← Back to the rankingScuola Italiana Eugenio Montale
São Paulo, Brazil · est. 1982 · Private
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Scuola Italiana Eugenio Montale is an Italian paritaria school in São Paulo, opened on 20 September 1982 at the initiative of Italian families newly arrived in the city, with support from the community, the Italian state and companies. Since 1994 the school has been in its own building in the Morumbi district. It runs the full Italian pathway from kindergarten (from 18 months) to a four-year liceo scientifico and, under Italian law, holds the esame di Stato at the end of middle school and the esame di maturità at the end of the liceo; graduates receive an Italian diploma and the Brazilian ensino médio certificate. Italian is the main language of instruction alongside Portuguese; English from grade 1, and in the liceo natural sciences are taught in English; the liceo has Latin and a choice of Spanish or economics. The kindergarten follows the approach that originated in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia; the school takes part in the UNESCO Associated Schools programme. It is run by a non-profit association of founders and parents, whose committee includes a representative of the Italian Consulate General.
Key facts
Programmes
Italian programme · National programme
Admits from
18 months · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, Portuguese
Languages taught
English, Spanish, Latin
Class size
All classes are small, with numbers depending on the level; the school gives no exact class size. Each kindergarten group has two teachers and an atelierista.
About the fees The school does not publish the fee amount. The annual fee is paid in up to 13 payments (12 monthly instalments and the enrolment fee); details are in the fees section.
Admissions The school is open to all students coming from Brazilian or foreign schools; prior Italian is not required. In primary school newcomers get extra Italian lessons during school hours, older students also get a support course after school; students from Italy in middle school and liceo get Portuguese support. Students include Italian citizens living in Brazil, people of Italian descent, Brazilians and, less often, children arriving from Italy. Steps: an application form at the office, documents, a contract for educational services and payment of the enrolment fee; for some classes places must be reserved in advance because classes are small. Students from northern-calendar schools are placed according to transfer rules.
Stages and year groups Grades Nido, Infanzia, 1-12 (I-V Primaria, I-III Secondaria di I grado, I-IV Liceo). Italian levels, all paritaria (decree 267/3643 of 19.04.2004): scuola dell'infanzia (from 18 months to 5 years; nursery from 18 to 36 months, then mixed groups aged 3-5), scuola primaria (I-V, grades 1-5, 35 hours a week), scuola secondaria di primo grado (I-III, grades 6-8, 40 hours, ending with the esame di Stato), a four-year liceo scientifico (I-IV, grade 9 and years 1-3 of ensino médio, 40 hours) with two orientations: language (Spanish language and literature, 2 hours) and economics (economics course, 2 hours). The liceo ends with the esame di Stato before a ministerial commission and an Italian diploma; the Brazilian ensino médio certificate is issued on admission to the exam. Both curricula are compulsory and integrated; families cannot choose only one.
Address Rua Dr. José Gustavo Busch, 75, Morumbi, São Paulo, SP, 05705-190, Brasil
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
MAECIItaly's foreign ministry names the school on its list of paritarie Italian schools abroad: it teaches the Italian curriculum, and Italy recognises its exams and diploma on a par with state schools.
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MAECIItaly's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI)
An Italian school abroad: a state or paritaria school, the Italian curriculum, the esame di Stato exam and a diploma with the same legal value as in Italy.
What the badge means for this school. This is an Italian school abroad: it teaches the Italian curriculum, and Italy's foreign ministry names it on its list of state or paritarie schools - so Italy recognises its exams and diploma. The entry is not a quality inspection. Which stages are recognised and what the school charges are on this page and on the school's own website. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The Italian school curriculum taught in Italian: scuola dell'infanzia, primaria, secondaria di primo grado (scuola media) and the liceo, ending with the state exam, the esame di Stato, and the Italian diploma.
What this means for this school. The curriculum is set by the Italian state: the school is an Italian state school abroad or a paritaria school, recognised by Italy. Exams follow Italian rules and the diploma has the same legal value as in Italy, giving access to Italian universities. The host country's curriculum usually runs alongside, and students receive two certificates.
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 hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Campus: Its own building in Morumbi on land granted by the city of São Paulo, built with funds from the Italian community and companies. A two-storey main building and a one-storey kindergarten building. The ground floor has the offices, an auditorium with a mobile stage and a canteen for 120; above are computer and science labs, a gymnastics room, a music and art room, a podcast studio and primary classrooms; the second floor has middle school and liceo classrooms and the library. There are art studios for each level, and all classrooms have computers, projectors and wireless network. Meals are provided by an outside company, and school transport by private operators contracted by parents. It is a full-day school (7:50 to 15:45) with no boarding.
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
✓Teacher qualifications
·Number of teachersthe school does not say
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
What the listings show: The school says it has native Italian teachers and teachers trained in Italy.
According to the PTOF the school is staffed by native Italian and Portuguese speakers with the qualifications required by each system; teaching is led by the coordinator of teaching activities. The website names the administrative director and two pedagogical directors, Italian and Brazilian.
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 school plan makes protecting students' physical, psychological and moral integrity and rejecting all discrimination mandatory; a digital citizenship programme includes cyberbullying prevention for each level; teachers and staff take mandatory health and safety training.
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 data85 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 Value for money (6%) scored at the median55 "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 7 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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