← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale Belfiore
Mantua, Italy · est. 1923 · State
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Liceo Scientifico Statale Belfiore in Mantova opened in autumn 1923, after the Gentile reform, together with the first science licei in Italy. It has 650 students in 30 classes. Since the 2023-2024 school year the school has been a Cambridge International School and runs two Cambridge International tracks: in the traditional science liceo mathematics is taught in English, in the applied sciences liceo natural sciences. In each track, from year 1 to year 5, there is an extra hour of English and an extra hour of the subject in English. In the school's words, at the end of the third year (or start of the fourth) students take the IGCSE English as a second language and IGCSE Chemistry exams, and in year 5 interested students take A Level in the same subjects. The main language of instruction is Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees Tuition at this state liceo is free, as in all Italian state schools.
Admissions The applied sciences Cambridge International track admits one class a year of no more than 27 students. If oversubscribed, priority goes to students whose lower secondary school recommended the science liceo, followed by a public draw in the presence of the school council president. Admission follows completion of lower secondary school (scuola secondaria di primo grado), through online enrolment on the Ministry of Education portal within the period announced each year by circular, usually in November.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (liceo scientifico). Five-year liceo scientifico (traditional and applied sciences option), sports liceo and an experimental biology course with a biomedical focus. Since 2023-2024 two Cambridge International tracks: traditional (mathematics in English) and applied sciences (natural sciences in English). From year 1 to year 5 there is an extra hour of English (from year 2 a native speaker assists the teacher) and an extra hour of science with a school teacher, assisted once a week by a native speaker with subject expertise. Exams: at the end of year 3 or start of year 4 IGCSE English as a Second Language and IGCSE Mathematics Extended or IGCSE Chemistry, in year 5 optional A Level in the same subjects. The hours are part of the class study plan.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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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
The school does not describe its premises on its website.
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
On average 21 students per class; the applied sciences Cambridge International class takes no more than 27 students.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 "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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