← Back to the rankingLiceo Ginnasio Statale «Jacopo Sannazaro»
Naples, Italy · est. 1919 · State
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Liceo Ginnasio Statale Jacopo Sannazaro is one of Naples' historic state classical lyceums, in the Vomero district. It opened in October 1919 as a branch of the Vittorio Emanuele II lyceum, a year later took the name of the humanist poet Jacopo Sannazaro, and since 1938 has occupied a listed historic building on Via Puccini; during the Four Days of Naples in 1943 Resistance members met here. The five-year course follows the Italian national liceo classico curriculum in Italian with Latin and Ancient Greek and ends with the esame di Stato. Besides the traditional track there is Pi Greco with an extra hour of mathematics and Cambridge International: in years 1-2 mathematics and English follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses through CLIL with native speakers, and in years 3-5 students return to the traditional timetable. According to the school, the lyceum has 809 students in 37 classes; almost all graduates go on to university, most often in medicine, economics and law.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Class size
on average about 22 students per class
About the fees Tuition at this state lyceum is free. The school mentions the Cambridge International track and IGCSE exams without stating any charge: the PTOF and website pages give no amounts.
Admissions Admission to year 1 is through the state Iscrizioni online procedure; the track (traditional, Pi Greco or Cambridge International) is chosen when enrolling. The school holds information meetings and open days for prospective students. The website and PTOF do not mention entrance tests for the Cambridge track or separate conditions for foreign children.
Stages and year groups Grades liceo classico 1-5, 37 classes. Italian state liceo classico curriculum, five years, ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Tracks from year 1: traditional (27 hours a week in years 1-2, 31 hours in years 3-5), Pi Greco (an extra hour of mathematics in all years) and Cambridge International. Cambridge course: Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580) and English as a Second Language (0511) in years 1-2 of the Cambridge International track - an extra hour of mathematics and an extra hour of English a week (29 hours) plus 2 extracurricular hours twice a month; lessons are co-taught by native speakers and Cambridge-trained Italian teachers; IGCSE exams are taken at the school in May or November; from year 3 the traditional timetable applies. For all students - extracurricular preparation for Cambridge English exams (B1-C2) and courses in other foreign languages with native speakers.
Address Via Puccini 12, 80127 Napoli (Vomero)
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 International track, maths and English follow IGCSE syllabuses with native speakers in years 1-2, with exams at school; from year 3 students return to the standard plan.
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
Exam results According to the school's self-evaluation (RAV 2022-2025), esame di Stato marks are concentrated in the upper bands: 26.2% of graduates scored 81 to 90 and 36.9% scored 91 to 100.
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: A historic listed building on the Vomero hill, opened in 1938, close to the metro and funiculars. Physics, science, computing, language, multimedia and STEM labs (a coding robot, a 3D scanner and 3D modeller, a weather station), a digital library, an assembly hall, three gyms and an outdoor basketball and volleyball court, interactive panels and smart TVs in classrooms.
Clubs and activities: Sannazaro Orchestra - Making Music Together · Sannazarock (student rock and pop concert) · Theatre Workshop · Ancient Theatre: the Modernity of a Timeless Classic · Certamen Classicum Sannazarianum (Latin competition) · Cambridge English Qualification · Extracurricular Foreign Language Courses · eTwinning
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 Cambridge International track mathematics and English are co-taught by native speakers and Italian teachers specifically trained and qualified in IGCSE methodology. Native speakers also run the extracurricular foreign language courses. The school does not publish the total number of teachers.
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 a psychological counselling service (sportello d'ascolto) and the wellbeing programmes La ghianda e il cactus and Conosci te stesso; the PTOF sets the aim of combating all discrimination and bullying, including online, and describes inclusion work.
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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 data80 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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