← Back to the rankingYIES School - Your Italian English School
Vedano al Lambro, Italy · Private
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YIES School (Your Italian English School) is a private bilingual paritaria school in Vedano al Lambro near Monza Park for children aged 3 to 13: early years, primary and middle school, with one class per year group. Italian and English run side by side from early years: equally in early years on a one teacher, one language basis, and in primary and middle school English becomes the language of some subjects (science, art, music; in middle school mathematics and science in both languages). Spanish is added from grade 3. The primary school combines the national curriculum with the IB Primary Years Programme, authorised in 2023; the middle school follows the national curriculum in a bilingual setting. Early years is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach; all stages include outdoor education and a weekly social and emotional learning session with a pedagogist. From primary onwards pupils prepare for Cambridge English exams, up to First by the end of middle school.
Key facts
Programmes
IB · PYP · National programme
Admits from
3 years · Pre-School
Languages of instruction
Italian, English
Admissions Enrolment starts with a form on the website: the office usually contacts the family within 24 hours, explains the school and invites them to a visit or an open day; the child can spend a trial morning at school. A visit carries no obligation. No prior English is needed for early years or primary; children from abroad or non-English-speaking backgrounds are supported through peer tutoring. The school is open to all without discrimination of race, wealth or religion. Early years admits children from age 3, in mixed-age groups of 3 to 5.
Stages and year groups Preschool (scuola dell'infanzia, ages 3-6): mixed-age sections, Reggio Emilia approach, Italian and English in equal measure, national curriculum goals. Primary School (paritaria scuola primaria, grades 1-5, ages 6-11): the MIM national curriculum together with the IB Primary Years Programme, interdisciplinary units of inquiry; 35 hours a week, some subjects and workshops in English, Spanish from grade 3. Middle School (paritaria scuola secondaria di primo grado, ages 11-13, up to year 3 of middle school): national curriculum, subjects in Italian and English, mathematics and science in both languages, Spanish as a third language; ending with the state first-cycle exam. Cambridge English exams in school time: Starters in grade 2, Movers in 3, Flyers in 4, KET in 5-6, PET in 6-7 and First in grade 8 in the school's numbering; optional DELE in Spanish. The school does not run Cambridge International programmes.
Accreditations and programmes verified against official registries
IB · PYP · authorised programmeThe school is listed in the IB register and runs the Primary Years Programme. The Italian paritaria curriculum with the IB PYP in primary and some subjects taught in English.
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IBInternational Baccalaureate
A Swiss non-profit, working since 1968. Its programmes are among the most widely recognised school programmes in the world. Authorisation is granted stage by stage, so a school with the final stage does not necessarily run the younger ones; which stages this school holds is set out in the line below.
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: PYP (ages 3-12). PYP is the primary stage, ages 3 to 12. It is not a set of subjects but a frame for the whole school: learning is built around lines of inquiry, and there are no exams at the end.
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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 hallnot stated on the website
✓Library
✓Catering
·School transportnot stated on the website
·Boardingnot stated on the website
Also on site: Art studio · Playground · Makerspace
Campus: Two buildings in Vedano al Lambro near Monza Park. The primary school occupies a two-storey building renovated in 2008 and updated in 2016, barrier-free, with a large green garden and a separate safe entrance for children. There is a gym, classrooms with projector and computer, a library with books in Italian, English and Spanish, a combined art and science lab, a design lab, a music room, a garden and a school vegetable garden; early years has an atelier and furniture and toys made only of wood and natural materials. Lunch is cooked in the school's own kitchen to menus by nutritionists, and teachers eat with the children. Early years runs from 9:00 to 13:00 or to 16:30, primary from 9:00 to 16:00 and middle school from 8:40 to 15:45; morning care from 8:00 and after-school care and clubs until 18:00 or 18:30. The school holds Eco-Schools certification. Uniform is compulsory.
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: Teachers hold degrees in their subjects and are native speakers of English, Italian and Spanish with long experience in international and bilingual schools; continuous training and pedagogical supervision through the school network's academy.
Italian and native English teachers alternate in class following a shared plan; the school has a pedagogical coordinator and an external pedagogical supervisor. The director is Angela Francesca Paladino.
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 policynot stated on the website
·Staff trainingnot stated on the website
·Anti-bullying policynot stated on the website
The school has an appointed safety and protection officer and follows food hygiene procedures; children enter through a separate safe entrance. The school pedagogist runs weekly social and emotional learning sessions and supports families; psychological consultation on learning and socialisation is available. For children with special educational needs teachers draw up individual plans with specialists.
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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 data80 Clubs and activities (8%) scored on disclosed data55 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.
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