← Back to the rankingIstituto Magistrale Statale Giordano Bruno
Rome, Italy · est. 1996 · State
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Istituto Magistrale Statale Giordano Bruno is a large state lyceum on Rome's north-eastern outskirts, founded in 1996, with about 1500 students in 67 classes on three sites. Despite its historic name, it is a lyceum with eight study options: liceo scientifico and its Cambridge option, liceo linguistico in the classic version with English, Spanish and French, with Chinese, and with an ESABAC section for a double Italian-French diploma, liceo delle scienze umane, its economic-social option and liceo musicale. Lessons are in Italian; in the scientific lyceum's Cambridge class, English and physics in years 1-2 follow British syllabuses with native speakers and end with IGCSE exams, and in years 3-4 an AS Level General Paper course continues. The school has its own radio, an online newspaper and student athletes with national-level results.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Chinese, Latin
Class size
on average 22 students per class
About the fees This is a state school and tuition is free. The school does not describe a separate contribution for the Cambridge class on its website or in the PTOF.
Admissions Enrolment in year 1 follows the state online procedure (Iscrizioni online). The liceo scientifico Cambridge class is filled by criteria: at least 8 in English in the first term of year 3 of middle school, or at least 8 at the end of year 2, or a ministry-recognised language certificate (KET or PET). The liceo musicale admits students after entrance tests. The school includes measures to integrate students of foreign origin among its goals but does not separately address their admission.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado, 67 classes. Five-year lyceum following the Italian curriculum ending in the esame di Stato: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico with the Cambridge option, liceo linguistico (English, Spanish, French), linguistico with Chinese (to HSK 4 by year 5, an hour with a native speaker), linguistico ESABAC (French, double diploma esame di Stato and baccalauréat), liceo delle scienze umane, economic-social option, liceo musicale (27 hours plus afternoon instrument lessons). Cambridge: IGCSE English as a Second Language and Physics in years 1-2 of the scientific lyceum with exams after two years, English 5 hours a week, and in years 3-4 the AS Level General Paper (2 hours a week).
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level. The Cambridge class of the liceo scientifico studies IGCSE English as a Second Language and Physics in years 1-2 with native speakers, then AS Level General Paper in years 3-4.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Radio GB · GB Newspaper · Cinema Project · Philosophy Olympiad · Student-Athlete · Writing and Reading Workshop · Foreign-Language Theatre Workshops
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 website lists by name the head, 98 teachers and the office staff. In the Cambridge class, English and physics on British syllabuses are taught by the school's teachers together with native-speaker subject specialists; the Chinese section has an hour with a native speaker.
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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
A psychological support desk for adolescents is staffed by qualified professionals. The school runs bullying and cyberbullying prevention (Scuole Sicure and Bulli Stop projects), drug awareness, and safety training for students and staff; individual plans are drawn up for students with special educational needs.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data65 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 "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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