← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale Claudio Cavalleri
Parabiago, Italy · est. 1984 · State
Illustration · Parabiago
A state liceo in Parabiago near Milan. It was a branch of the Liceo G. Galilei of Legnano and became independent in 1984; it is named after the historian Claudio Cavalero, who founded a college in the town in the 18th century. The liceo now has 1280 students in 50 classes. Tracks: liceo scientifico, scienze applicate, scienze umane and liceo linguistico, including a 'comunitario' option with French and German; all end with the state maturità exam. Teaching is in Italian. Since the 2021-2022 school year the liceo has been accredited as a Cambridge school: in the Cambridge IGCSE sections of the science and scienze applicate tracks, mathematics and English as a Second Language are taught in English in years 1-2, and in the scienze umane track English and Global Perspectives in years 3-4; at the end students sit IGCSE exams. The school takes part in Erasmus+, exchanges and language placements.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, German, Spanish, Latin
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free. Families pay a voluntary contribution used for projects, equipment and maintenance of the school's three buildings.
Admissions Admission to the first year follows the national iscrizioni online procedure; the Cambridge IGCSE section opens if a minimum number of students enrol. For foreign students with marked difficulties in Italian the school runs an Italian as a second language course and a FAMI project on Italian for foreigners.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, liceo delle scienze umane, liceo linguistico (including the 'Liceo Comunitario' with French and German); ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Cambridge IGCSE option: in the liceo scientifico and scienze applicate, English as a Second Language and/or Mathematics in English in years 1-2; in the liceo delle scienze umane, English as a Second Language and/or Global Perspectives in years 3-4; Cambridge IGCSE exams at the end of the course. The section opens with a minimum enrolment; in 2025-2026 IGCSE textbooks are used by classes of sections AS and DA in the science track and AU and HA in the humanities track.
Address Via Spagliardi 23, 20015 Parabiago (MI)
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 science lyceum English and/or Mathematics are taught in English to IGCSE in years 1-2; in the humanities lyceum English and/or Global Perspectives in years 3-4.
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
·Librarynot stated on the website
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Makerspace
Clubs and activities: Mathematics Olympiad · Chemistry Olympiad · Physics Olympiad · Italian Language Olympiad · Science Games · Theatre Course · Criminology Course · Women in Song · Podcast · Erasmus+ (exchanges)
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
What the listings show: Cambridge section subjects are taught by specially trained teachers
According to the PTOF 2025-2028, 91.6% of teachers have been at the school on permanent contracts for more than five years; Cambridge section subjects are taught by specially trained teachers, and the school also invites external experts.
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 policy
The school works with a psychologist and an educationalist who support student wellbeing and guidance. First-year classes have sessions on interpersonal communication, online safety, bullying and cyberbullying. All buildings have panic-bar doors; students with difficulties have help desks, catch-up courses and tutoring.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data65 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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