Liceo Statale Luigi Garofano is a state upper secondary school in Capua (province of Caserta). It opened in 1972-1973 as a branch of a scientific lyceum in Caserta, became independent in 1977-1978, has been named after the physician Luigi Garofano since 1982-1983, and has had its own building on Piazza d'Armi since 1997. The school is above all scientific: the scientific lyceum is offered in traditional, biomedical, four-year, applied sciences (including a variant with Spanish), sports and international versions; there is also a classical lyceum and a music lyceum in the historic Gesù Gonfalone complex. 988 students attend. Teaching is in Italian. Since 2016-2017 the school has been a Cambridge International School: the international section of the scientific lyceum has modules in English and preparation for the Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics exam, and from 2026-2027 the Internazionale Plus section adds two hours of English and one of mathematics for the B2 First and IGCSE Mathematics exams.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, Latin
About the fees Tuition at this state school is free. Families pay for Cambridge exams (see fees).
Admissions Admission to first year follows the state online procedure on the ministry site in January; the international section is chosen at enrolment as a scientific lyceum track. The school has an admission protocol for foreign students: their prior learning is assessed on entry to match them to a class, and they receive language and inclusion support; through exchanges (including with AFS Intercultura) students from other countries, mostly European, join classes for two months to a full year.
Stages and year groups Italian state upper secondary curriculum ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Tracks: liceo scientifico (traditional; biomedical emphasis since 2017-2018; four-year since 2018-2019; IGCSE international emphasis since 2016-2017; Internazionale Plus from 2026-2027), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (including a variant with Spanish two hours a week), liceo scientifico ad indirizzo sportivo (since 2015-2016), liceo classico (since 2008-2009), liceo musicale e coreutico, sezione musicale (since 2012-2013). Cambridge International: the school has been a Cambridge International School since 2016-2017; the international section adds extracurricular modules in English to the scientific lyceum, with an optional IGCSE exam at the end of the course. In the Internazionale Plus section (from 2026-2027) two hours of English (five in total) are added for the B2 First exam in year 3-4, and one hour of mathematics for the Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics exam in English from year 4; years 1-2 have 30 hours a week, years 3-4 have 33. Exams are optional. B2 First is a language exam.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The international section of the science liceo offers after-school modules in English and an optional IGCSE Maths exam; since 2026 the Internazionale Plus section adds a maths hour in English.
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: Two buildings. The main one on Piazza d'Armi (in use since 1997) has science, physics and language labs and two computer labs, an immersive classroom, a library of more than 2000 books, and the Dianthus theatre-auditorium; the sports complex has an athletics track, a five-a-side pitch, an outdoor basketball and volleyball court and a recently renovated indoor gym. The music lyceum is housed in the historic Gesù Gonfalone complex in the centre of Capua, with a third computer lab and the Martucci concert hall in the former Gesù church. Under the PNRR all classrooms in both buildings have been fitted with digital equipment.
Clubs and activities: Martucci Orchestra and Choir · All Together in Choir · Piano Course · Mathematics Olympiad · Physics and Chemistry Olympiads · Philosophy Olympiad · Sannio Philosophy Festival · Meravigliosa...mente STEM Competition · Swimming Project · Tennis at School · Rule of Law and Active Citizenship · Capua, a City That Reads · Erasmus+ (exchanges)
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
The extra English and mathematics hours of the Internazionale Plus section are taught by the school's teachers using curriculum enrichment hours. The school has a coordinator for bullying and cyberbullying.
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 has a bullying and cyberbullying coordinator, sessions with specialists on bullying, cyberbullying and addictions (including with the local ASL health service), listening desks (sportelli di ascolto) offering individual support, and an admission protocol for foreign students.
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 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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Capua, Italy · est. 1972 · State