Liceo Statale Salvatore Pizzi is a state liceo in the historic centre of Capua (province of Caserta), founded in 1866 by the Risorgimento patriot Salvatore Pizzi; in 2026 it marks its 160th anniversary. More than 1400 teenagers from a large part of the province attend, taught by more than 130 teachers. The liceo runs six five-year tracks - liceo classico, liceo scientifico, scienze applicate, liceo linguistico (including the dual Italian and French EsaBac diploma), scienze umane and scienze umane economico-sociale - and the four-year liceo TRED on the ecological and digital transition. Within the liceo scientifico there are Internazionale, Biomedico and Matematico profiles. In the Liceo Scientifico Internazionale profile students take Cambridge IGCSE Biology, Geography and Mathematics in English, with extra English taught with a native speaker, and sit Cambridge exams at the end. The main language of instruction is Italian; the liceo takes part in Erasmus+ and eTwinning and runs language stays abroad.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German
About the fees The liceo is a state school (liceo statale): there is no tuition fee. Families pay Cambridge IGCSE exams separately via PagoPA: in the 2024-2025 school year the IGCSE Geography exam cost 107.65 euros.
Admissions The liceo is a state school: enrolment in the first year is through the national Iscrizioni online system, linked from each track page. The site describes no separate selection for the Liceo Scientifico Internazionale profile. Students join the EsaBac class after the second year of liceo linguistico on request; if there are more applicants than places, a ranking by the French mark is used, with a draw in case of a tie. The PTOF provides individual programmes for students newly arrived in Italy and Italian as a second language courses for foreign students, so the liceo accepts foreign students.
Stages and year groups Italian upper secondary programme with the esame di Stato (maturità): liceo classico, liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico scienze applicate, liceo linguistico with English, French and Spanish, liceo linguistico EsaBac (Italian diploma and French Baccalauréat: French literature 4 hours and history in French 2 hours per week in years 3-5), liceo delle scienze umane, scienze umane economico-sociale, the four-year liceo TRED. Scientifico profiles: Internazionale, Biomedico, Matematico. Cambridge International: in the Liceo Scientifico Internazionale profile three Cambridge IGCSE subjects are taught in English - Biology, Geography, Mathematics - plus extra English with a native speaker; exams are taken by year - Geography in year 2, Biology in year 3, Mathematics in year 4; IGCSE English as a Second Language was previously taken in year 5. The course is only in the classes of this profile.
Address Piazza Umberto I, 81043 Capua (CE)
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 science stream biology, geography and maths are taught in English to IGCSE, with exams in years 2, 3 and 4, plus extra English with a native speaker.
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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 School news from 2021: in the Internazionale profile all candidates obtained Cambridge IGCSE certificates - Biology in year 3 21 of 21, Mathematics in year 4 20 of 20, English as a Second Language in year 5 21 of 21.
Facilities from the school's official website
·Swimming poolnot stated on the website
·Sports hallnot stated on the website
✓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: The liceo occupies a historic building in the centre of Capua. It has chemistry, computer, language and multimedia laboratories, augmented and virtual reality labs for the four-year TRED course, a classical and a digital library with a natural science museum, a main hall and a videoconference room; all classrooms have interactive whiteboards. For sport there is a five-a-side football pitch and an outdoor basketball and volleyball court.
Clubs and activities: Debate · Chess School · Join the Choir · The Mask and the Face (theatre) · Pizzi Flag-Wavers · Sports Club · School Radio and Web TV · Bocconi Olympiad
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
More than 130 teachers work at the liceo; in the Internazionale profile English is also taught by a native speaker.
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 policynot stated on the website
The liceo has a psychological counselling desk (Sportello d'Ascolto Psicologico) and a procedure for administering medicines at school; the PTOF describes support for students with special educational needs and an inclusion working group.
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 data80 Safety and wellbeing (12%) scored on disclosed data60 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.
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Capua, Italy · est. 1866 · State