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Somma Vesuviana, Italy · est. 1969 · State
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A state liceo in Somma Vesuviana at the foot of Vesuvius, east of Naples. It began in the 1960s as a branch of the Naples Liceo Scientifico Vincenzo Cuoco and became independent in the 1969-1970 school year. It now has 1147 students: 178 in the liceo classico, 506 in the liceo scientifico and 463 in the scienze applicate option; since 2023 the science liceo has also offered a biomedical track and a communication theory and technique track, as well as the Liceo Matematico. All tracks end with the state maturità exam and teaching is in Italian. For about ten years the liceo has run a Cambridge International section: students of the science and classical liceo prepare for Cambridge IGCSE exams in English as a Second Language, mathematics, geography, physics and biology and receive their certificates at a ceremony.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free. Families in the Cambridge section pay an annual contribution; the school mentions this course charge without an amount on its web pages.
Admissions Admission to the first year is online through the national iscrizioni procedure, on dates the school announces in a circular, usually in November. The open pages of the website do not describe selection for the Cambridge section or conditions for admitting foreign students.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum: liceo classico, liceo scientifico (including a biomedical track and a communication theory and technique track since 2023-2024, and the Liceo Matematico), liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate; ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Cambridge International section: Cambridge IGCSE exams in English as a Second Language and Mathematics in year 2 of the science liceo, Geography in year 2 of the classical liceo, Physics and Biology in year 4; exams are optional, in the June or November series.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The Cambridge International section of the science and classical lyceums prepares for IGCSE English, Mathematics, Geography (year 2), Physics and Biology (year 4); exams are optional.
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·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
Teaching staff
The school publishes neither the number of its teachers nor their qualifications.
Safety and wellbeing from the school's official website
The school says nothing on its website about security, medical care or pupil support.
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 data55 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data60 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.
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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