Middle/High School Admission

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View the Application Form & General Terms and Conditions 2010/2011   

 

 

The admission of students to RIS is conditional upon our satisfactory appraisal that the school can offer a valuable educational experience for each child. Criteria that will be taken into account for admission are:   
  • representation from the international community and Italian families who respect the philosophy of the school;
  • previous school experience and performance;
  • the ability to work in the English language or to benefit from our instruction;
  • ESL support programme;
  • the likelihood of being able to profit from courses offered at the RIS.

 Placement in a particular grade is dependent on: 

  • the age of pupil;
  • reports from the previous school;
  • consultation with parents;
  • an interview with the pupil and tests, if appropriate.

Our primary criterion for placement is the age of the child, although there is some flexibility for individual needs, and hence an overlap of ages may occur in any class, especially with admission in the later grades of Elementary School. Please note that children at RIS are placed into a class depending on their age on 1st September, since the school admission year runs from September to August and not from January to December. Individual cases could be discussed if the child’s birthday fell close to the September deadline, although our experience suggests that children ultimately perform better when left in their own year group. This becomes increasingly evident in later years at school.  

Please be informed that upon enrolment you will be required to produce the following documentation:

  • Previous school reports (where necessary)
  • Birth certificate
  • Vaccination certificate

Visiting the School


Open day is an opportunity for us to show the school and programs to interested prospective pupils and their parents. 

The Principal and teachers talk to the families about what the school offers and answer any questions they may have.  All individual subject teachers will be present. 


Admission Test 

Students will be obliged to sit a general test of admission in written English and Mathematics as well as having an oral meeting with the Principal, in order for us to ascertain the scholastic level and general preparation of each individual.  There are no exceptions to this rule.  Results of the tests and confirmation of acceptance will be communicated to families about three days after the tests.

These English and Maths tests must be assessed exclusively by the relevant specialist teachers.  These teachers' comments concerning individual performance in the test and their subsequent professional opinion of the applicant's suitability to follow our programmes, should be recorded on the relevant acceptance form.  If either the English or Maths teachers give a negative report, the candidate cannont be admitted to RIS.

Internal students (Grade 6 to Grade 7 and Grade 9 to Grade 10) will be assessed in a similar way with tests in English and Maths, although in this case, individual students will be discussed between the relevant teachers as to their suitability for promotion to the next grade.

For more information please contact the school office at:

Tel: (+39) 06 84482650/06 84482651

Fax: (+39) 06 84482653

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