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Nocera Inferiore, Italy · State
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Liceo Scientifico Nicola Sensale in Nocera Inferiore is a state science liceo with about 1000 students (972 per the PTOF), from the town and nearby municipalities of the Agro Nocerino-Sarnese. Tracks: traditional, mathematics, Cambridge International, applied sciences and sports. The Liceo Scientifico Cambridge International class has run since the 2018-2019 school year, and since 2024-2025 there have been two such courses. In the school's words, students follow two parallel paths - the science liceo diploma and IGCSE and AS & A Level certificates - and are prepared during curricular hours. In years 1-2 there are two extra hours a week of two subjects in English with a native-speaker teacher, in years 3-4 of two further subjects. Subjects per the PTOF: IGCSE Biology (0610) and Geography (0460) with exams at the end of year 2, IGCSE English as a Second Language (0510) and AS & A Level Physics (9702) with exams at the end of year 4. The main language of instruction is Italian.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees Tuition at this state liceo is free, as in all Italian state schools.
Admissions Per the PTOF the number of foreign students is growing; the school writes that encouraging the enrolment of foreign students, with language support, enriches the school community. Admission follows completion of lower secondary school (scuola secondaria di primo grado), through online enrolment on the Ministry of Education portal within the period announced each year by circular, usually in November.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 (liceo scientifico). Liceo scientifico: traditional, mathematics, Cambridge International (since 2018-2019, two courses since 2024-2025), applied sciences and sports. The Cambridge track has a longer week: 29 hours in years 1-2, 32 hours in years 3-4, 30 hours in year 5. Per the timetable, the extra hour with a native speaker is in history and geography and in science (years 1-2), and in foreign language and physics (years 3-4). Exams: IGCSE Biology 0610 and Geography 0460 at the end of year 2, IGCSE English as a Second Language 0510 and AS & A Level Physics 9702 at the end of year 4.
Address Via S. D'Alessandro 34, 84014 Nocera Inferiore (SA)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE, A-Level · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE, AS and A Level.
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), A-Level (ages 16-18). IGCSE means exams at around Year 10 or 11, the British counterpart of a lower secondary leaving certificate. A-Level is the senior years, and their results are what British and many other universities admit on.
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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
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Sports ground or field
Campus: A four-storey building in the Cicalesi area. Per the PTOF: 8 internet-connected labs, including chemistry, 2 drawing, physics, 2 computing, languages, 2 multimedia, science and chemistry, and physics and robotics labs; a traditional and a digital library, an assembly hall, 2 screening rooms, a gym, a five-a-side pitch and a running track; 41 interactive boards in classrooms.
Clubs and activities: National and International Olympiads · Art and Culture Competitions · Cultural Exchanges · Erasmus+ · School of Peace · Environmental Education · Educational Trips
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers46
·Students per teacher or class sizenot stated
According to the PTOF the school has 46 teachers; native-speaker teachers work in the Cambridge track, which has a course coordinator and a Teacher Support Coordinator.
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 PTOF names a psychological support desk (sportello psicologico), anti-cyberbullying projects and safety education.
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Criteria breakdown criterion weight in brackets
Academics and programmes (16%)85 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 data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data75 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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