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Perugia, Italy · est. 1860 · State
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Liceo Classico e Musicale Annibale Mariotti is a state upper secondary school (scuola statale) in the historic centre of Perugia. The classical liceo was founded here in 1860, named after the Enlightenment scholar Annibale Mariotti in 1865 and became state-run in 1905; since the 2012-2013 school year it has also hosted the province's first music liceo. Besides the standard liceo classico course there are courses with enhanced English, physics and mathematics, and history of art. Since the 2024-2025 school year the school has been a Cambridge International centre: in two liceo classico sections, Art & Design and Physics, some subjects follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses in English with a native-speaker teacher alongside the class teacher. Other lessons are in Italian. There are 917 students in 40 classes.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free. The school runs Cambridge English exam preparation courses (B1, B2, C1) free of charge with its own English teachers. The school gives no amounts for any surcharge for the Cambridge sections or IGCSE exams on the site or in the PTOF.
Admissions A state school: enrolment in the first year follows the national Iscrizioni online procedure, choosing a track (liceo classico with one of its courses or liceo musicale). The site does not describe a separate selection for the Cambridge sections. The school says that students of non-Italian citizenship make up less than 2%, and since the 2023-2024 school year it has had an international mobility protocol, including for incoming students.
Stages and year groups 40 classes. Five-year programmes ending with the esame di Stato: liceo classico (the standard national course, 27-31 hours a week; courses with enhanced English, physics and mathematics, history of art, and the Cambridge sections Art & Design and Physics) and liceo musicale (since 2012-2013, with an agreement with the Francesco Morlacchi conservatory). Cambridge (IGCSE) runs only in the two sections: Geography in years 1-2 (both sections, exam at the end of year 2); English as a Second Language in years 1-4 (both sections; in years 1-2 an extra conversation hour with a native speaker, exam at the end of year 3); Physics in years 1-4 (Physics section); Art & Design in years 1-4 (Art & Design section, exam at the end of year 4). The Cambridge sections have 30 hours a week in years 1-2 and 31-32 in years 3-5.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Two sections of the classical liceo teach IGCSE Geography, English and either Physics or Art & Design with a native speaker, with exams in years 2-4; the course started in 2024.
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
Also on site: Makerspace
Campus: Two buildings in the historic centre of Perugia: the old main building on Piazza San Paolo and a branch on Via degli Sciri. All classrooms have internet and digital boards. Chemistry and physics labs, two computer labs (one in each building), a music technology lab, a STEM room, mobile laptop and tablet trolleys, 3D printers and an audio and video recording studio. A library of more than 9000 volumes with an antique collection. One gym in the main building; PE also uses the municipal S. Giuliana athletics stadium and, in winter, the gym of the nearby Don Bosco institute.
Clubs and activities: Theatre Workshop · Teatro Morlacchi School Theatre Project · Liceo Mariotti Orchestra and Voci del Mariotti Choir · Mariotti Strings · Jazz and New Musical Languages · Zibaldone and School Journalism · Mathematics Olympiad · Astronomy and Astrophysics Lab · Robotics, Coding Course · Philosophy Championships · Sports Club
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their 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
✓Counsellor
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The PTOF mentions psychological support for students, a welcome project for first-year students, measures against bullying and cyberbullying, and a Pausa formativa in musica space for breaks inside the school.
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 data65 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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