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Reggio Calabria, Italy · est. 1814 · State
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Liceo T. Campanella - M. Preti Frangipane is a state institution combining two licei in Reggio Calabria: the city's oldest, the Liceo Classico Tommaso Campanella, and the Liceo Artistico Mattia Preti - Alfonso Frangipane. The liceo in Reggio was established by Murat's decree in 1813 and opened in 1814; it celebrated its bicentenary in 2013-2014, a postage stamp is dedicated to it, and its building in the city centre opened in 1930. The liceo classico runs four options: standard, legal and economic, medical and scientific, and the Liceo Classico Internazionale Cambridge; all include Latin, Ancient Greek, English with a native speaker for one hour a week and geography and history in years 1-2 taught with CLIL. In the Cambridge option, years 1-4 add one hour of English as a Second Language and one hour of biology in English, taught only by native speakers, with the Cambridge IGCSE available at the end; the Cambridge section of the site also lists IGCSE Latin and Mathematics in English in the first three years. The main language of instruction is Italian. According to the liceo, it had 579 students in 30 classes in the 2024-2025 school year.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · IGCSE · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
Latin, Spanish
About the fees The liceo is a state school (liceo statale): there is no tuition fee. The Liceo Classico Internazionale Cambridge option requires a family contribution; the school mentions this course supplement without giving an amount.
Admissions The liceo is a state school: families apply for the first year through the national Iscrizioni online system; in autumn there are information meetings and trial Latin and Greek lessons for students in year 3 of middle school (Paideia project). The site describes no separate selection for the Cambridge option; this option requires a family contribution. The site does not address foreign students.
Stages and year groups Italian curriculum with the esame di Stato (maturità). Liceo classico: di ordinamento (27-31 hours a week), Giuridico-Economico (with law and economics, 29-32 hours), Medico-Scientifico (extra physics, chemistry and biology, 29-32 hours), Liceo Classico Internazionale Cambridge (29-33 hours). All options have Latin 4-5 hours, Ancient Greek 3-4 hours, English 3 hours (one hour a week with a native speaker), and geography and history in years 1-2 taught with CLIL. Cambridge International: in the Cambridge option, years 1-4 have one hour a week each of English as a Second Language and Biology, taught only by native English speakers; the Cambridge IGCSE can be obtained at the end. The Cambridge section of the site also describes IGCSE Latin and IGCSE Mathematics (0580 Extended) courses in English: in years 1-3 mathematics and Latin follow Cambridge IGCSE syllabuses, and in years 4-5 return to the Italian curriculum. The Liceo Artistico M. Preti - A. Frangipane belongs to the same institution; the site does not detail its tracks.
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 classical liceo adds one hour each of English as a Second Language and biology with native speakers in years 1-4, leading to IGCSE.
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.
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
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 hallnot stated on the website
✓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
Campus: The Liceo Classico occupies a historic building in the centre of Reggio Calabria, built after the 1908 earthquake to a design by the architect Camillo Autore and opened on 28 October 1930. It houses the Gilda Trisolini library with about 18000 volumes, including a collection of Greek and Latin classics, and the Villari library, a main hall, four computer rooms, a science lab (chemistry and biology) and a language lab. The Liceo Artistico is in a separate building on Via Alfonso Frangipane.
Clubs and activities: Theatre Workshop · Music Workshop · School Web Radio · Classico... ma non troppo (school newspaper) · Creative Writing · MUN · Erasmus+ (exchanges) · Latin and Greek Competitions · Sailing Project · Rackets in Class (tennis) · Five-a-Side Football and Volleyball Tournaments
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 option English as a Second Language and Biology are taught by two native English-speaking teachers; in all options one English hour a week is co-taught with a native speaker. The liceo has a support and inclusion department.
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 a plan for preventing and responding to bullying and cyberbullying with an action protocol, school regulations and behaviour rules.
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 data65 Accreditation and verifiability (10%)85 Teaching staff (10%) scored on disclosed data55 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data70 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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