St. George's British International School

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St George's British International School, Rome, Italy
St George's British International School La Storta campus.jpg
Address
Via Cassia, km16

Rome
,
Lazio
,
00123

Italy
Information
Type International school
Established1958
Chair of the Board of GovernorsDr Flaminia Muratori
PrincipalDr John Knight
Staff180
GenderCo-ed
Age3to 18
Enrolment930
Houses4
Colour(s)Red, White & Blue    
PublicationThe Georgian
Website http://www.stgeorge.school.it

St George's British International School is an independent, not-for-profit international school located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1958 to serve Rome's British, international and expatriate communities, and today educates more than 930 children from over 95 countries. The main campus, containing Junior and Senior Schools, is based in La Storta on the northern outskirts of the city. A second campus, located in central Rome, serves Junior School students up to the age of 11. St George’s has been ranked one of the top 125 private schools in the world in the Carfax ranking for four consecutive years.

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History

Originally named The English School, the school was founded in 1958 and is an independent, not-for-profit HMC school owned by an association made up of parents of the school.

The School became known as St George's English School and located to Via Salaria in 1961, before locating to its current premises in 1968.

In 2002, the school opened a second campus, located in the central Nomentana neighbourhood of Rome. In 2017, the City Centre campus located to a new purpose-fitted campus close to the Vatican in the Aurelio neighbourhood.

The school is a founding member of the Council of British International Schools.

School profile

The school follows an enhanced version of the National Curriculum for England, culminating in IGCSE examinations at the end of Year 11. In the Sixth Form, pupils follow the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme with examinations sat at the end of Year 13. The majority of graduating students pursue higher education in the United Kingdom, with others applying to universities in the United States, Canada, Australia, The Netherlands and Italy.

The school's average IB Diploma score in 2023 was 35 points, one of the highest scoring IB schools in continental Europe. [1]

The school maintains an inclusive and non-academically selective admissions policy, with priority given to families relocating from outside of Italy. The school has an extensive Additional Educational Needs Department to support students with individual learning needs.

Foreign languages offered within the school curriculum include Italian, French, German, Spanish, Latin and Mandarin.

Co-curricular activities

The school is renowned for its creative and performing arts provision, with the school's multiple orchestras and choirs often performing to outside audiences. The school has a number of boys and girls sports teams for various age groups which regularly compete against other teams and schools, including in Rugby, Football and Basketball. Other sports offered include Hockey, Volleyball, Athletics, Swimming, Sailing, Table Tennis, Cricket, Rounders and Gymnastics.

Other after-school clubs include Chess, Coding, GTV, student newspaper, enterprise, cooking, arts, archaeology, film-making, computer programming and astronomy. [2]

Notable alumni

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