Scuola per l'Europa di Parma is a state European school in Parma, opened in September 2004 for the children of staff of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and for Italian families. Law 115 of 2009 gave it the status of a public legal entity with administrative and financial autonomy under the supervision of the Italian Ministry of Education; its director is appointed by the minister. The school is accredited in the European Schools system and follows its curriculum: nursery, five years of primary and seven years of secondary, and since the 2009-2010 school year graduates have sat the European Baccalaureate. There are 710 students in three language sections - Italian, English and French; children without a section of their own are taught their mother tongue separately (Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, German, Dutch). The second language is English, French or German, and in secondary third and fourth languages, Latin and Ancient Greek are added. For families not linked to EU institutions there are fees.
Key facts
Tuition
≈ $904 a year
800 EUR
Programmes
European Baccalaureate
Admits from
4 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English, French
Languages taught
German, Spanish, Greek, Latin
About the fees For category one children (staff of EFSA and EU institutions) the site states no fee. For categories two and three the annual retta for the 2026-2027 school year is 800 euros. Discounts: the second child pays 80%, the third 60%, the fourth and children of school staff 40%, families with ISEE below 6360,17 euros 20%; for families in difficulty with ISEE up to 11764,89 euros the fee is 496 euros for one child, 893 euros for two, 1190 euros for three, and with ISEE below 6360,17 euros 99, 198 and 297 euros. Pupils joining mid-year pay a share: 90% from November, down to 25% by June.
Admissions Places are allocated by the categories of Law 115/2009: category one - children of staff of EFSA and other EU institutions; category two - children of employees of companies with an agreement with the school; category three - others, including children arriving from abroad or who have studied only in foreign or international schools. Applications for 2026-2027 were accepted from 30 January to 20 February 2026 only through the form on the school website; families must first also apply to another school. The nursery admits children who turn 4 by 31 December, year 1 those who turn 6. Nursery and primary applicants have an interview that determines the section by the child's dominant language; secondary applicants take tests in their first and second languages (from level A2 in year 1 to B2+ in year 6), from year 2 also in the third language and from year 4 also in mathematics; certificates are accepted instead of the language test. Year 7 admits only students coming from year 6 of another European school. Places are few: for 2026-2027, for example, the English secondary section had one place in year 1 and two in year 6.
Stages and year groups European Schools curriculum, identical in all language sections: ciclo materno, ciclo primario (P1-P5), ciclo secondario (S1-S7) with the European Baccalaureate at the end of S7 (since the 2009-2010 school year). Accreditation covers up to secondary year 5 under the main agreement, and years 6-7 and the baccalaureate under a supplementary agreement. Sections are Italian, English and French; mother tongue for children without their own section (SWALS); second language English, French, German, and in the lower years also Italian; third and fourth languages Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Greek, English; Latin and Ancient Greek in secondary. Weekly «European hours» bring together children from different sections. The European Baccalaureate is recognised in Italy as equal to the final esame di Stato, with scores converted under ministerial decree 31 of 2021.
Address Strada Langhirano 177/A, 43124 Parma
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
European Schools · authorised programmeAn accredited European School with Italian, English and French sections, leading to the European Baccalaureate. The European Schools system lists it as an Accredited European School: graduates sit the European Baccalaureate.
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European SchoolsThe European Union's European Schools (Schola Europaea)
An intergovernmental system of European Union schools with its own curriculum and its own certificate, the European Baccalaureate. It runs thirteen schools of its own, and national schools gain the status of Accredited European School after an audit with a visit by inspectors. The certificate is recognised for university entry in every EU country.
What the badge means for this school. The school runs the European Schools curriculum, and this can be checked in the system's lists at eursc.eu. The system's own schools are checked by inspectors from EU countries, accredited schools pass an in-school audit, and accreditation is renewed every three years. Whether the school awards the European Baccalaureate, and whom it admits, is stated on its own page. The entry stands in the organisation's public register - anyone can check it.
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The European Union's European Schools curriculum from nursery to the final year, with the European Baccalaureate as the leaving certificate. Teaching is in language sections, and a second language is compulsory from primary school.
What this means for this school. The curriculum and the certificate are set by the European Schools system, whose Board of Governors is made up of the education ministers of the EU countries. European Baccalaureate papers are marked by the teacher and an external examiner, and the certificate is recognised for university entry in every EU country and in several others. A school may award it only if it is one of the system's own schools or is accredited for the senior years.
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
·Laboratoriesnot stated on the website
·Theatre or assembly hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
✓School transport
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Clubs and activities: Choir · ECOLE Workshops · CUS Parma (university sports club) · Eurosport (European schools sports games) · Photomath Parma · Erasmus KA1 · School and Artificial Intelligence
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: Competitive recruitment and annual evaluation for contract renewal; mother tongue is taught by native speakers.
Teachers are recruited by competition on contracts of up to two years, renewable after a positive evaluation; mother tongue lessons are taught by native speakers. The school is led by a director and two deputies - for secondary and for primary with nursery - plus a secondary education adviser. Teachers are bound by the code of conduct for public employees.
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
The OASI project with the University of Parma gives students, parents and staff counselling and conflict mediation, individually and in classes. The school has adopted a regulation and protocol against bullying and cyberbullying, with reporting forms in Italian, English and French. Students with special needs are covered by Educational Support guidelines.
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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 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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Parma, Italy · est. 2004 · State