The Istituto Paritario Gesù-Maria in Roma is a Catholic paritaria school of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, the congregation founded by Saint Claudine Thévenet in Lyon in 1818; the school has been in Roma since 1907. Under one roof on Via Flaminia are a scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria, scuola media and three licei: classico, scientifico and linguistico, about 700 students in all. Since the 2014-2015 school year the school has been a Cambridge International centre and runs the Cambridge course as a continuous track: in primary, English as a Second Language and Science in English with Primary Checkpoint exams; in middle school a Cambridge section with mathematics and geography or science in English and Lower Secondary Checkpoint exams; in the Cambridge liceo classico and scientifico, IGCSE subjects in English alongside the Italian curriculum. All other lessons are taught in Italian. Liceo students can also earn an American high school diploma through a dual diploma programme, take part in IMUN model UN in Roma and New York, and go on language placements in England, Ireland and Spain. The school is funded almost entirely by family fees and states that fees only cover running costs.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $3 999–6 439 a year
3 540–5 700 EUR
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · American programme · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, Latin, Arabic, Japanese
Registration fee
≈ $452
400 EUR
About the fees Annual fees for the 2026-2027 school year, paid in three instalments in September, December and April: kindergarten 3780 EUR with 14:30 pick-up or 5280 EUR with 16:30 pick-up; Cambridge primary 3540 EUR with two long days and two lunches or 4965 EUR with five lunches and three afternoons of supervised study; scuola media 3600 EUR (reinforced English), 3900 EUR (Cambridge section, 34 hours) or 4800 EUR (full-day Cambridge section, 40 hours); liceo classico and scientifico 4260 EUR, their Cambridge tracks 4650 EUR, liceo linguistico 5700 EUR. Fees include books and materials in kindergarten, lunches according to the option, KEY and PET language exams in middle school and FCE and CAE in the liceo, insurance and use of all facilities. Discounts: 5% for payment in full, 50% from the third child; a 9-month instalment plan carries a 5% surcharge.
Admissions Enrolment is through forms on the site for each level with the fee schedule attached; the 400 EUR enrolment fee is due by 5 February, and vaccination records are submitted with the enrolment. The school holds open days: for the licei and middle school in November, for kindergarten and primary in late November and early December. In middle school families choose between reinforced English, a Cambridge section with extended day or a full-day Cambridge section; in the licei, between the standard or Cambridge track of the classico and scientifico, or the liceo linguistico. The site does not describe entrance tests or interviews.
Stages and year groups 39 classes. Italian curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia (8 groups), scuola primaria (15 classes), scuola media (7 classes) and three licei ending with the esame di Stato: liceo classico, liceo scientifico, liceo linguistico (Economics and international law, Arabic and Japanese courses). Cambridge: in primary, Cambridge Primary English as a Second Language and Science in English, 5 hours of English in grades 1-2 and 6 hours in grades 3-5, with optional Primary Checkpoint exams in English as a Second Language and Science at the end of grade 5; in scuola media a Cambridge section with Mathematics and Geography or Science in English, Lower Secondary Checkpoint exams in English as a Second Language and Mathematics in grade 3; in the Cambridge liceo classico and scientifico, IGCSE English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Geography in grades 1-2, Physics and Economics in grades 3-4, within school hours. The school also prepares for and hosts Cambridge English language exams (Starters, Movers, Flyers, KEY, PET, FCE, CAE). Liceo students have an Italy - USA dual diploma programme leading to an American high school diploma.
Address Via Flaminia 631, 00191 Roma
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE. A Cambridge track runs throughout: ESL and Science with Checkpoint in primary, Mathematics and Geography or Science in English in middle school, then IGCSE ESL, Maths, Geography, Physics and Economics.
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), IGCSE (ages 14-16). 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. 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 →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.
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
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Playground
Clubs and activities: IMUN - Italian Model United Nations · IGM Times · Olympiads in Italian, Mathematics, Physics, Science, Neuroscience and Philosophy · Pop/Gospel Choir · Coding · Music School · Football · Artistic Gymnastics · Volleyball · Hip Hop
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer liceo students can go on one- or two-week English and Spanish language placements abroad; pupils in grades 4-5 of primary and in middle school spend a week at an English or Irish college during the school year.
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: in the Cambridge course, native speakers and school teachers with English certificates
According to the PTOF the school has 70 teachers and 11 technical and administrative staff. English in the Cambridge course is taught by native speakers together with school teachers with certified language skills. The school notes staff turnover: some teachers leave for permanent posts in state schools.
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 policy
The school runs an anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying project with the Ponte Milvio state police station; in middle school it is part of a legality project. According to the PTOF all premises meet safety standards.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)74 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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 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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Rome, Italy · est. 1907 · Private