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Italy, Rome
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Intercultural education and peace education are central to St. Philip School, promoting respect for diversity and dialogue between cultures, social responsibility, solidarity, and care for the common good, with awareness of rights and duties. The school pursues inclusion and uses an interdisciplinary approach with learning units tailored to each class, plus coordinated curricular and extracurricular activities and more frequent use of laboratories and workshops. The faculty undergoes rigorous psycho-pedagogical training and continuous professional development to support students' development. Language competencies in Italian and English are prioritized within a bilingual curriculum across Preschool to Lower Secondary. Art, music and movement are core elements of the pedagogy, reinforcing social and emotional development.
A dedicated staff member supports students whose mother tongue is not Italian.
St. Philip School uses a bilingual Italian-English curriculum across Preschool to Lower Secondary. In the nursery, native-English-speaking teachers deliver English for 20-30 hours per week, with 25 curricular hours. In Primary, the bilingual approach divides hours equally between Italian and English, with at least 21 hours of English per week taught by native English and Italian teachers. In Lower Secondary, 12 hours per week are taught in English, exclusively by English-speaking teachers. From kindergarten onward, the school provides about 5,200 hours of English, with at least 3-4 hours of English every day (at least 25 hours per week). The school also offers Chinese language and culture from the third year of primary, with Hanban YCT 1 certification available to secondary pupils.
St. Philip School follows Steiner-inspired pedagogy that attends to the body, psyche and cognitive development, with curricular design that fosters enthusiasm, balance and rhythm and supports sensory, emotional, personal and relational growth. The educational goals include development of language, mathematical and scientific skills, and musical and art skills, alongside intercultural education and peace education. The pedagogical approach emphasizes social and emotional growth through collaborative learning and the arts, with art, music and movement as fundamental elements of learning.
St. Philip School in Rome offers a bilingual Italian–English curriculum for ages 3–13, part of Cambridge Institute for primary and middle school since 2022. The school serves preschool through secondary, with English and Italian taught by native or bilingual teachers. In bilingual nursery, three classes serve ages 3–5, with English instruction totaling 20 hours for 3-year-olds and 30 hours for 4–5-year-olds, alongside 25 curricular hours. The bilingual primary program shares instruction between Italian and English, with at least 21 English hours weekly. In the middle school, 12 English hours weekly are delivered, with native-speaking and Italian teachers alternating. The campus covers 5,000 meters and includes 15 classrooms, 6 laboratories, 5 sports fields and a theater. Core learning centers emphasize art, music and movement, supported by laboratories in art, music, computer, chemistry and multimedia. A Chinese language and culture course begins in primary, with Hanban YCT 1 certification available in secondary.
