Liceo Statale Alessandro Manzoni is a large state upper secondary school in central Caserta, by the royal palace; it was once the city's only teacher-training institute and is now a liceo with five tracks and almost 2000 students. Classico (traditional, Arte della Parola, Cambridge International, biomedical), scientifico (traditional, Cambridge International, mathematics, sports, robotics and artificial intelligence), linguistico (traditional and ESABAC with a dual Italian-French diploma), human sciences and the economico-sociale liceo. Lessons are taught in Italian; in the Cambridge sections part of maths, biology, physics and English follows British syllabuses in English with IGCSE and AS/A Level exams. The linguistico is the only liceo in the city teaching German. The school awards the Certilingua certificate, runs debates in English and Italian, has a web radio and a classical theatre workshop, and is itself an exam centre for Cambridge, Trinity, Cervantes, Goethe and EIPASS.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. Families pay a school contribution (Contributo di Istituto) through the electronic register or PagoInRete; the school gives no amount. For the Cambridge International course the school asks families for a separate contribution; the course page gives no amount.
Admissions Grade 1 enrolment for all tracks, including the Cambridge International and ESABAC sections, follows the Ministry's online procedure in January. Students join the Cambridge sections by choosing them at enrolment; the school asks families for a contribution for the course. According to the school plan, students from other European countries are still few, mostly in the linguistico, and usually already speak Italian; a designated teacher looks after newly arrived foreign students (NAI).
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Liceo classico: traditional, Arte della Parola, Cambridge International, biomedical course. Liceo scientifico: traditional, Cambridge International, mathematics, sports section, robotics and artificial intelligence. Liceo linguistico: three foreign languages (English, French, German or Spanish), 33 hours a year with a native speaker; in the ESABAC option grades 3-5 have 4 hours of French literature and 2 hours of history in French, with a dual esame di Stato and Baccalauréat diploma. Liceo delle scienze umane and liceo economico-sociale (second language French or Spanish). Cambridge International from 2026-2027: in the scientifico - IGCSE Mathematics and Biology, one hour a week each beyond the timetable in grades 1-2, exams at the start of grade 3, then AS/A Level Mathematics and Physics, 2 afternoon hours each in grades 3-4, exams at the start of grade 5; in the classico - IGCSE Mathematics (exam at the start of grade 3), Biology and English as a Second Language (exams at the start of grade 5). Classes are taught by native speakers or expert teachers.
Address Via A. De Gasperi, 81100 Caserta (CE)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. From 2026-2027 Cambridge sections take IGCSE Mathematics and Biology, later AS/A Level Maths and Physics, in the science liceo, and IGCSE Maths, Biology and ESL in the classical liceo.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Classical Theatre Workshop · Radio Manzoni · Debate · Itinera (literary trails) · Library Project · Certilingua · Trans'Alp
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
Cambridge courses are taught by native English speakers and expert teachers; the course has a teacher coordinator, an exams officer and a team of three teachers. The linguistico includes 33 hours a year of conversation with a native speaker. The school does not publish staff numbers or qualifications.
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 policynot stated on the website
The school is the provincial support centre (CTS) for new technologies for including students with special educational needs and learning difficulties; personal learning plans are drawn up for them. A designated teacher looks after newly arrived foreign students.
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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data78 "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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