Liceo Agnesi is the only liceo in eastern Brianza and the south of the province of Lecco, in Merate; students come from 25 municipalities and from the neighbouring provinces of Milan and Bergamo. It opened in 1984 as a branch of a Lecco liceo, became independent in 1988 and moved into its current building, and in 1989 was named after the mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi. Tracks: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico with applied sciences and liceo linguistico; 1106 students attend in 50 classes. Teaching is in Italian. Since 2023 the liceo scientifico has had an international Cambridge section: at the end of year 2 students sit IGCSE exams in geography and English as a second language, and in year 3 in biology. The school takes part in Erasmus+ and eTwinning, runs a biomedical option, theatre, art and music workshops and a free psychological counselling service.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
German, French, Spanish, Latin
Class size
22 students per class on average
About the fees It is a state school and tuition is free. For the 2026-2027 school year the school asks all classes for a voluntary contribution of 100 EUR: it covers insurance, extra activities, support sessions and catch-up courses, labs and photocopies; it is tax-deductible and refunded if the student does not attend. Students without insurance cannot take part in extracurricular activities, work placements or trips. The school states the fee for the Cambridge section without an amount.
Admissions Enrolment in year 1 is through the national online procedure on the Unica platform, from mid-January to mid-February; for the 2026-2027 school year from 13 January to 14 February 2026. For the Cambridge section families tick Liceo Scientifico Sezione internazionale - biennio on the form; the site describes no separate test. In the liceo linguistico families state their preferred languages, but classes are also formed according to the school's staffing. In summer enrolment is completed by email: the middle school certificate with the guidance recommendation (giudizio orientativo), the competence certificate, special needs documents, a photo and the voluntary contribution. Classes are formed by the end of August. Before enrolment the school holds small-group information sessions, open days and taster lessons. A designated teacher looks after foreign students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo following the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Tracks: liceo scientifico (with Latin; an extra hour of CAD drawing in year 2), liceo scientifico with an international Cambridge section (section B), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate and liceo linguistico (English compulsory plus two of German, French and Spanish; Latin in years 1-2; one hour a week with a native speaker in each language). The Cambridge section has run since the 2023-2024 school year: some subjects are taught to Cambridge syllabuses and textbooks, IGCSE Geography and English as a Second Language exams are taken at the end of year 2 and IGCSE Biology in year 3. There is no AS and A Level course. In year 5 one subject is taught in a foreign language (CLIL); the upper years offer a biomedical option (curvatura biomedica).
Address Via dei Lodovichi 10, 23807 Merate (LC)
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 international section of the science liceo some subjects use Cambridge textbooks, with IGCSE Geography and English as a Second Language in year 2 and Biology in year 3.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Theatre, Art and Music Workshops · History of Music Project · Peer Education · Biomedical Track · Erasmus+ · eTwinning School Label · Contests and Competitions
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 liceo linguistico a native speaker teaches one lesson a week in each language. There are teachers trained in special needs support, designated coordinators for student athletes and foreign students, a tutor teacher and a careers guidance teacher. The school does not publish the 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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Free psychological counselling (sportello di counseling) for students, parents and teachers, with parental consent. A bullying and cyberbullying prevention project, peer education, a plan for students with special educational needs, coordinators for students with disabilities, foreign students and athletes, and a procedure for administering medicines at school. Year 3 students take a safety course and year 4 a first aid course.
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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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 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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Merate, Italy · est. 1984 · State