Scuola Maria Ausiliatrice is a private Catholic school of the Salesian Sisters (Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice) in Rome's Trieste district, from nursery school to liceo. Its history begins in 1914, when the sisters took over the «Gesù Nazareno» orphanage; the present building on Corso Trieste opened in 1930. The scuola media and liceo have been paritaria since 2001, the nursery and primary school since 2002; more than 750 children attend. Since the 2013-2014 school year the school has been a Cambridge International centre: in primary school Mathematics and Science follow Cambridge Primary, and in the scuola media Mathematics is co-taught by a native speaker following Cambridge Lower Secondary, with English following Global English and a Checkpoint exam at the end of year 3. In the licei - liceo classico, liceo linguistico and liceo scientifico «internazionale», plus the liceo economico sociale - students sit IGCSE exams: English as a Second Language, Biology, Spanish and French on the linguistic track, and optionally Geography and Drama. Liceo students who wish can also earn a US high school diploma online with the Academica American schools.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish, Latin
Admissions Enrolment at all stages is through a form on the site and a no-obligation introductory meeting; the school admits pupils both to first years and by transfer to later years during the year, for which the liceo has a separate admission protocol. The US double diploma requires an English entrance test at level B1 and sufficient grades. The nursery school takes children aged 3, 4 and 5.
Stages and year groups Grades scuola dell'infanzia, scuola primaria 1-5, scuola media 1-3, liceo 1-5. Italian paritaria curriculum: scuola dell'infanzia (ages 3-5, 3 hours of English a week), scuola primaria, scuola media (esame di Stato del primo ciclo), licei with the maturità: liceo classico internazionale (with law and economics), liceo linguistico internazionale (English, French, Spanish, with an arts focus), liceo scientifico internazionale (with economics), liceo economico sociale. Cambridge International: Cambridge Primary - Mathematics and Science in primary school, with English taught by native speakers; Cambridge Lower Secondary - Mathematics co-taught by a native speaker and Global English, with a Checkpoint exam at the end of year 3 of the scuola media; IGCSE in the licei - English as a Second Language in year 3 for all, Biology in year 4 in the classical and scientific licei, Spanish in year 2 and French in year 4 in the linguistic liceo, and optionally Geography and Drama. Plus an optional online US high school double diploma with Academica (6 online courses).
Address Via Dalmazia 12 (Corso Trieste), 00198 Roma
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Primary, Cambridge Lower Secondary, Cambridge IGCSE. Cambridge Primary in Maths and Science, middle-school Maths with a native teacher and Checkpoint, then liceo IGCSEs in English as a Second Language, Biology, and Spanish and French on the languages track.
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: Primary (ages 5-11), Lower Secondary (ages 11-14), IGCSE (ages 14-16). Primary is the primary stage, ages 5 to 11: English, mathematics and science to Cambridge syllabuses. At the end of the stage a school may run the optional Checkpoint test, which is marked in Cambridge. Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end. 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 hall
✓Laboratories
✓Theatre or assembly hall
·Librarynot stated on the website
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio
Clubs and activities: SMA Choir · PGS Folgore Basketball · PGS Folgore Volleyball · PGS Folgore Artistic Gymnastics · PGS Folgore Karate · Model United Nations · School Newspaper · Theatre · Drama · Instrument Lessons
Summer programme away from campus: . The school runs no camp of its own on campus
In summer the school takes pupils of all stages to nature camps with teachers. Liceo students are offered a language trip: in 2026, from 5 to 18 July at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, staying on campus with morning English lessons.
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 sizenot stated
What the listings show: Native speakers teach English and Cambridge Mathematics; teachers are trained in inclusion.
In primary school English is taught by native speakers, and each class has a tutor teacher who co-teaches with the English, PE, music and coding teachers; in the scuola media Cambridge Mathematics is co-taught by the class teacher and a native speaker; in the licei each language has one lesson a week with a native speaker.
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
An anti-bullying and anti-cyberbullying commission works with a dedicated email address. Students and families have access to psycho-educational support from external consultants, and there are courses on emotions and the body. Students with special needs have individual plans; high-level athletes have a personalised study programme.
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 Value for money (6%) scored at the median95 "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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Rome, Italy · est. 1914 · Private