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Bitonto, Italy · est. 1973 · State
Illustration · Bitonto
Liceo Galilei in Bitonto near Bari began in 1959 as the science section of the Sylos classical liceo and became independent in 1973. It now has 887 students in 40 classes and 60 teachers. Tracks: the traditional scientific liceo, the applied sciences scientific liceo and, since 2015-2016, an art liceo with an audiovisual and multimedia profile. Since 2015 the scientific liceo has had a Cambridge section: English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Physics and Geography are taught in English on Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses, together with native speakers. Other lessons are in Italian; all classes have sessions with a native English speaker, and the school prepares students for B1 and B2 language exams. Students take part in olympiads in mathematics, physics, chemistry, informatics and philosophy, in Erasmus+, debating and a journalism workshop. The school is well equipped: labs with laptops for data analysis, robotics, virtual reality and an iMac studio for the art liceo.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Students per teacher
about 15 students per teacher
About the fees The school is state-run and tuition is free.
Admissions Enrolment in year 1 takes place in January through the national Ministry of Education online procedure; the Cambridge section is part of the scientific liceo and the site gives no special selection conditions for it. In the first weeks new students have induction days, and in years 1 and 3 teachers run entry screening in Italian, mathematics, foreign language, science and informatics. The site and PTOF do not mention admission of foreign students or children without Italian.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo on the Italian curriculum ending with the esame di Stato. Tracks: liceo scientifico tradizionale, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate, liceo artistico audiovisivo e multimediale (since 2015-2016) and the Liceo Scientifico Cambridge section (since 2015). In the Cambridge section English as a Second Language, Mathematics, Physics and Geography are taught in English on IGCSE syllabuses: according to the timetable a native speaker co-teaches with the school's teacher in English (1 hour a week in years 1-2, 2 hours in years 3-4), history and geography (1 hour in year 1, 2 hours in year 2), mathematics (1 hour in year 1, 2 hours in year 2) and physics (1 hour in each of years 1-3). The section's week is 27 hours in years 1-2 and 30 hours in years 3-5, as in the regular scientific liceo.
Address Via Gen. Planelli, 70032 Bitonto (BA)
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 section of the science lyceum teaches English, Mathematics, Physics and Geography in English on IGCSE syllabuses alongside native speakers in years 1-4.
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.
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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 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
Also on site: Sports ground or field · Art studio · Makerspace
Campus: The Angelo Cardone library has more than 4000 volumes and a video collection; a physics lab with 20 laptops for data analysis and artificial intelligence; chemistry and natural science and mathematics labs; a 32-seat computer room with drones, a 3D printer, LEGO Mindstorms and Arduino kits; a mobile computer lab with 23 laptops and a mobile virtual reality lab with 8 headsets; an 18-seat language lab; two art workshops (ceramics and drawing) and the TEALab audiovisual lab with 29 iMac computers, cameras and graphics tablets. An outdoor sports area of 3000 sq m and a 600 sq m gym, a 290-seat auditorium for screenings and video conferences, and a conference room. Classrooms have interactive whiteboards, and the building has fibre and Wi-Fi.
Clubs and activities: Mathematics Olympiad · Physics Championships and Anacleto Games · Chemistry Games · Informatics Olympiad · Problem Solving Olympiad · Philosophy Championships · Multimedia Olympiad · School Sports Championships · Erasmus+ KA220 · LET'S DEBATE · Words for the Future · Terracotta between Tradition and Creativity · Citizenship & Art - Street Art at School · ARISS School Contact
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
According to the PTOF the school has 60 teachers and 22 technical and administrative staff. In the Cambridge section subjects are co-taught by the school's teachers and native English speakers; sessions with a native English speaker take place in all classes.
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
The Ti ascolto support project runs, and a psychologist contracted by the school takes part in work with classes; there is an inclusion plan and school rules, including on the use of artificial intelligence, and a whistleblowing procedure.
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 data80 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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