← Back to the rankingLiceo Statale Enrico Pestalozzi
San Severo, Italy · est. 1953 · State
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Liceo Pestalozzi is a state upper secondary school in San Severo (province of Foggia), founded in 1953 as a teacher-training school (Istituto Magistrale). It now has four tracks: liceo delle scienze umane, liceo linguistico (with the EsaBac double Italian and French diploma), liceo scientifico with the scienze applicate option, and liceo artistico with architecture, fine arts and stage design. 947 students attend in 48 classes. Since September 2023 the school has run a Cambridge IGCSE course in dedicated linguistico and scientifico scienze applicate classes; the school stresses that it is "not a language certificate but a course of study taught entirely in English, with the support of a native-speaker teacher". In scienze applicate Biology is taught in English, in linguistico Mathematics, and Global Perspectives is being introduced for new linguistico first-year classes; English hours are increased. Other lessons are in Italian; History in EsaBac classes is taught in French.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English, French
Languages taught
German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees This is a state school and tuition is free. Families pay a voluntary contribution (contributo volontario) for consumables and enrichment; the amount is not given on the website. Cambridge course textbooks are bought separately: Cambridge IGCSE Biology 45.40 EUR, Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Global Perspectives 48.02 EUR, Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language 45.10 EUR.
Admissions The liceo admits students who have completed lower secondary school. Those who choose the Cambridge course in linguistico or scienze applicate take an A2/B1 English entry test in early September. The school notes a growing number of students without Italian citizenship and promises them careful, personalised reception with an inclusion path that takes account of their language level and previous schooling.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (liceo), 48 classes. A five-year liceo (upper secondary) after lower secondary school: liceo delle scienze umane, liceo linguistico (English, French and from the third year German or Spanish; in the upper years EsaBac with History in French), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, liceo artistico (two-year common course, then architecture and environment, fine arts, stage design). The Cambridge IGCSE course has run since the 2023/2024 school year in dedicated linguistico and scienze applicate sections as part of the curriculum: the school describes it as "a course of study taught entirely in English", not a language certificate. According to the quadro orario in the school's presentation, in linguistico English is 4 + 1 hours a week in the first two years and 3 + 1 in the third, and Mathematics is taught in English; in scienze applicate English is 3 + 2 hours in the first two years and 3 + 1 in the third, and Biology in the first year is 3 + 1 hours, taught in English. Global Perspectives in English is being introduced for new linguistico first-year classes. Cambridge course textbooks for 2026/2027: Cambridge IGCSE Biology, Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Global Perspectives, Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language. Third-year Cambridge classes follow an extended timetable of more than 30 hours a week.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE.
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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 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: Sports ground or field · Art studio
Campus: Two buildings in San Severo, on via Adda and via Alfieri. All classrooms have interactive boards; there are chemistry, physics, science, computing (4) and drawing (3) labs, a language lab and multimedia rooms, a library, a gym, a five-a-side pitch and two outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, an assembly hall and a podcast studio. The province is handing over a new gym at the main building.
Clubs and activities: Volleyball · Table tennis · Giochi della Chimica · Campionato Nazionale delle Lingue · Certificazione linguistica del latino · Juvenes Translatores · Art & Science across Italy (CERN) · Biennale di Roma dei licei artistici · I muri raccontano
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In its international programme the PTOF lists summer language trips abroad, without dates or prices; it also mentions Erasmus+ exchanges in Europe and the option to spend the fourth year or part of it abroad.
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
On average there are 19 students per class. The Cambridge IGCSE course is taught by the school's teachers together with a native English-speaking teacher; according to the school, course teachers are trained and recognised by Cambridge to teach with IGCSE methods. History in EsaBac classes is taught by a teacher with certified French together with a native French speaker.
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
There is an educational and a psychological support service (Sportello Pedagogico and Sportello Psicologico): help with study methods, learning and relationship difficulties, and a protected space to talk. The PTOF commits to preventing all forms of bullying and cyberbullying; programmes on addiction prevention and peer education run with the local health service.
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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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