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Rome, Italy · State
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Liceo Classico e Linguistico Tito Lucrezio Caro is a state upper secondary school in Rome, in the Villaggio Olimpico area by the Villa Glori park. According to the school, the classical lyceum has been here since about 1954; a language lyceum was added in 1993-1994. Today the tracks are: classical lyceum, Cambridge classical lyceum (since 2014), language lyceum, ESABAC language lyceum with the Italian-French double diploma (since 2016-2017), language lyceum with Japanese (since 2011, the first in Rome) and the cross-track Liceo Matematico. About 1300 students attend. Teaching is in Italian; in the Cambridge classes some subjects are taught in English under Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses. The school is strong in debating, Model United Nations, theatre, the school newspaper and radio.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Japanese, Latin
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free.
Admissions Admission to first year follows the state Iscrizioni online procedure with the school code RMPC420003; families choose the Cambridge classical lyceum as a track in the same way. Before enrolment there are open days (in 2026-2027 on 28 November, 12 December and 16 January) with no booking needed. For foreign students the school runs Italian as a second language (Italiano L2) classes.
Stages and year groups Italian state upper secondary curriculum ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Tracks: liceo classico; liceo classico internazionale Cambridge (since 2014); liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish); liceo linguistico ESABAC (from year 3 literature and history in French, double diploma esame di Stato and baccalauréat); liceo linguistico with Japanese (two hours a week, level A2); Liceo Matematico as a cross-track course. Cambridge International: 1-2 hours a week are added to the classical curriculum in years 1-2 and 1-2 hours in years 3-4; English as a Second Language is 4 hours a week instead of 3, one of them with a native speaker; in addition, Mathematics and Biology or Business Studies (between the lower and upper years) follow IGCSE syllabuses, and the PTOF also mentions AS level. Subjects in English are taught by the school's teachers with certified English, and by external specialists when needed; the aim is the IGCSE exams. Separately, the school prepares students for Cambridge English language exams (PET, First, CAE); these are language certificates.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The Cambridge classical liceo teaches English, maths and biology or Business Studies in English to IGCSE, alongside the Italian state curriculum.
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 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
Campus: The school occupies three adjacent buildings on Via Venezuela at the foot of the Villa Glori park, near the Auditorium Parco della Musica. There is a large indoor gym, Dario Corona, with volleyball and basketball courts, a five-a-side football pitch, an assembly hall (Aula Magna), the Paola Furia library with computers, the Fabio Pascucci physics lab with 36 workstations, the Elisabetta Di Pietro science lab, a computer room with 25 computers and mobile language labs; four technical assistants work in the labs. With PNRR funds the school is refitting subject classrooms.
Clubs and activities: RIMUN, Rome International Model United Nations · Debate Teams · Lucrezio Caro Theatre · Il Lucreziano (school newspaper) · Radio Lucrezio · Choir · School Sports Centre · Badminton · Certamen Taciteum (Latin competition) · Mathematics Olympiad · Biomedicine Olympiad · Euroscola · Peer Education
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 sizenot stated
Cambridge subjects in English are taught by the school's teachers with certified English together with the class council; when staffing changes the school brings in external specialists. Four technical assistants work in the labs.
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 psychological counselling (Sportello d'ascolto psicologico); the PTOF includes prevention of bullying and cyberbullying. Foreign students have Italian as a second language classes.
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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 data80 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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