APPLICATIONS 2024-25 
Bilingual Italian English School
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in person private tour
Every day is an Open Day at St Philip School, all you have to do is to book a private tour for the grade you are interested in (via e-mail/Facebook page). Just pick a date and time to arrange a private tour of the School in its entirety, guided by an Italian and an English teacher alongside, whenever possible, a School Office Member.WHY CHOOSE PRIVATE TOUR
In-person Tours afford a chance to get to know the school and what it has to offer in terms of premises, everyday teaching schedule, its teaching philosophy, as well as to meet the teaching staff, to direct questions to teachers and Administration staff, to receive booklets about the school.Virtual open day
Explore our site to find out more about us. You will find a brief introductory video, learn about what makes St Philip school great and its educational stages and grades, find our photo gallery. Want to get in touch right away? Click on the icons below to contact us via Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp and Instagram.WHY CHOOSE OPEN VIRTUAL DAY
Should you not be available for an in-person tour, which we believe to be the better option, please explore our site to learn more about the school and what it has to offer. The best way to get in touch right away is through the chat icon down below.Take a minute to get to know us
WHY CHOOSE
ST. PHILIP SCHOOL
CAREFULLY SELECTED TEACHERS
All of our 40 teaching staff members have been rigorously vetted and selected for their engagement and dedication both on a personal and professional level, as well as their didactical and pedagogical expertise.
CURRICULUM
Our Curriculum is built around each pupil’s needs, as they embark on an exciting personal journey. Academic success and personal growth are aided by the wealth of teaching resources, including interactive whiteboards, tablets, Art lab, ITC lab, Science lab.
UP TO 27 HOURS OF ENGLISH
Each week
Pre-School: 3 y/o 16 h, 4 y/o 20h, 5 y/o 27h;
Primary: Grades 1st, 2nd 27h, 3rd-4th 25h, 5th
21h;
Lower Secondary: up to 19h
Teaching Methods
Ours is a school where theory meets practice. Our pupils learn Italian and English through a blend of the Direct and Communicative Learning approach alongside the Cognitive Code Approach.
BUILDING SUCCESS
Our pupils naturally learn to speak, read and write in two languages.
REMOTE LEARNING MODE
In compliance with anti-Covid legislation, our school has put in place remote learning classes.
97%
Family Satisfaction Rate
1 School
5.000 sqm, 15 Classrooms, 6 Labs, 5 Sports Grounds, 1 Theatre.
24h/24
Online Lessons available 24/7
300+
Families have already chosen us
St Philip School is a bilingual school at the heart of Rome’s centre. We are a bilingual school in that all teaching activities are performed either in Italian or in English (up to 27 hours each week). Our school offers a preschool-to-secondary educational path specifically designed to ensure our children achieve native-like fluency in both
English and Italian.
Our innovative teaching method hinges on the continuous post-graduate training of our Italian
and native/mother tongue English teachers, as well as constant cooperation with leading institutions in pedagogical and teaching practices.
Our pupils are constantly supervised during school hours (8-18). From noon onwards, while playing, having lunch, during classes, their native/mother tongue English teacher is always with them; after playtime, the afternoon schedule is a harmonious blend which features music classes and psychomotricity hours. All our grades offer a 40-hour timetable.
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PRE-SCHOOL
The Italian school system is beset ‒on the one hand‒ by teaching steeped in excessive abstractness and ‒ on the other hand‒ teaching methods which are not informed by adequate theoretical expertise; most schools can be categorized accordingly. Inevitably, abstractness and superficial memorizing of data and notions result in bored students, dissatisfied by their learning experience.
Our school is a crucible where “learn through doing” meets “theoretical expertise”. In our bilingual preschool, competent educators foster the growth of our children in an educational environment shaped by psychomotricity, music, arts and crafts, where all activities are specifically designed better to prepare our children for later education. Our preschool curriculum: 25 hours per week, several in English.
School Hours
08.00 - 18.00
Classes in English
Fino a 27
School Labs
4
Extracurricular Activities
10+
PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our Primary School (6 to 10 years) fosters and promotes our children’s direct engagement in acquiring literacy, numeracy, foundational education at the heart of Italian culture, in the context of an ever-broadening cultural horizon, safe-internet and new-media skills.
It is a social and cultural education which encompasses the fundamentals tools of learning (literacy, numeracy) and enriches each student’s educational experience with multidisciplinary knowledge and trans-disciplinary themes and concepts.
Cultural and social education mainly relies on multilingual and intercultural education. Native languages, languages of schooling, foreign languages taught in school, ‒ as languages through which education is attained ‒ promote and foster a child’s individual right to the full development of their identity while in contact with linguistic and cultural otherness.
Multilingual and intercultural education is key to fostering diversity and academic success; it is fundamental in promoting social inclusion and democratic participation.
Our bilingual primary school pursues each student’s constitutional right to the acquisition of foundational education. Our students pursue the development of their cognitive, emotional, social, corporeal, ethical and religious dimensions, alongside the acquisition of fundamental and indispensable knowledge. Ours is a bilingual primary in which:
a broad set of multidisciplinary resources are utilized to promote and develop each individual’s critical thinking;
all cognitive styles of learning are recognized and valued, a wide variety of teaching styles are valued and implemented;
confident students acquire and develop skills to become competent citizens at both a national and international level. Primary School Curriculum: 24h, several in English.
School Hours
08.00 - 18.00
Classes in English
Up to 27
School Labs
4
Extracurricular Activities
10+
Secondary School
As our students progress in their educational journey we expand one grade level each year to ensure they pursue their academic and educational growth here at St Philip. In 2020/21 we activated year 6 (grade 6/prima media), in 2023-24 we are launching our High school offering.
We constantly strive for the right synergic balance among humanities, STEM, visual arts, music and drama.
Our Lower Secondary School focuses on helping our students successfully acquire the necessary knowledge and skills so that they can realise their full educational potential.
Multilingual and intercultural education is key to fostering diversity and academic success; it is fundamental in promoting social inclusion and democratic participation. In learning how to love studying and how to learn, not only do our students make all-important progress on a successful lifelong learning journey, but they also acquire a method which will see them through to a successful adult life.
Our teaching staff expertly provides pastoral care and guidance to meet our pupils’ deepest needs, foster their empowerment, instils self-reliance and nurtures critical thinking We build and re-arrange flexible timetables to provide a balanced curriculum experience and ensure we best meet the needs of our students.
The synergic educational balance we deploy is aimed at fostering and promoting:
academic critical thinking;
real-life critical thinking and skills; ethical responsibility; tidiness and organizational skills; manual craftsmanship; practical knowledge and understanding of materials and tools; our ultimate objective is to ensure the transition from factual knowledge and skills to competences. Lower Secondary School Curriculum: 30 Hours, several in English.
School Hours
08.00 - 18.00
Classes in English
Up to 19
School Labs
4
Extracurricular Activities
10+
Photo Gallery
What our Classrooms and Laboratories are like
Here are a few snapshots of our School; do pay us a visit and check out our 5000 sqm School area and its facilities: 15 classrooms, 6 laboratories, 5 sports grounds, 1 Theatre. From 2020-21 the entire second floor and its new Science and ITC Lab are entirely dedicated to the Lower Secondary
Our Staff Team
At St Philip we are proud of our passionate and talented Staff Team. To get to know more about us, you can either book an Open Day Tour or visit the Staff dedicated page at stphilipschool.it under the header STAFF.
Our School Uniform
The Official St Philip Uniform
Crafts projects Gallery
It may prove a difficult task to provide even a narrowed down selection of the thousands of crafts projects made by our children. Please see below a small gallery of photos portraying a few. On an Open Day Tour you can get to experience what we mean by “knowing how to do”.
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