Yes, or equivalent

Yes

Spanish and French

It depends on the grade level

20/25

Yes

All educational spaces, especially those for kindergarten children, are equipped with interactive whiteboards and projectors featuring finger touch technology. For students aged 6 and above, as well as teachers, ICS has opted for Apple devices to seamlessly integrate digital technology in the classroom and enhance learning both at school and at home.

Yes, during the COVID-19 quarantine, we have been setting up interactive virtual classes (with platforms like Microsoft Teams, Seesaw, etc), where students can study, exercise and follow their teachers' lessons just like in school, using their iPads, or any other device.

As a school recognized by the Italian Government we offer Catholic religion as par to four curriculum, not as a compulsory but as an optional subject.

Students choosing not to take Catholic religion classes have a class of PHSE-Physical, Social and Health education.

IB Diploma, IGCSE

Yes

Depends on the subject and grade level. Our approach is "little but often" in order to consolidate abilities and knowledge and to prepare for learning at school, as well as to create a routine that gets children used to later year levels at school.

Yes

A detailed Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is created by our learning support team for each student who receives a multi-disciplinary approach, outlining clear objectives for them to achieve throughout the academic year. The school creates the ILP along with a child’s parents or carer and an external therapist (an SLT, OT or a PT). ILP meetings are held three times in an academic year in October, February and June

The school has a Gifted and Talented Policy which sets out how we assess students and the individual support we offer students individually, in class and outside lessons to develop their gifts and talents. We supported talented sportspeople, musicians, artists and performing artists with flexible learning programmes. For gifted students, we adopt a wide variety of teaching and learning strategies and resources to enable them to challenge, extend and develop their learning and attainment.

Through our SEN department, we have access to and established links with professional educational psychologists.

Depending on the age level, we evaluate students' academic profile and English level based on previous schools reporting, standardized testing and one to one assessment.

From Year 2 we require an interview with the head of respective school level, and from Year 5 applicants need to sit the CAT4 test with us.

Where necessary we do activate waiting lists for specific classes/campuses.

No deadline

Most students join ICS in September, but we are happy to admit students throughout all the school year, as long as we have available places.

8.30

15.50

Yes. From 16.00 to 17.30

Yes. There are two types of school bus service: door-to-door bus service and bus service to/from a dedicated bus-stop.

Yes

Yes

Yes, from the Kindergarten, Preschool.

English Lab, Spanish Lab, Chinese Lab, Italian Lab, Journalism Lab, Cooking Lab, Arts&Crafts, Drama Lab in English, Computing, Kangourou Maths, Music Together Lab, Choir, Baby Dance, Modern dance, Play Judo&Judo, Yoga for Children, Football, Fitness&Athletics Lab, Capoeira, Tennis Club, Aquatics Course, Swimming Course

Football and Swimming

Yes: library, theater, science lab, chem lab, design lab, space lab

Gym, Swimming Pool

ICS Milan International School is an IB school for children and students from 1 to 18 years old that offers an international curriculum enhanced by an innovative teaching approach based on experiential learning. A school of innovation that serves a diverse community of students from a range of nationalities, cultures and backgrounds and helps children grow into citizens of the world.

ICS Milan is active throughout the Milan area with four campuses (Viale Ortles, via Orti/Colletta, via Tenca, Strada di Spina-Milano2). Since 2017 ICS Milan is part of Globeducate, a leading international network of more than 55 schools with around 25,000 students in the world.

The learning process fostered by ICS Milan International School is based on the teaching and learning idea that the student is the central character in building his or her own learning path. This educational approach inspires curiosity, develops problem-solving skills to find new solutions and allows students to plan their own future. It is based on three principles taken from the design world, which are adapted to the different educational stages in the kindergarten and primary school: hands-on learning, analyse in order to choose and to plan in order to grow.