-2 of the liceo scientifico and IGCSE Geography in years 1-2 of the Liceo Europeo law and economics track, with exams at the end of year 2.
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: IGCSE (ages 14-16). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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.
La Salleschool network
The schools of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Hermanos de las Escuelas Cristianas), a Catholic congregation founded in 1686. The institute's own statistics at the end of 2023: 1,154 schools and educational institutions in 78 countries and over 1.16 million pupils. The Argentine schools belong to the Argentina-Paraguay district, which counts its beginning from 1889; the district is run by five organisations, among them Asociación Educacionista Argentina and Fundación La Salle Argentina. The "Obras en Argentina" section lists 26 institutions.
What this means for this school. The network owns or operates the school. Its accreditation and programme authorisation the school obtains separately, in its own name.
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 pool
✓Sports hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground
Clubs and activities: Gonzaga Youth Volleyball · Gonzaga Sport Club · Chess Course · Theatre Workshop · Playwriting Workshop · Photography Course in English · Piano Lessons · Music and Painting Activities · Debate · Volunteering · Lasallian Youth Movement
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
After the school year primary pupils have a day camp at school and a residential English and sports camp; middle school students have two-week July trips to a college in Great Britain, one or two weeks at an English school in June, two weeks at a college in Spain and a week of sailing school in English in Sardinia.
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 describes its teachers as selected, highly qualified and experienced; English is taught by native speakers
The school publishes a list of teachers by name and level. All new teachers take an induction programme; each primary class has a coordinating teacher. Cambridge courses in primary are led by a dedicated teacher. Three psychologists and an educational consultant work with the teachers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
✓CCTV
✓Security staff
✓Access control
✓Nurse or medical room
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
✓Staff training
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
All entrances are staffed by a porter service from 6:30 to 24:00, an assistant is on duty on each floor, and all outdoor areas are under 24-hour video surveillance. The medical room is open during school hours: a doctor and a nurse every day from 8 to 16, with a defibrillator. Staff are trained in safety, each floor has first aid and fire teams, and two evacuation drills are held each year. Three psychologists offer free counselling to students, teachers and parents; there is an inclusion working group. The building is fully accessible to people with disabilities.
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 data90 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 Value for money (6%) scored at the median68 "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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Milan, Italy · est. 1906 · Private