| St George's British International School, Rome, Italy | |
| Established: | 1958 |
| Head Label: | Principal |
| Head: | Dr John Knight |
| Chair Label: | Chair of the Board of Governors |
| Chair: | Dr Flaminia Muratori |
| Address: | Via Cassia, km16 |
| City: | Rome |
| County: | Lazio |
| Country: | Italy |
| Postcode: | 00123 |
| Staff: | 180 |
| Enrolment: | 950 |
| Gender: | Co-ed |
| Lower Age: | 3 |
| Upper Age: | 18 |
| Houses: | 4 |
| Colours: | Red, White & Blue |
| Publication: | The 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 950 children from over 100 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 among the top 125 private schools in the world in the Carfax ranking for four consecutive years as well as being ranked a top 100 world school by Spears in 2024. St George’s has been shortlisted for the British International School of the Year 2024 in the Independent Schools Awards.
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.
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 with students also graduating with a US High School Diploma accredited by NEASC. 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 2024 was 36 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.
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]