Istituto Marymount Roma is a Catholic paritaria bilingual Italian-English school in Rome, founded in 1930 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM). It takes children aged 3 to 19: scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria and scuola secondaria di primo grado on Via Nomentana, and a liceo with two tracks, liceo classico and liceo scientifico, on Via Livorno; it ends with the Italian esame di Stato (maturità). Bilingualism has been the school's defining feature since 1999: English is taught by native speakers from the first year of preschool; in primary, science, art, geography, technology, PE and music are taught in English (15-18 lessons a week); in middle school, science, geography and STEM subjects are taught in English; in the liceo half of the subjects in years 1-2 and about a third in years 3-5. Since 2018 the liceo has been a Cambridge International centre: students prepare for IGCSE and AS Level exams; optionally they can also earn an American high school diploma through an online programme with a partner American school. About 950 students attend and 133 teachers work at the school.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $9 038–10 845 a year
8 000–9 600 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, Chinese, Latin
Registration fee
≈ $2 034
1 800 EUR
About the fees Fees for the 2026-2027 school year, per year, in two instalments (1 September 2026 and 1 February 2027): preschool 8000 EUR, primary 8540 EUR, middle school 8750 EUR, liceo 9600 EUR. Paying in full by 3 July 2026 gives a 2% discount; the third child gets a 15% discount on the eldest child's fee.
Admissions Families fill in a non-binding request and are placed on the waiting list for the relevant class, then book a meeting with the admissions office (preschool, primary and middle school on Via Nomentana, liceo on Via Livorno) and wait for the school's decision; after acceptance the school explains the enrolment steps. The school says it is open to students of every culture and religion. Secondary students who need Italian can take a paid Italian as a second language course (Italiano L2). Each year the school holds an exam for 10 merit scholarships (25% of the annual fee for the whole cycle) for applicants to grade 5 of primary and grade 3 of middle school: Italian or English, mathematics and critical thinking.
Stages and year groups The Italian national curriculum of a paritaria school: scuola dell'infanzia for ages 3-5 (two years of Early Childhood and a Kindergarten year), scuola primaria, scuola secondaria di primo grado and a liceo with liceo classico and liceo scientifico tracks, ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Cambridge International: since 2018 the liceo has been a Cambridge International centre authorised to prepare and certify students for IGCSE and AS/A Level exams; the school lists IGCSE Foreign Language Spanish, Geography, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, English First Language and Biology, and AS Level English Literature, Chemistry and Maths. The school does not say whether the exams are compulsory or in which years they are taken. In middle school, science and geography are taught in English following the Cambridge International Schools model; the school does not name a Cambridge Lower Secondary programme. According to the PTOF, the preschool is moving to the Cambridge Early Years curriculum. In addition, the liceo offers an American high school diploma (online, six courses in English alongside the maturità) and a SAT preparation course.
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 liceo offers IGCSEs in Spanish, geography, maths, chemistry, physics, English and biology, and AS Levels in English literature, chemistry and maths.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Playground · Makerspace
Clubs and activities: School Choir · Leadership Group · Model United Nations RSHM · RSHM Arts Festival · International Sports Festival RSHM · Fencing · Street jazz · Parkour · Rhythmic Gymnastics · Taekwon-do · Karate
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers133
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
According to the PTOF the school has 133 teachers and 49 administrative and support staff; on the home page the school mentions more than 100 specialised teachers. English is taught by native speakers; in preschool an Italian teacher and a native English teacher are always present together. The school gives the average age of its teachers as 35-45.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
A medical room with qualified staff provides first aid during school hours, and families are informed of every intervention. Middle school and liceo have counselling services with psychologists. The PTOF sets bullying prevention as a goal. Staff supervise children throughout lunch.
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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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.
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Rome, Italy · est. 1930 · Private