Istituto Preziosissimo Sangue is a Catholic paritaria school in Bari, owned and run by the congregation of the Adoratrici del Sangue di Cristo sisters. The sisters opened it in 1938 in what was then the outlying Picone district: first a nursery, then a primary school; the middle school has operated since the 1954-1955 school year, gained legal recognition three years later and paritaria status in 2001. Today it is a bilingual school for children aged 2 to 14: the Primavera toddler group (24-36 months, following the Reggio Children approach), a nursery with 10 hours a week in English, and a primary and middle school where about 40% of teaching is in English. In primary, History, Geography, Science and Art follow the Italian curriculum with modules in English; in middle school History, Geography, Science, Art, Music, Technology and Computing are taught in English. The school is a Cambridge International School: primary and middle school teach the Cambridge subjects English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives, and native speakers prepare children for Cambridge English exams held at the school itself. Middle school students also learn French, Spanish and Latin.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
Class size
in nursery, just over 15 children in the youngest group and just over 12 in the middle and oldest groups
About the fees The school does not publish its fees on the website: the 2026-2027 enrolment form leaves blank the amounts of the enrolment fee (non-refundable on withdrawal) and the annual fee, which is paid monthly or quarterly in advance by the 15th; there is a family discount plan.
Admissions The school admits children to the toddler group (from 24 months), nursery (ages 3-5), primary and middle school; enrolment is by the school's form, and families arrange a meeting and attend open days. The form asks about the previous school and foreign languages studied; the school does not describe entrance tests. The school says it is open to all regardless of gender, religion, national origin and culture; Cambridge language certificate courses are also open to children from other schools and to adults. Nursery children have a gradual six-day settling-in period.
Stages and year groups Italian curriculum (paritaria; esame di Stato del primo ciclo at the end of middle school) with a bilingual approach. Sezione Primavera - 24-36 months. Scuola dell'infanzia - groups for ages 3, 4 and 5, 10 hours a week in English with a dedicated teacher and two afternoon hours with a native speaker preparing for Cambridge level tests. Scuola primaria - six days of five hours (8:15-13:15): about 40% of teaching in English through modules in History, Geography, Science and Art; Cambridge Primary subjects English as a Second Language with a native speaker and Global Perspectives. Scuola secondaria di primo grado - Monday to Friday until 14:30, Friday until 18:00; History, Geography, Science, Art, Music, Technology and Computing in English, 6 hours of English a week; Cambridge Lower Secondary subjects English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives, assessed under the Cambridge curriculum; French, Spanish and Latin. The school does not mention Cambridge Primary or Lower Secondary Checkpoint examinations; it prepares for Cambridge English Young Learners (Starters, Movers, Flyers) and DELF Scolaire (A1-B1) exams.
Address Via Scipione l'Africano 272, Bari (BA)
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. A bilingual school where every primary and middle-school pupil takes Cambridge English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives, with about 40% of lessons in English.
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.
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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
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: A single building on Via Scipione l'Africano in the Picone district. Since the 2019-2020 school year the middle school has used subject rooms and personal lockers; all classes are digital and every student has a tablet. There are art, science, music and computer rooms and an interactive whiteboard room, a theatre, a chapel, three indoor gyms, an outdoor court, a football pitch and a mini basketball court, a relaxation area, its own kitchen and a canteen with menus designed by nutritionists. After lessons there is a supervised homework group with a teacher (until 17:00 or 18:00) and sports; in nursery children can stay until 14:15 or 16:15.
Clubs and activities: Acting · Singing · Roller Skating · Tennis · Volleyball · Athletics · Coding and Robotics · Music Academy
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 school names its nursery, primary and middle school teachers with their subjects; they include native English speakers for conversation and English as a Second Language. Nursery groups have just over 15 children in the three-year-old group and just over 12 in the groups for ages 4 and 5.
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 policynot stated on the website
A psycho-pedagogical team (psychologist, educator, psychotherapist and a sister) provides observation, counselling and support for children aged 3 to 13, their families and teachers; participation requires parental consent under the Ben-essere a scuola project.
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 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 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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Bari, Italy · est. 1938 · Private