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Foligno, Italy · est. 1940 · State
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A state liceo in Foligno (Umbria), founded in 1940, one of the oldest and largest schools in the town: according to the school it has more than 1000 students in 56 classes, coming from a dozen nearby municipalities. Under one leadership it runs the liceo scientifico in three versions (traditional with Latin, scienze applicate with computing and no Latin, and Cambridge International), the liceo scientifico sportivo and the liceo artistico in Architecture and Environment; all five-year courses end with the state maturità exam. Teaching is in Italian. The selective liceo scientifico Cambridge International section teaches biology, physics, geography and English as a Second Language in English with a native speaker, up to 10-12 hours of English a week, and students sit Cambridge IGCSE exams, receiving IGCSE certificates alongside the Italian diploma. In all sections students can prepare for the Cambridge English PET and FCE and TOEFL; some spend their fourth year abroad, usually in the USA or Canada.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free, including in the Cambridge International section.
Admissions Admission to the first year follows the national iscrizioni online procedure; beforehand the school holds open days for third-year middle school pupils for each track. Places in the Cambridge International section are limited: the school selects students by grades and English level and describes it as a section for 'particularly bright and motivated' students. The school does not describe rules for admitting foreign children or children without Italian.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum: liceo scientifico (traditional, scienze applicate, Cambridge International), liceo scientifico sportivo, liceo artistico 'Architettura e ambiente'; ending with the esame di Stato (maturità). Cambridge International section: 2 hours of English as a Second Language in every year and one hour of international law in every year are added to the liceo scientifico plan; geography (years 1-2), physics (years 1-5) and biology (years 1-3) are taught in English, 30-32 hours a week. Students of the section sit Cambridge IGCSE exams in English as a Second Language, Geography, Physics and Biology; there is no AS and A Level programme.
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 lyceum teaches Geography (years 1-2), Physics (1-5) and Biology (1-3) in English plus English as a Second Language, all to IGCSE.
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 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 · Art studio
Clubs and activities: Physics Olympiad · Mathematics Olympiad · Philosophy Championships · Debate · Marconi Time School Newspaper · English-Language Theatre Workshop · Hablamos Español (Spanish course) · Read On! · AMGEN Biotech Experience · Echo-Soil
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 Italian teachers with B2 and C1 English together with a native speaker
The Cambridge International section has a dedicated native English-speaking teacher and Italian subject teachers with B2 and C1 English; teachers attend training in CLIL methodology and Cambridge programmes.
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 runs a psychological support service (sportello di ascolto psicologico) for students and families and has a designated lead for bullying and cyberbullying prevention. In its self-assessment in the PTOF the school reports no bullying or vandalism. There is an inclusion plan for students with special educational needs.
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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