← Back to the rankingLiceo Ginnasio Statale "Luciano Manara"
Rome, Italy · est. 1958 · State
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Liceo Ginnasio Luciano Manara is a state classical liceo in Rome, in the Monteverde Vecchio district on the Gianicolo hill. It grew out of a branch of Liceo Virgilio and became independent on 1 October 1958, taking the name Luciano Manara in 1959. Besides the traditional liceo classico, it offers the AUREUS track (art history from the ginnasio, heritage protection and restoration, gradually taught in English), a liceo classico for mathematics and a Cambridge track for sciences. The school became a Cambridge International centre in 2016/2017: in the Cambridge section a native-speaker teacher teaches English as a Second Language, Mathematics and Chemistry to the IGCSE syllabus, and IGCSE exams are taken after years 1-2. Other subjects are taught in Italian. 827 students attend and 59 teachers work at the school.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees A state school of the Ministry of Education (scuola statale): tuition is free. The voluntary contribution (contributo volontario) for 2026-2027 is 90 euros per student, plus insurance of about 10 euros a year; the extra hours of the Cambridge course are paid by families, and the school mentions this cost without figures.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year is through the state Iscrizioni online procedure; after the lower secondary exam families send a set of documents by email between 1 and 15 July. For the Cambridge section English at around B1 level is advisable; if applications exceed places, the school runs a test of basic language skills. For students with foreign citizenship the school organises Italian as a second language classes if needed.
Stages and year groups Five-year liceo classico (2-year ginnasio and 3-year liceo) ending with the esame di Stato (maturità); tracks: traditional, AUREUS (in a network of Roman classical licei, art history from the ginnasio, partly in English), liceo classico for mathematics, Cambridge for sciences. Cambridge IGCSE in the Cambridge section: English as a Second Language and Mathematics 2 hours a week each (1 hour co-taught with the Italian teacher) in IV-V ginnasio and, for English, in I liceo; Chemistry 1 hour a week with a native speaker; IGCSE exams at the end of the ginnasio. In year 5, CLIL in one subject. A language stay in an English-speaking country is recommended.
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 science section, a native speaker teaches English, maths and chemistry to IGCSE in years 1-2, with exams after the first two years.
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 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
Campus: A 1955 building on the Gianicolo hill in Monteverde Vecchio, gradually renovated since 2002/2003 and fully cleared of asbestos in 2013/14. Since 2014/15 every classroom has an interactive whiteboard, and there is wi-fi throughout. PNRR funds created two mobile IT labs with 25 workstations each, an audio and video lab, a mobile physics lab (Science Bus) and a chemistry lab. The former library room has been turned into a classroom; reading points around the school and the MLOL digital library replace it. A gym with changing rooms, a large inner courtyard with a volleyball net and basketball hoops, and a multi-purpose court for volleyball and handball.
Clubs and activities: DEBATE Club · La Lucciola del Manara (school newspaper) · Manaradio · MoMarkestra · Manara in Music · Liceo Manara at the Theatre · Introductory Photography Course · Ceramics Course · Life Drawing Course · FabLab · Manara For Future · Introduction to Sport · B2 English Certification Preparation
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers59
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
59 teachers, most on permanent contracts and with many years of experience, with moderate turnover; Cambridge subjects are taught by a qualified native English-speaking teacher.
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
A psychological support service is available to the whole school community, including in the afternoon; there is a coordinator for combating bullying and cyberbullying and a dedicated email address for reporting such cases.
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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 data70 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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