Liceo Scientifico Giuseppe Peano is a state liceo in southern Rome, opened in the late 1960s as a traditional science liceo; from the 1970s it ran experimental tracks, which after the 2010 reform became the applied sciences liceo and the language liceo. It has 878 students in 40 classes. Lessons are in Italian under the state curriculum, over five years, ending with the esame di Stato. Tracks: science liceo, applied sciences science liceo (in some classes with descriptive assessment instead of marks during the year), language liceo with English, Spanish and French or German, ESABAC language liceo with a double Italian-French diploma, and a Cambridge IGCSE course. In Cambridge classes of the science liceo mathematics and English as a second language are partly taught in English with a native speaker, in the language liceo English and geography; IGCSE exams are usually taken in year 3. The liceo also has students from recently arrived families, mostly from Bangladesh and Eastern Europe; Italian as a second language courses are offered for them.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Spanish, French, German, Latin
Class size
on average 21 students per class (878 students in 40 classes)
About the fees Tuition at the state liceo is free. Cambridge IGCSE courses and exams are paid by families through an annual contribution for native speakers and Cambridge fees; the school mentions the extra charge for the course without an amount. The school says it does not collect a voluntary contribution except for specific defined purposes; its funds come mainly from state and regional projects.
Admissions Enrolment in the first year is through the state online procedure on the ministry website in January-February; parents register with SPID, CIE or eIDAS, school code RMPS12000G. The Cambridge course is chosen at enrolment; the website describes no selection or test for it. The school says the number of students from outside the EU has been growing in recent years, mostly from Bangladesh and Eastern Europe, many arriving without Italian; Italian as a second language courses are run for them, with help from volunteers. Low-income families may receive financial support based on an ISEE certificate.
Stages and year groups Italian state curriculum, 5 years, ending with the esame di Stato. Tracks: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (including descriptive assessment), liceo linguistico (English, Spanish, French or German), ESABAC liceo linguistico (double esame di Stato and baccalauréat diploma, history in French for three years) and liceo linguistico with the Cambridge course. Cambridge International: IGCSE English as a Second Language and Mathematics in the science liceo (in years 1-2, 1 hour of each subject on top of the timetable with a native speaker alongside the teacher, 29 hours a week instead of 27; mathematics becomes a sixth weekly hour), IGCSE English as a Second Language and Geography in the language liceo, in the French section (1 hour of English and 2 hours of geography with a native speaker). In year 3 only English as a second language continues, in the morning outside the main timetable, 31 hours a week. IGCSE exams are usually in year 3 (mathematics or geography at the start of the year, English at the end), or in year 4 if preparation is insufficient; papers are marked by Cambridge. There is no Cambridge course in the ESABAC, ARTES and applied sciences classes. Families pay for the course and exams.
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Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. The science lyceum Cambridge class takes IGCSE English and Mathematics, the languages one English and Geography, with native speakers in years 1-2; exams usually in year 3.
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 hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: The liceo is in southern Rome in a green complex next to the Garibaldi agricultural technical institute, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology and two other schools. The building has chemistry, physics, science, computer, language, drawing and multimedia labs, and every classroom has a computer and an interactive board. The library is one of the largest school libraries in Rome, with about 15000 items and a video library. Two indoor gyms with changing rooms, outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, table tennis tables, the Sala rosa conference hall with over 100 seats and a café.
Clubs and activities: Student and Teacher Choir · Ceramics Workshop · Painting Workshop · Chess Workshop · School Newspaper · Theatre Workshops · Exchanges in Seville, Gijón, Alicante · Erasmus+ (international exchanges)
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
The Cambridge course is taught by subject teachers together with visiting native speakers; a dedicated teacher coordinates the course. Italian as a second language courses are taught by liceo teachers with a diploma or experience in teaching Italian as a second language.
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
·Counsellornot stated on the website
·Child protection policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
Preventing bullying and cyberbullying is among the PTOF priorities. For students with special educational needs and learning difficulties class councils work with psychologists; students with disabilities and dyslexia are given suitable digital tools.
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 data60 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data85 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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