← Back to the rankingLiceo Classico Statale Giacomo Leopardi
Macerata, Italy · est. 1860 · State
Illustration · Macerata
Liceo Giacomo Leopardi is a state classical and language liceo in Macerata, established by decree in November 1860 and opened in 1861. In Macerata it runs a liceo classico (with a communication languages and techniques section) and a liceo linguistico opened in 2011; the language liceo is the only one in the Marche region with Chinese in the compulsory curriculum, and the French sections follow the ESABAC programme. The school has had Cambridge International status since the 2018/2019 school year: in section D of the liceo classico English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Latin are taught to the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus from the first year, and in one section of the liceo linguistico English, French and Spanish. Other subjects are taught in Italian. 859 students attend in Macerata in 44 classes; there is a branch in Cingoli with a language liceo and a human sciences liceo.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Latin
Class size
on average 19.5 students per class
About the fees A state school of the Ministry of Education (scuola statale): tuition is free. The Cambridge section of the liceo linguistico, the communication section and the extra mathematics hour in the liceo classico require a financial contribution from families; the school mentions this contribution without figures.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year is through the ministry's online procedure, open in January each year. The Cambridge section of the liceo linguistico and the communication section open depending on the number of applications and require a financial contribution from families. The school says nothing about selection for the Cambridge sections or about admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (scuola secondaria di secondo grado), 44 classes. Five-year liceo classico and liceo linguistico ending with the esame di Stato (maturità); in Cingoli a liceo linguistico and a liceo delle scienze umane. Liceo classico: Linguaggi e tecniche della comunicazione section (since 2016/2017, extra hours of video making, theatre, journalism, cinema); section D with Cambridge IGCSE from the first year: English as a Second Language 0511, Mathematics 0580, Latin 0480, with English and Mathematics exams at the end of year 3 and Latin at the end of year 4; English 3+2 hours in year 1 and 3+1 in year 2. Liceo linguistico: English plus two of French, Spanish, German and Chinese; French sections follow ESABAC (history in French); CLIL from year 3; a Cambridge IGCSE section from the first year: English as a Second Language 0511, French 0520, Spanish 0530, with exams from year 3.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Section D of the classical liceo follows IGCSE English, Maths and Latin from year 1, and one languages-liceo section takes IGCSE English, French and Spanish, with exams from year 3.
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Campus: The main building in Macerata is the rear wing of the former Castelfidardo barracks on Galleria Luzio, where the school has been since 1949; there is an additional building on Via Cioci and a branch in Cingoli. Every classroom has internet, a PC and a digital board; a language lab, IT, theatre and cinema labs, and a library with its own rules of use.
Clubs and activities: Language Certification Courses · Chinese Bridge · Chinese Calligraphy Course · Theatre · Journalism · ICDL · High-Level Student-Athlete Programme
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
In the language liceo a native-speaker conversation teacher works alongside the main language teacher; certification preparation courses are taught by experienced teachers and qualified native speakers.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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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