← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale Augusto Righi
Cesena, Italy · est. 1944 · State
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Liceo Righi is a state scientific liceo in Cesena, one of the oldest in Romagna. The town opened it in 1944, right after the liberation, as a municipal liceo; it became a state school in 1951-1952. Since 1993-1994 it has had a branch in Bagno di Romagna, in the Savio valley, with one full course. About 1540 students attend: about 1430 in Cesena and about 110 in Bagno di Romagna, in 65 classes; students also come from neighbouring towns in the provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Rimini and Ravenna. Tracks: the standard liceo scientifico, the liceo scientifico with a Cambridge course (since 2012-2013), the liceo scientifico with a biomedical focus (since 2024-2025) and the liceo scientifico with applied sciences, including a 3.0 tablet class. Lessons are taught in Italian; in the Cambridge sections mathematics, physics and science in grades 1-3 follow IGCSE syllabuses in English together with native speakers, and students sit IGCSE exams in mathematics, physics and biology. The liceo prepares students for Cambridge English exams and ECDL, takes part in olympiads in mathematics, physics, computing and chemistry, in Model United Nations and in Erasmus.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Latin, Spanish, French, German
Class size
on average 23.9 students per class in Cesena and 21.2 in Bagno di Romagna
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. Family contributions and trip fees are collected through the state Pago in Rete system; the school mentions the Cambridge course supplement and the voluntary contribution without amounts.
Admissions Grade 1 enrolment follows the state online procedure (Iscrizioni on-line), in January. The track is chosen on enrolment; the number of sections depends on demand, but there are no more than three Cambridge sections and, for now, one biomedical class. The school does not describe a separate entrance test. For foreign students the liceo usually runs an extracurricular Italian course and draws up personalised learning plans; the school has guidelines on admitting foreign students. Open days for 2027-2028 are held in November, December and January in Cesena and Bagno di Romagna.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico Cambridge School with extra English, liceo scientifico with a biomedical focus (since 2024-2025), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (with a 3.0 class since 2019-2020); in Bagno di Romagna the standard liceo scientifico. Cambridge course: in grades 1-3 mathematics, physics and natural sciences follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses in English with native speakers, in grades 4-5 Italian syllabuses for the esame di Stato. According to the PTOF 2025-2028 timetable, grades 1-2 have 27+3 hours a week: an extra hour of English with a native speaker (two in grade 2) and an extra hour of physics and science; grade 3 has an extra hour of English. Students obtain IGCSE certificates in Mathematics, Physics and Biology. In grade 5 all students have one subject taught in a foreign language (CLIL).
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 School sections of the science lyceum Mathematics, Physics and science are taught in English to IGCSE in years 1-3, returning to the Italian syllabus in years 4-5.
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
Exam results The school publishes IGCSE results every year. Mathematics, November 2025: A* 10.7%, A 21.4%, B 21.4%, C 39.3%, D 7.1%. Physics, June 2026: A* 10.7%, A 10.7%, B 32.1%, C 25.0%, D 10.7%, E 3.6%, F 7.1%. The pass level is C. According to the PTOF more than 70% of entrants finished lower secondary school with a mark above eight out of ten.
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
Clubs and activities: Model United Nations · Theatre Workshop · Righe dal Righi (school newspaper) · Mathematics Olympiad · Physics Olympiad · Informatics Olympiad · Chemistry Games · Problem Solving Olympiad · Italian Championships · Cambridge English FCE and CAE Certifications · European Computer Driving Licence ECDL · Sports Clubs
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 Cambridge course native English speakers with science backgrounds work alongside the liceo's teachers; the school posts their CVs: one teaches English supporting the IGCSE subjects, the other has taught mathematics, physics and biology in English since 2021. Courses for Cambridge English exams are taught by native speakers. The site does not give the total 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 policynot stated on the website
There is a psychological counselling service for students (sportello d'ascolto). There is an inclusion plan, personalised learning plans for students with special needs and with a migrant background, rules for high-level student athletes, a data protection policy and whistleblowing.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 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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