← Back to the rankingScuola Secondaria Statale di Primo grado Viale delle Acacie
Naples, Italy · State
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Viale delle Acacie is a state lower secondary school (scuola secondaria di primo grado, scuola media) in the Vomero district of Napoli, for children aged 11-14. The building opened in the 1930s and was rebuilt after the war; the name recalls the acacias in the garden of the former Villa Haas. According to the PTOF 2025-2028 the school has 36 classes, 697 pupils and 89 teachers. All classes learn English as the first foreign language and French or Spanish as the second, with native speakers in some lessons. There are four tracks: ordinary classes, a music track (class G, guitar, piano, violin, cello, with selection), STEAM and coding classes (B, L) and four Cambridge International classes (A, C, F, I). Since September 2018 the school has been accredited by Cambridge International and calls itself the first state lower secondary school in Napoli with this status: in the Cambridge classes, on the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme, mathematics in English and English as a second language are co-taught with a native speaker. The rest of the teaching is in Italian on the national curriculum ending with the esame di Stato del primo ciclo. The school also runs classes at the children's hospital.
Key facts
Programmes
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · National programme
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Languages taught
French, Spanish
Students per teacher
about 1 to 8 (697 pupils and 89 teachers according to the school plan)
Class size
an average of 19 to 23 pupils per class
About the fees Tuition is free: this is a state school, and the instrument in the music track is part of the curriculum and free, as the school states. Cambridge classes cost 285 euros a year per pupil, STEAM and coding classes 150 euros a year; families usually pay a voluntary contribution (contributo volontario).
Admissions Enrolment in the first year follows the Ministry's state online procedure; when applications exceed places, criteria from the school regulations apply. At enrolment families choose a track: ordinary, Cambridge, STEAM and coding or music; the music class has 24 places and an aptitude test that does not require previous playing experience. Before enrolment the school holds open days and information sessions. Foreign children are admitted: in 2025-2026 the school had 41 pupils with foreign citizenship, mostly from Sri Lanka; for children without Italian there is a welcome protocol and two extracurricular courses of Italian as a second language.
Stages and year groups 36 classes. State scuola media curriculum, 30 hours a week, ending with the esame di Stato del primo ciclo. The first foreign language is English, the second French or Spanish. The music track (class G) adds 3 hours of instrument a week. Cambridge: Cambridge International classes (sections A, C, F, I) since September 2018, on the Cambridge Lower Secondary programme - English Maths (30 one-hour weekly lessons in school time) and English as a Second Language (30 2-hour sessions once a week from 14:00 to 16:00), 60 additional compulsory hours a year in total with a native speaker; Progress Tests at the end of each year, and an optional paid Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint in mathematics and English at the end of year 3. All pupils can join the Cambridge English programme: 19 hours of English with a native speaker in school time and at least 20 extracurricular hours, preparing for Flyers, A2 Key and B1 Preliminary. With native Spanish and French speakers the school prepares pupils for DELE and DELF.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
Cambridge · Lower Secondary · authorised programmeThe Cambridge register names the school as its centre; it teaches Cambridge Lower Secondary. In sections A, C, F and I only: Cambridge Lower Secondary Maths in English plus afternoon English as a Second Language, optional Checkpoint, for an extra 285 euros a year.
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: Lower Secondary (ages 11-14). Lower Secondary is the middle stage, ages 11 to 14, with the same optional Checkpoint test at the end.
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
✓Library
·Cateringnot stated on the website
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Makerspace
Campus: A 1930s building rebuilt after the war in the Vomero district near a metro station; the entrance hall has a 1957 ceramic panel. The school is fully networked, with digital boards and computers in every classroom. There is a mobile computer lab, a science lab, an art studio with a ceramics kiln, a theatre, a concert hall and an assembly hall, a gym, and traditional and digital libraries. PNRR funds created an Atelier STEAM, a humanities lab with web radio and a digital library, and an augmented reality lab; there is a vegetable garden for outdoor learning and a small Officina Lab for collaborative work. Lessons run five days a week from 8:00 to 14:00.
Clubs and activities: Viale delle Acacie Orchestra · Radio Viale (school web radio) · Debate · International Mathematical Games Championships · School Newspaper · eTwinning · Builders of the Future, NOT Just Coding · Codeweek
Teaching staff from the school's official website
·Teachers listed by namenot published
·Teacher qualificationsnot stated
✓Number of teachers89
✓Students per teacher or class sizein the key facts above
According to the PTOF 2025-2028 the school has 89 teachers, 65 of them subject teachers, and 18 technical and administrative staff; almost all teachers are on permanent contracts with many years of experience, and most hold additional qualifications. The music track's instrument teachers are conservatoire graduates. In English, French and Spanish lessons some hours are co-taught with native speakers.
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 policynot stated on the website
Since the 2023-2024 school year the school has worked with external psychologists; it supports pupils with special educational needs (75 individual plans in 2025-2026), has coordinators for inclusion of pupils with disabilities and learning difficulties, assistants and educators for pupils with severe disabilities, a welcome protocol for foreign pupils, school rules and protocols.
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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 data70 Facilities (10%) scored on disclosed data80 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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