Liceo Marie Curie is a state liceo in Giulianova on the coast of the province of Teramo; students come from neighbouring towns up to the border with Marche. It opened in the 1960s as a branch of a Teramo liceo and since 1993 has been in its current building on Via Gramsci, with a second building nearby in a former monastery. Tracks: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico with applied sciences, liceo linguistico with Chinese or with German and Spanish, and from 2026 a sports liceo scientifico and a liceo artistico; 988 students attend in 46 classes. Teaching is in Italian. Since 2017 students in all tracks can choose the Cambridge International course: English as a second language, biology and Global Perspectives taught in English by native-speaker teachers, with IGCSE exams at the end of years 2 and 4. There is a biomedical option, a Liceo Matematico, many labs built with PNRR funds, a band, theatre and competitions.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Chinese, Spanish, German, Latin
Class size
21 students per class on average
About the fees It is a state school and tuition is free. The school contribution is 35 EUR a year, voluntary and 19% tax-deductible; in years 4-5 families pay state fees: 6.04 EUR enrolment once, 15.13 EUR attendance a year, and in year 5 another 12.09 EUR for the exam and 15.13 EUR for the diploma, with exemption for an average mark of 8 or more or by income. The Cambridge course is paid: the annual fee depends on the number of students enrolled, and the school states it without an amount; IGCSE exams are paid separately.
Admissions Enrolment in year 1 is through the national online procedure; enrolment is confirmed and the contribution paid in June, after the middle school exam. The Cambridge International course is an optional addition in any track; the site describes no selection or test. The transition to upper secondary is supported by the Una giornata da liceale, Lab day and Welcome days projects. The school admits students from different countries: there is a welcome programme for foreign students with in-class support and Italian courses for recent arrivals.
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, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, liceo linguistico (English plus French and Chinese or German and Spanish), and from the 2026-2027 school year liceo scientifico ad indirizzo sportivo and liceo artistico (graphics, design, audiovisual arts). In addition: Liceo Matematico, a biomedical option from year 3 of the science tracks (since 2020-2021), and options in sport, economics and finance, classics, computing and ecology. Cambridge International IGCSE course in all tracks since 2017-2018: in the science licei English as a second language and biology 1 hour a week each in years 1-4 and Global Perspectives 1 hour in years 1-2; in the liceo linguistico English as a second language 2 hours a week in years 1-4 and Global Perspectives in years 1-2; in total 3 extra hours a week in years 1-2 and 2 hours in years 3-4, after regular lessons, with native-speaker teachers. IGCSE exams (extended level): Global Perspectives at the end of year 2, biology and English at the end of year 4. There is no AS and A Level course.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. An optional Cambridge course in every track: English as a Second Language, biology and Global Perspectives with native speakers after regular lessons, with IGCSE exams in years 2 and 4.
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 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
Clubs and activities: Curie Band · Sotto Banco - Theatre · Cinema in the Classroom · Curie by Night - Physics and Telescope Lab · Marie Curie Girls STEM Club · Chess at School · Creative Ceramics · Crime Scene · Cosmic School Polaris · Chemistry, Physics and Natural Sciences Olympiads · Volunteers of the Future · International Law and New Geopolitical Scenarios · PET and FCE Certifications
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
The PTOF gives 84 teachers in a table and 105 teachers and 23 staff in the text; a significant share of teachers have worked at the school for more than ten years. The Cambridge course is taught by two external native English-speaking teachers: a graduate in mathematics from an American university with a degree from Sapienza University of Rome, and a graduate in English language teaching from Middlesex University in London; both have long taught IGCSE and prepare students for Cambridge English exams.
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
A counselling service (sportello di counseling) offers emotional support and early identification of difficulties. With the local health service and associations the school runs prevention of bullying, cyberbullying, addiction and risky behaviour. There is an inclusion plan for 2026-2027, free afternoon subject support sessions (sportello didattico) and mentoring 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 data70 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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.
The score is counted from 8 of the 9 criteria.Only those with checkable data count: programmes and accreditations from official registers, the fee from a published price list. Where it says "scored on the median", the school has no data and the middle of the list is put in its place, so that a gap gives no advantage. Admissions, teaching staff and reviews come in as their data arrives.
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