Licei Isaac Newton is a private scuola paritaria in Brescia, operating since 1972: a scientific liceo and a human sciences liceo with an economic and social focus. Classes are small: 14 students on average, with 6 students per teacher. In the scientific liceo English is increased to 4 hours a week in every year, Science in year 5 is taught by CLIL, with about 30% of those lessons in English. The school's language policy states that the IGCSE and Cambridge subjects Mathematics, English, Geography and Physical Education are taught entirely in English by certified teachers following Cambridge International syllabuses and assessment. The school offers trips and exchanges with partner schools in Singapore, Cannes and the US and an American double diploma. The main language of instruction is Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German, Latin
About the fees The school says fees range from 500 to 835 EUR a month paid in nine instalments and depend on the regional Dote Scuola grant, assigned by family income (ISEE). The school year this price refers to is not stated.
Admissions Students can transfer into the liceo at any point in the school year; there are no enrolment deadlines. For foreign students the PTOF describes an admission and inclusion procedure: the class council learns the student's background and needs, sets the timing for covering the material and, if needed, draws up a personalised learning plan.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado). Five-year licei: liceo scientifico and liceo delle scienze umane with an economic and social focus. The scientific liceo has 27 hours a week in the first two years and 30 hours in years 3-5; English 4 hours a week in every year; Science in year 5 taught by CLIL. Lessons run Monday to Friday 8:30 to 14:00 with one afternoon session; Saturday is for catch-up and enrichment classes. The school's language policy names the IGCSE and Cambridge subjects taught entirely in English: Mathematics, English, Geography and Physical Education, following Cambridge International syllabuses and assessment. The PTOF timetable shows no separate Cambridge hours; the school does not say from which year the course runs.
Address Via Orzinuovi 10, 25125 Brescia (BS)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE.
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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: 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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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
On average 14 students per class and 6 students per teacher. According to the language policy Cambridge subjects are taught by certified teachers; the school is recruiting a native English speaker with an Economics degree to take part in its Cambridge accreditation.
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 policy
A psychological support service operates; the school's published documents include a Child Protection Policy, a complaints policy and a students' statute; the PTOF includes education on youth distress and legality.
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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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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Brescia, Italy · est. 1972 · Private