Quinta Elementare and Terza Media
For students native to Italy, or who intend settling in the country long-term, we provide mother-tongue lessons as well as preparation for the Quinta Elementare (in Grade 6) and Terza Media (in Grade 9) examinations, which are sat at local partner schools. Much of this preparation is integrated into our IB programmes of study, with some additional specialist lessons in Grades 6 and 9 which take place before or after school. Our results in both of these state examinations are truly exceptional and add further weight to the argument that the IB programme offered by us prepares students well for other systems thanks to the transferrable skills it develops.
As for the Maturità, our students do not sit the Italian Esame di Stato as the IB Diploma offered by us has full legal equivalence to this qualification from the Italian Ministry of Education, allowing students to access the Italian university system. Non-native students, on the other hand, take Italian acquisition courses throughout their studies with us, to the extent that even these students often graduate from school as fluent speakers of Italian, too.