← Back to the rankingLiceo Alessandro Volta
Colle Di Val D Elsa, Italy · est. 1960 · State
Illustration · Colle Di Val D Elsa
Liceo Alessandro Volta is a state liceo in Colle di Val d'Elsa in the province of Siena, founded in 1960. Tracks: the liceo scientifico (traditional, with maths and biomedical focuses), a sports section, the international scientific liceo Cambridge and the liceo classico. Teaching is in Italian on the state curriculum with the esame di Stato. In the Cambridge section, opened in 2022-2023, geography, biology, maths and physics are partly taught in English together with a native-speaker teacher, and students take IGCSE exams in geography and biology and an A Level in maths. The school has long cooperated with the Intercultura foundation, headquartered in the town, and takes part in Erasmus+. The liceo has 795 students in 34 classes, 23 per class on average, and 43 teachers.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
23 students per class on average
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. Cultural exchanges, including in the Cambridge section, are co-funded by the school and families; the school gives no amounts.
Admissions Enrolment in grade 1 follows the state online procedure with code SIPS010009 and a digital identity (SPID, CIE or eIDAS); the office helps with the application. Then, for 2026-2027 from 30 June to 3 July 2026, enrolment is confirmed by email to the school with the form, the student's health card and the competence certificate from scuola media; the chosen track can still be changed at this stage. For 2026-2027 the Cambridge section is offered as the scientific liceo with an Italian-English option. The school does not describe separate selection for sections. There are still few foreign students at the liceo.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. For 2026-2027 year 1 classes are offered in: the scientific liceo, the sports section, the scientific liceo with a biomedical focus, the Liceo Matematico (plus 2 hours of maths a week), the Cambridge scientific liceo and the classical liceo (plus 2 hours of English in grades 1-2). Liceo Scientifico Internazionale Cambridge since 2022-2023: based on the scientific liceo plus 2 hours of English in grades 1-2 and 1 hour of natural sciences in grade 2; geography, maths, physics and biology are taught in English on Cambridge syllabuses together with a native speaker (5 hours a week in grade 1, 7 in grade 2, 5 each in grades 3 and 4, 3 in grade 5). Exams: IGCSE Geography at the start of grade 3, IGCSE Biology at the start of grade 4, A Level Mathematics at the start of grade 5, with resits in May. The scientific liceo has 27 hours a week in grades 1-2 and 30 hours in grades 3-5.
Address Via dei Mille 10/12, 53034 Colle di Val d'Elsa (SI)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level. In the Cambridge science liceo geography, biology, maths and physics are taught in English with a native speaker, leading to IGCSE Geography, IGCSE Biology and A Level Mathematics.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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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
Clubs and activities: Cambridge English B2 First for Schools and C1 Advanced Preparation Courses · ECDL/ICDL Computer Certifications · Subject Olympiads · 1,2,3 Science (science festival) · Erasmus+ · eTwinning · Cultural Exchanges with Intercultura
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers43
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
According to the school plan the liceo has 43 teachers and 19 technical and administrative staff. In the Cambridge section subjects are taught by the subject teacher together with a native English-speaking teacher; grades 3 and 4 of all tracks have sessions with a native speaker.
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 school runs a counselling service and class tutors; the curriculum includes lessons against violence, bullying and cyberbullying. There is an inclusion protocol and an annual inclusion plan for students with special needs.
Reviews
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data75 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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