Licei Einstein Da Vinci is a state institution in Molfetta that in 2000-2001 brought together the Leonardo da Vinci classical lyceum and the Albert Einstein scientific lyceum; the scientific lyceum grew out of the classical one in 1958-1959 and since 1982-1983 has had its own building on via Togliatti. There are 682 students in 32 classes, mostly from Molfetta and nearby towns. Tracks: the scientific lyceum, including STEAM, biomedical and Cambridge IGCSE profiles, and the classical lyceum - traditional with communication theory, with a biomedical profile and Cambridge IGCSE. Lessons are taught in Italian. Since 2015-2016 the school has been an accredited Cambridge centre: in separate Cambridge classes some subjects are taught in English by a teacher and a native speaker (in the classical lyceum English as a Second Language, Geography and Mathematics, in the scientific lyceum Mathematics, Drama and English as a Second Language), and students sit IGCSE exams at the school. The school takes part in eTwinning, Erasmus+ and exchanges and hosts European Solidarity Corps volunteers.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
On average 21 students per class.
About the fees It is a state school and tuition is free. For the Cambridge course families pay an annual voluntary contribution and the Cambridge IGCSE exam fees; amounts are not given on the website.
Admissions Enrolment in year 1 follows the state online procedure (Iscrizioni on line) within the dates set by the ministry, usually announced in November; the track, including Cambridge IGCSE classes, is chosen on enrolment. The website does not describe any separate selection for Cambridge classes. The school has foreign students, including through international mobility programmes; there are admission and inclusion protocols for foreign and adopted children.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 liceo. Five-year lyceums following the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Liceo Scientifico: traditional, curvatura STEAM, curvatura Biomedica and Cambridge IGCSE - Mathematics (5 hours in years 1-2, with computing), Drama (2, 1 and 1 hours in years 1-3) and English as a Second Language (1 hour in years 1-3) on Cambridge syllabuses in English. Liceo Classico (Latin and Ancient Greek for all five years): traditional with communication theory and strategies, curvatura Biomedica and Cambridge IGCSE - English as a Second Language (1 hour in years 1-3), Geography (3+1 hours in years 1-2) and Mathematics (3+1 hours in years 1-3) with extra hours co-taught with a native speaker, the course covering the first four years. There is one Cambridge class per year in each lyceum. IGCSE exams are held at the school in the October-November and May-June sessions from year 2.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge classes take IGCSE ESL, Geography and Mathematics in the classical liceo and Mathematics, Drama and ESL in the science liceo, examined at school.
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). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate.
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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
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: Two sites in Molfetta: the scientific lyceum has been in the Centro Scolastico Polivalente on via Togliatti since 1982-1983, and the classical lyceum is in a historic building on Corso Umberto I. Classrooms have interactive monitors; there are computer, physics, chemistry and biology labs, language labs, multimedia rooms, an immersive classroom, a planetarium, two libraries (one with about 10000 volumes), a collection of antique lab instruments from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, indoor gyms with adjacent sports areas and a hall for drama activities and Cambridge Drama lessons.
Clubs and activities: School Sports Centre · Theatre Workshop · Certamen Carabellesiano · eTwinning · Erasmus Plus
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers53
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
According to the PTOF the school has 53 teachers and 22 technical and administrative staff. Cambridge subjects are taught by school teachers together with visiting native English speakers.
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 policy
The PTOF provides for a school psychologist, a systematic student wellbeing survey and a plan against bullying and cyberbullying; for students with special needs, foreign and adopted children there are admission protocols and individual plans.
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 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 data73 "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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Molfetta, Italy · est. 2000 · State