Italy, Bologna
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Languages taught include English, Italian, German, Spanish, French and Chinese. All students are expected to choose and practise at least one additional language besides English. English is taught from day one by native-speaking professionals. The program serves Preschool, Primary School and Middle Years.
The school offers a trilingual education with English, Italian and Chinese as core languages. English is the reference language and is taught from day one by native-speaking professionals. Italian is taught from day one, and German, Spanish and French are offered as additional languages. The school serves Preschool through Middle Years.
A three-language programme operates in English, Chinese and Italian, with English used as the reference language and Chinese integrated across the curriculum. The school has been recognized as a Confucius Class School by the Confucius Institute and the Chinese Ministry of Culture.
Kinder College International School, Bologna, established in 1967 as Bologna's first international school, offers Preschool, Primary and Middle School to students aged 1 to 16. It is an international private school with paritaria status in Italy and is part of Kinder International School Bologna. The school teaches the IB curriculum, with the Primary Years Programme available for Preschool and Primary, and a Middle Years Programme candidate. The campus is housed inside a 15th‑century convent and sits on 22 hectares of fields and woods in the Bologna hills, providing expansive outdoor spaces for learning and sport. Over half the teaching hours are conducted in English by native speakers, and Mandarin Chinese is introduced in the language program. Facilities include laboratories for music, information technology, and science, a music room, and a film theatre; there are 22 artistic activities and sports, a swimming pool, and an orchard. The school emphasizes arts and languages within a substantive IB framework and international experience.