School Intelligence Report · Italy
Udine International School
udine·Italy·The Udine International School offers a bilingual/multilingual curriculum across Early Childhood through High School with English-language instruction in the Early Childhood Center and a multilingual environment throughout the school. The Early Childhood Center (Pre-Nursery to Kindergarten) is taught entirely in English and provides four classes with differentiated programs, focusing on Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Communication and Language, and Physical Development, with Literacy, Mathematics, Expressive Arts and Understanding of the World introduced as children grow. The Elementary School (Grades 1–5) follows a national and international curriculum with Core Subjects (Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, Italian, Social Studies, Science) and Additional Subjects (Art, Music, Handwriting, Physical Education, Computer Studies); the Italian Program follows MIUR guidelines and reports are issued twice yearly; Singapore Mathematics is used in Mathematics. The Middle School (Grades 6–8) includes Core Subjects (Language Arts, Literature, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Italian, Foreign Language (French/German/Spanish), Latin from Grade 7) and Additional Subjects (Art, Physical Education); At the end of Grade 8, students can take Cambridge ESOL B2 First Certificate; Foreign Languages are Spanish and German. The High School program (launched in 2022) is a five-year, English-taught program preparing students for access to universities in Italy or abroad; the diploma is recognized by Italian law; core subjects include English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Science, Italian and Modern Foreign Language, with Latin, Design and Art as complements. An Italian as a Second Language (ISL) program is available for students with limited Italian, with initial ISL funded by the school and ongoing support at the parents' expense; ISL targets pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, reading and conversation.
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Udine International School serves 250 students aged 2 to 17 in Udine, Italy, offering a bilingual and multilingual curriculum from Early Childhood through High School. English-language instruction begins in the Early Childhood Center, which operates entirely in English, while the broader school maintains a multilingual environment across all grade levels. The High School program, launched in 2022, is taught in English and prepares students for university access in Italy or abroad, with its diploma recognized under Italian law.