← Back to the rankingLiceo Scientifico Statale Vito Volterra
Ciampino, Italy · est. 1967 · State
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Liceo Volterra is a state scientific liceo in Ciampino near Rome. It started in 1967 as a branch of the Rome liceo Augusto Righi, took the name of the mathematician Vito Volterra in 1971-1972 and has been in its current building since 1996. It has 1434 students in 57 classes. Tracks: the scientific liceo, the applied sciences liceo (including an extra computing option), Cambridge sections in both tracks and the international Italian-English scientific liceo, opened by decision of the Lazio region from 2015-2016. Lessons are in Italian; in the Cambridge sections and the international section some subjects are taught in English together with native speakers, and students sit IGCSE exams. Since 2013-2014 the school has been a Cambridge International centre. The liceo uses the DADA subject-room model, is a Google for Education reference school and runs UN and European Parliament simulations.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Latin
About the fees It is a state school and tuition is free. For 2026-2027 the Cambridge section contribution is 230 € a year in years 1-4 and the international section contribution 50 € a year in years 1-5; families pay Cambridge exams separately. On enrolment families may make a voluntary contribution (erogazione liberale) via Pago in Rete.
Admissions Year 1 enrolment is through the national online procedure; if applications exceed places the liceo draws up a ranking, and in summer only students in the final ranking confirm enrolment, by an online form and, optionally, a voluntary contribution via Pago in Rete. Cambridge sections must be followed continuously from year 1 to year 4. The school recommends the international Italian-English section to students strongly motivated in maths and languages with B1-B2 English. About 4% of students are foreign nationals; students with another mother tongue get Italian as a second language support; the liceo hosts foreign exchange students.
Stages and year groups Grades 1-5 scuola secondaria di secondo grado. Five-year liceo scientifico on the Italian curriculum ending with the esame di Stato. Tracks: liceo scientifico ordinamentale, liceo scientifico opzione scienze applicate (including an extra computing option), Cambridge sections in both tracks and liceo scientifico internazionale opzione italo-inglese. Scientific liceo Cambridge section (years 1-4): IGCSE Geography (exam at the end of year 2 or start of year 3) and IGCSE Mathematics (exam at the start of year 4), plus the First and Advanced language exams; 3 extra hours a week in years 1-2 and 2 hours in years 3-4 with a native speaker, a 30-32 hour week. Applied sciences Cambridge section: IGCSE Computer Science and Geography (exams at the end of year 2 or start of year 3), plus First and Advanced. International section (years 1-5, 33-34 hours a week): 5 hours of English, French as a second language, parts of geography, mathematics, physics, science and art history lessons in English with native speakers; IGCSE exams in Geography, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Biology and English as a Second Language. Language trips to English-speaking countries in years 3-4.
Address Via dell'Acqua Acetosa 8/A, 00043 Ciampino (RM)
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge sections in years 1-4 take IGCSE geography with maths or computer science, and the Italian-English international section (years 1-5) sits IGCSE geography, maths, sciences and English.
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: Unisono Choir · Theatre · Debate · IMUN, MUNER, European Camp · SNAP (Italian Parliament simulation) · PRESS (journalism workshop) · Elettronvolt Audio Lab · Robotica (robotics) · Problem Solving Olympiad · Green School
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
Cambridge subjects are taught by native speakers with subject knowledge and by Italian teachers, including co-teaching in the same lesson. 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
✓Counsellor
✓Child protection policy
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
✓Anti-bullying policy
There is a counselling service (sportello d'ascolto) with external specialists; the PTOF aims to reduce student anxiety and prevent bullying and cyberbullying. The site publishes the emergency plan, the emergency organisation chart and the evacuation protocol; there is an inclusion page.
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 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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