← Back to the rankingLiceo Classico e Musicale "Domenico Cirillo"
Aversa, Italy · est. 1863 · State
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Liceo Domenico Cirillo is a state classical and music liceo in Aversa (province of Caserta), one of the oldest schools in Campania: the municipal ginnasio-liceo opened in 1863 and became a state school around 1921. Today it runs several liceo classico tracks: the traditional one, Cambridge (Liceo Classico Internazionale, since the 2017/2018 school year), communications, biomedical and, from 2026/2027, STEM, plus a liceo musicale (since 2013/2014). In the Cambridge track Cambridge IGCSE courses are added to the Italian curriculum: English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Geography and Sciences in English, co-taught with native-speaker teachers; students take the IGCSE exams over the five years. Other subjects are taught in Italian. 1058 students attend in 48 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
on average 22 students per class
About the fees A state school of the Ministry of Education (scuola statale): tuition is free. Family contributions are paid through the state Pago in Rete system; the school mentions the Cambridge course and IGCSE exams without stating an amount.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year, including the Cambridge track, follows the general state Iscrizioni online procedure in the period announced each year by the ministry (the circular is usually published in November). The school does not mention selection or an English test for the Cambridge track. Students come from Aversa, nearby towns and the outskirts of Naples; the school plan notes that there are few students with foreign citizenship.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado), 48 classes. Five-year liceo classico ending with the esame di Stato (maturità), with tracks: traditional, Cambridge (Liceo Classico Cambridge Assessment International, since 2017/2018), communications (since 2017/2018), biomedical (since 2019/2020) and STEM (from 2026/2027); liceo musicale (since 2013/2014). Cambridge IGCSE in the Cambridge track: English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Geography and Sciences in English, co-taught by an Italian teacher and a native-speaker teacher; Cambridge exams are taken over the five years, usually at ages 14-17. English in the Cambridge track is 5 hours a week in years 1-3, 4 hours in year 4 and 3 hours in year 5 (3 hours in other tracks); geography and mathematics are taught in English with the CLIL method.
Address Via Ettore Corcioni 88, 81031 Aversa (CE)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. In the Cambridge track of the classical liceo, English, maths, geography and science are taught in English with a native co-teacher, and IGCSE exams are spread over the five years.
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.
Register to check for yourself, and the full guide →National programme
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The main building on Via Ettore Corcioni has recently been renovated with PNRR funds, so some classes temporarily use additional premises and a rotating timetable. Five labs with internet access: physics, IT, languages, science and two multi-purpose labs; a library (under renovation), an assembly hall and a gym. The labs have 44 PCs and tablets, the classrooms another 35. The music liceo has a music technology lab with computers, mixers and microphones.
Clubs and activities: Cirillo Orchestra and Choir · Theatre Workshop · Film Workshop · Archaeology Workshop · Chess Course · Sailing at School · Latin and Greek Translation Competitions · Italian Language Olympiad · Philosophy Olympiad · Mediterranean Mathematics Games · Chemistry Games · Maria Elvira Virgilio Journalism Prize · DELF · PET - KET - B1 Plus & First
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
✓Number of teachers123
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: all teachers hold university degrees, many with language, IT and subject certifications
The school has 90 permanent teachers, 26 on annual contracts and 7 temporary substitutes; Cambridge subjects are co-taught by an Italian teacher and a native English-speaking teacher.
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 plan lists prevention of bullying and cyberbullying among its aims; the addiction prevention project includes meetings with local health service (ASL) specialists and a listening space with a psychologist.
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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 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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