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Maddaloni, Italy · est. 1961 · State
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The Liceo Scientifico Statale Nino Cortese is a state scientific liceo in Maddaloni (province of Caserta), opened in October 1961 as a branch of a classical liceo and independent since 1972. It has 1087 students in 56 classes, 19 per class on average. Besides the traditional liceo scientifico and the scienze applicate option, the liceo offers enriched tracks: Cambridge, biomedical, coding and robotics, sports and artificial intelligence. In the Cambridge track, extra hours of English and science with a native-speaker teacher and preparation for IGCSE exams in English as a Second Language, Biology and Physics are added to the Italian curriculum; from grade 3 some subjects are taught through CLIL in English. Lessons are taught in Italian; in the Cambridge classes part of science and physics is taught in English. The liceo has an astronomical observatory and a weather station.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
About the fees The liceo is a state school and charges no tuition. The school mentions the Cambridge course without an amount for any extra fee.
Admissions Enrolment in grade 1 follows the state online procedure on the Piattaforma Unica (for 2026-2027, from 13 January to 14 February 2026), choosing the track on the form; the school helps families complete the form on site every day from 8:00 to 13:00. The Cambridge track is aimed at motivated students who want strong English and are considering studying abroad; the website does not publish selection criteria for it. The website says nothing about admitting foreign students or children without Italian.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado (liceo scientifico). Five-year liceo scientifico on the Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato. Tracks: Liceo Scientifico Tradizionale (with Cambridge and Biomedico variants) and the Scienze Applicate option (with Coding e Robotica, Sportivo and Intelligenza Artificiale variants). Cambridge track: IGCSE English as a Second Language (B2/C1 level), Biology and Physics, taught partly in English; in grades 1-2 English 4 hours a week (1 hour with a native speaker) and science 3 hours (1 hour with a native speaker), in grades 3-4 physics and science 4 hours each with an extra hour in English; 29 hours a week in grades 1-2 and 32 hours in grades 3-4; CLIL in English from grade 3.
Address Via Starza 24, 81024 Maddaloni (CE)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge classes in the science lyceum study IGCSE English, Biology and Physics partly in English with a native speaker in years 1-4.
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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
Exam results The school reports that students of class 2F Cambridge in the 2020-2021 school year passed an English exam at level B2 and gained the IGCSE Biology certificate, and students of 4F gained the IGCSE Chemistry-Physics certificate; it does not give pass numbers or grades. It does not publish esame di Stato results.
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
Campus: One building on Via Starza in Maddaloni, where the liceo has been since 1972. There is an assembly hall, a library with an online catalogue, physics, science and chemistry labs, several computer rooms and mobile labs, an astronomical observatory and a weather station, a gym, a table tennis room, a multi-purpose court and a climbing wall; there is a solar power plant on the roof. From the 2026-2027 school year the liceo has moved to a five-day week.
Clubs and activities: eTwinning · Erasmus+ · Special Olympics Italy · Chemistry Games · Astronomical Observatory · Together Towards the Future · Cambridge English B1/B2/C1 Courses
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 Cambridge track part of the English and science lessons is taught by native English-speaking teachers. The school describes its staff as highly qualified and motivated; the website does not publish the number of teachers or their qualifications.
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 policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
The liceo has an internal code for combating and preventing bullying and cyberbullying (2026); student meetings on legality and bullying prevention are held.
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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 data80 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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