← Back to the rankingLiceo Statale Antonio Banfi
Vimercate, Italy · est. 1976 · State
Illustration · Vimercate
Liceo Antonio Banfi is a state liceo in Vimercate near Monza, independent since 1976, when the branch of the Monza scientific liceo Paolo Frisi gained autonomy; in 1994 a branch of the classical liceo joined it. Tracks: the liceo scientifico (traditional, with the Liceo Matematico option and the Languages, Arts and Communication option), the scienze applicate option (with a biomedical course) and the liceo classico. Teaching is in Italian on the state curriculum with the esame di Stato. In any track, students in grades 1-2 can choose the Cambridge course: English as a Second Language and two more subjects in English with IGCSE exams, and in the upper grades AS/A Level courses and English literature. The school has 984 students in 42 classes, about 23 per class on average, and 53 teachers.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
about 23 students per class on average
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. On enrolment families pay a voluntary contribution of 140 EUR covering insurance, report cards, teaching materials, labs, safety and curriculum enrichment. The Cambridge course costs 550 EUR a year according to the 2024/2025 presentation, covering part of the exam fees, Cambridge materials, possible native-speaker experts and three extra hours of lessons.
Admissions Enrolment in grade 1 follows the state online procedure on the Unica platform (SPID, CIE, CNS or eIDAS) with school code MBPS240002; for 2026-2027 enrolment ran from 13 January to 21 February (deadline extended). A scuola media diploma is required; if applications exceed places, priority criteria approved by the school council apply. After admission is confirmed by the lower secondary school, enrolment is completed at the office: diploma, competence certificate, vaccination certificate and receipt for the voluntary contribution. Students sign up for the Cambridge course at enrolment through the office. According to the school plan, foreign students recently arrived in Italy receive language support and there is a reception plan.
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 scientifico: 27 hours a week in grades 1-2 and 30 hours in grades 3-5; options Liceo Matematico (with a university) and Linguaggi, Arti e Comunicazione. The scienze applicate option with a biomedical course. Liceo classico: 27 hours in grades 1-2 (plus one hour of art) and 31 hours in grades 3-5. Cambridge course since 2017-2018 for all tracks: in grades 1-2 English as a Second Language and two subjects chosen for the class (maths, biology, PE, Global Perspectives, art and design, history and geography) with IGCSE exams - three extra hours a week in dedicated classes or 60 hours a year per subject outside the timetable in a mixed class. In grades 3-5, since 2021, AS/A Level courses including A Level Mathematics, and a two-year extracurricular IGCSE Literature in English course. Cambridge subjects are taught by the class teachers, who hold language certificates up to C2.
Address Via Adda 6, 20871 Vimercate (MB), Centro Scolastico Omnicomprensivo
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 any track students can choose English plus two subjects in English for IGCSE in years 1-2, then AS/A Level courses in years 3-5, including 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
Exam results Of its first IGCSE certificates the school writes that 100% of students passed with grade C or higher and 50% achieved A or A*; the first IGCSE certificates were obtained in 2019. The school does not publish esame di Stato results in figures.
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
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Clubs and activities: Theatre Workshop · Mathematics Olympiad · Informatics Olympiad · Biology with Biomedical Focus · Liceo Matematico (advanced mathematics programme with a university) · European Week · Erasmus+ · Digital Wellbeing
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers53
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: Teachers of Cambridge subjects hold language certificates up to C2 and CLIL teaching experience, and receive training from Cambridge.
According to the school plan the liceo has 53 teachers and 24 technical and administrative staff. Cambridge course teachers are members of the class council and regularly attend Cambridge courses on updated syllabuses.
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 has a psychologist and a counselling service for students; class tutors work together with the psychologist. The curriculum includes lessons on countering bullying and cyberbullying. The school leads the network of the Benessere digitale project on digital wellbeing. Personal learning plans are drawn up for students with special needs, dyslexia and recently arrived foreign students.
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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 data80 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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