← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale Sandro Pertini
Ladispoli, Italy · est. 1988 · State
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Liceo Pertini is a state liceo in Ladispoli on the coast north of Rome. It began as a branch of a liceo in Bracciano and became independent in the 1988-1989 school year, took the name of President Sandro Pertini in 1990-1991 and moved into a new building in 1991-1992. Today it has 971 students in 40 classes. Tracks: the scientific liceo, the scientific liceo with the Cambridge International course, the classical liceo and the language liceo with English, French and Spanish. Lessons are in Italian. In the Cambridge section, Cambridge IGCSE subjects in English, English as a Second Language and Global Perspectives, are added to the Italian curriculum; students sit IGCSE exams in years 3-4. The liceo prepares students for Cambridge, DELF and DELE language exams, runs language trips and takes part in Erasmus+. A noticeable share of students are foreign nationals, and there is an Italian as a second language course for them.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
Class size
an average of 24 students per class
About the fees It is a state school and tuition is free. The voluntary contribution (contributo volontario) for 2026-2027 is 70 €, paid via Pago in Rete. Cambridge IGCSE exams are paid separately at the rate Cambridge sets each year.
Admissions Year 1 enrolment is through the national online procedure on the Unica platform (for 2026-2027 from 13 January to 14 February 2026); the school helps parents with the application at the main building. In summer enrolment is confirmed at the office: the lower secondary leaving certificate, a photo, parents' documents, consent forms and, optionally, the receipt for the voluntary contribution. Anyone can apply for the Cambridge section by choosing it on the form; if there are more applicants than places, Cambridge language certificates, the average mark and the English mark in year 2 of lower secondary are taken into account. A noticeable share of students are foreign nationals, above provincial and national averages; an Italian as a second language course is run for them.
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, liceo scientifico with the Cambridge International course, liceo classico and liceo linguistico (English, French, Spanish). In the Cambridge section the scientific liceo adds Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (2 hours in years 1-3, one co-taught with the English teacher) and IGCSE Global Perspectives (1 hour in years 1-3 and 2 hours in year 4); the week is 29 hours in years 1-2, 32 in year 3, 31 in year 4 and 30 in year 5. IGCSE exams are taken at the liceo in years 3-4, in the May-June or October-November sessions, and marked by Cambridge.
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 liceo adds IGCSE English as a Second Language in years 1-3 and Global Perspectives in years 1-4, with exams in years 3-4.
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
Clubs and activities: Res Novae (school newspaper) · Theatre Workshop · Foreign Language Theatre · Thauma Theatre Festival (ancient drama) · Mathematics Olympiad · Physics Olympiad · Italian Language Olympiad · Cambridge, DELE, DELF Courses · Language Study Trips · Music Together
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
Cambridge subjects are taught by the IGCSE teacher alone or together with the English teacher. The PTOF notes a stable teaching staff. The school does not publish its number of teachers.
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
The PTOF covers prevention of bullying and cyberbullying and individual learning plans for students with special needs; the buildings meet fire safety regulations; families sign a mutual responsibility agreement (Patto di corresponsabilità) on enrolment.
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 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.
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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