Deledda International School is a semi-private English-speaking school in

Genoa, Italy Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of t ...

. Despite being an

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, the school is helped by the government of the Comune di Genova. It is not affiliated with the public school "Liceo Linguistico Deledda". It was established in 1999 and became a

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currently offers both the

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(grades 11 and 12) and the

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(grades 6 through 10). In 2016 it opened a primary school (grades 1 to 5) where classes are taught mostly in Italian, with extra hours of English.Deledda International School website
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