Istituto Sant'Anna is a Catholic paritaria school in central Turin, run by the Sisters of Saint Anne (Suore di Sant'Anna). The congregation opened the house on Via Massena in 1877, and in 1878 a kindergarten and primary school started there; in the 2026-2027 school year the school celebrates 150 years. Today it has more than 900 students and more than 80 teachers: the Sezione Primavera from 24 months, scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria, scuola secondaria di primo grado and the liceo scientifico (traditional and with the scienze applicate option). Teaching is in Italian following the national curriculum, and every stage has a path with extra English. In the language-focused early years section 22 hours a week are taught by native English-speaking teachers; in primary the Cambridge English path follows Cambridge Global English with compulsory Starters, Movers and Flyers exams and CLIL lessons; in middle school the Cambridge International section studies Global Perspectives (2 hours a week) with the Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint exam; since the 2024-2025 school year the liceo has been a Cambridge International School preparing students for IGCSE exams in English as a Second Language, ICT, Chemistry and History. The liceo ends with the Italian esame di Stato.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE · National programme
Admits from
2 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Latin
Admissions The school accepts families who share its Christian educational project and asks parents to take part in carrying it out. Before enrolment there are open days for each stage with visits to the laboratories (registration through a form on the website). The school describes in detail how it admits children with dyslexia and other special educational needs: individual learning plans in the first term and an admission protocol. The website does not describe entrance tests or conditions for foreign children.
Stages and year groups Grades Sezione Primavera, scuola dell'infanzia, primaria 1-5, secondaria di primo grado 1-3, liceo scientifico 1-5, 40 classes. Sezione Primavera (24-36 months), scuola dell'infanzia in two paths (extra English under an agreement with the City of Turin, and a language-focused path with 22 hours a week in English following the British National Curriculum), scuola primaria (an extra English and STEAM path and a Cambridge English path), scuola secondaria di primo grado in four sections (extra English, the same with a music option, Cambridge International, the same with a music option), and the traditional and scienze applicate liceo scientifico, each with a choice of the Cambridge International path or extra English; the liceo ends with the esame di Stato. Cambridge: in primary the Cambridge Global English programme, compulsory Starters, Movers and Flyers language exams in years 3-5, and CLIL lessons with native-speaker teachers; in middle school Cambridge Lower Secondary Global Perspectives 2 hours a week, progression tests and the Checkpoint exam in the second term, and CLIL lessons co-taught with a native speaker; in the liceo IGCSE: English as a Second Language (2 hours in years 1-2), ICT (1 hour in years 1-2 plus afternoon sessions), Chemistry (2 afternoon hours in years 1-2), History (2 hours from year 3); IGCSE exams are taken at school from year 3, in June and November. All liceo paths include Cambridge English exam preparation.
Address Via Andrea Massena 36, 10128 Torino
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE. The Cambridge middle-school section takes Global Perspectives with a Checkpoint exam; since 2024-2025 the liceo offers IGCSE ESL, ICT, Chemistry and History, examined from year 3.
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: Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16). 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 →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
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The school occupies a building on Via Massena in the San Secondo district of central Turin. According to the liceo PTOF it has six internet-connected laboratories (including a biology and chemistry lab), a theatre, a gym, interactive whiteboards and tablets. Meals are cooked by the school's own chefs to a four-week menu approved by the health authority; in early years lunch is served in the classrooms. After lessons there is supervised homework study (until 16:00 in primary, until 16:45 in middle school) and after-school care with educators until 18:00; once a week in middle school sessions are run by the Italian Dyslexia Association (AID). There is no boarding.
Clubs and activities: Three Days of Science · Middle School Project Days · English Lab · Dance · Water Confidence · Psychomotor Activities · Music · Kung Fu
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers80
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Native English-speaking teachers; CVs of Cambridge programme teachers are approved by Cambridge inspectors.
The school says it has more than 80 teachers. The website names middle school and primary teachers with their subjects and classes, as well as the heads of each stage. English and CLIL lessons are taught by native-speaker or bilingual teachers together with the subject teacher; Cambridge programmes in the liceo are taught by Italian teachers and native speakers whose CVs are reviewed by Cambridge inspectors. Teachers regularly attend professional development courses.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
A psychological counselling service with external specialists is available. The school publishes its regulations, responsibility agreements for each stage, safety rules for the biology and chemistry lab, an admission protocol for children with dyslexia and inclusion plans for all stages.
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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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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.
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Turin, Italy · est. 1877 · Private