Sabinianum is the Catholic education centre of the Duomo parish in Monselice near Padua, bringing together three state-recognised private schools (scuola paritaria): Bianchi Buggiani primary (founded in 1865), Sacro Cuore primary (1962) and Vincenza Poloni lower secondary (1932). They have operated under the common name Sabinianum since September 2013, continuing the work of the religious communities that taught in the town for generations. The schools follow the Italian national curriculum with a strong focus on English: 4-5 hours of English a week in primary and 6 in lower secondary. Three subjects, the school says, follow the Cambridge International curriculum and are taught in English with two native-speaker teachers: Art and Design, English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives. At the end of lower secondary students can sit Cambridge Checkpoint. The school emphasises new-style learning spaces, iPads and STEAM, anti-bullying work and religious education. About 277 children attend.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, Latin
Admissions Enrolment: a call or email to the office, then a meeting with the head by phone or in person, after which the family receives and returns the form to the administration. The school admits children aged 6 to 14 to primary and lower secondary; according to the PTOF 2022-2025 there are 3 students with foreign citizenship. The school sets no specific language requirements.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (primaria), 1-3 (secondaria di primo grado), 15 classes. Two primary schools (scuola primaria, grades 1-5, 5 classes each) and a lower secondary school (secondaria di primo grado, grades 1-3, 5 classes), Italian national curriculum. According to the school, the Cambridge course covers three subjects in English in the timetable of all classes: in primary grades 1-2, one hour of art, one hour of Global Perspectives and 2 hours of English as a Second Language a week; in grades 3-5, one hour of art, one hour of Global Perspectives and 3 hours of English; in lower secondary, 2 hours of art, one hour of Global Perspectives (global themes and science) and 3 hours of English. Total English is 4 hours in grades 1-2, 5 hours in grades 3-5 and 6 hours in lower secondary. At the end of lower secondary students may optionally sit Cambridge Checkpoint, prepared in an English lab for all lower secondary classes. The course has run since 2021; from 2026 fifth-year primary pupils can also take Cambridge language certificates.
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.
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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 hallnot stated on the website
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Three schools in two buildings in Monselice: Bianchi Buggiani primary and Vincenza Poloni lower secondary on via Buggiani, Sacro Cuore primary on Largo Cardinal Paltanieri. There is a canteen, a gym, language, science and drawing labs and a creators lab; classrooms have been redesigned under the Spazi Cre-Attivi learning spaces project based on the INDIRE model. Lower secondary students work with iPads. The day at Sacro Cuore primary runs from 8:00 to 16:00 with lunch, with after-school care until 17:30; the lower secondary has 31 hours a week, with early drop-off from 7:30 and supervised study after lessons.
Clubs and activities: Active reading and speaking · Magic Flute (recorder) · Growing through Play (sport and movement) · T.E.S.L.A.B (science experiments) · Corso di latino · Cambridge Checkpoint English Workshop · DELE Preparation (Spanish) · Laboratorio di Problem Solving · Laboratorio teatrale · Coding
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 sizenot stated
English and the Cambridge course subjects are taught by the school's teachers together with two native English-speaking teachers. The school mentions continuous in-house teacher training; the website gives no qualifications or teacher numbers.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The school was among the first to obtain certification of its anti-bullying and cyberbullying system; in 2026 it received the Scuola Sicura mark from FIDAE, the federation of Catholic schools, for its work on child protection, bullying prevention, attention to signs of distress, safe premises and data protection. It has adopted an ethics code for students and parents and a procedure for reporting discrimination; its quality system is ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Reviews
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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.
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Monselice, Italy · est. 1865 · Private