← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico e Linguistico Statale G. Marconi
Milan, Italy · est. 1970 · State
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Liceo Marconi is a small state liceo on the south-western edge of Milan. It opened in 1968 as a branch of the Einstein scientific liceo, became independent in 1970 and has been named after Guglielmo Marconi since 1986. A linguistic liceo was added to the scientific liceo in 2013, ESABAC in 2015, a biomedical option in 2019, and Cambridge sections in the scientific and linguistic licei in 2022 and 2024. 874 students attend in 41 classes. Lessons are taught in Italian; in the Cambridge sections English, mathematics and biology, or Global Perspectives, Latin and English literature follow Cambridge syllabuses in English, with IGCSE exams. The school focuses on languages: free courses for language exams, study trips to Ireland, the UK, France, Spain and China, exchanges, CLIL from grade 3 and weekly native speakers in the linguistic liceo. After school there is a sports centre, a photography workshop, support courses and preparation for university entrance tests.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Latin
About the fees The school is a state school and tuition is free. In September families pay a contributo volontario, which covers student insurance, the record book, projects, support courses, teaching materials and labs; the school states the contribution without a figure on its enrolment pages. The Cambridge track pages do not mention an extra charge for the course; an IGCSE resit is paid with a separate exam fee. Optional after-school courses with external teachers are paid.
Admissions Grade 1 enrolment follows the state online procedure (Iscrizioni on-line); the track, including the Cambridge section, is chosen on enrolment. In spring enrolment is completed at the office: enrolment form, consent forms, a photo, vaccination certificate and a copy of the tax code; by 3 July the lower secondary leaving certificate and competence certificate. Families may request one classmate by mutual choice. For students whose first language is not Italian there is an admission protocol: Italian as a second language courses at B1-B2 level and subject support outside lesson time. The school does not describe any selection for the Cambridge section.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Tracks: liceo scientifico, liceo scientifico with enhanced biomedicine, liceo scientifico Cambridge School, liceo linguistico (English plus two of French, Spanish, German and Chinese), liceo linguistico ESABAC (from grade 3 French literature and history in French; double diploma of esame di Stato and baccalauréat), liceo linguistico Cambridge School. Scientific Cambridge: English as a Second Language (5 hours a week in grades 1-3, 4 hours in grade 4), Mathematics and Biology on Cambridge syllabuses, one hour a week with a native speaker; IGCSE exams in ESL and Mathematics at the end of grade 3 and Biology at the end of grade 4. Linguistic Cambridge: Global Perspectives (2 extra hours in grades 1-2, exam at the end of grade 2), Latin on the Cambridge syllabus in grades 1-2 (exam at the end of grade 2 or start of grade 3), English Literature (2 extra hours in grades 3-4, exam at the end of grade 4). IGCSE exams are optional, do not affect promotion or the esame di Stato but count towards school credit; they are taken at school in May-June and October-November, graded A* to G.
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 track covers IGCSE English, Mathematics and Biology; the languages track covers Global Perspectives, Latin and English Literature, with optional exams.
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 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
Clubs and activities: School Sports Centre · Photography Workshop · Marconi in Solidarity (charity support for students in Kenya and Lebanon) · European Youth Debating Competition · Italian Olympiad · Mathematics and Physics Competitions · Scientific Degrees Plan · Science for Peace · Cultural Exchanges · ICDL
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 sizenot stated
In the scientific Cambridge section a native speaker co-teaches one hour a week in each of the three subjects; in the linguistic liceo native speakers of each language come every week. Entrance test preparation is led by the school's biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics teachers. The school does not publish staff numbers.
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 policy
A psychological counselling point (Sportello di Ascolto Psicologico) runs as part of the health programme. There is an anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying programme and an inclusion plan for 2025-2028 with admission protocols for students with disabilities, with learning difficulties and of foreign origin.
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 data70 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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