Anglo Leonardo da Vinci is a subsidiary of

Sistema Anglo de Ensino Sistema Anglo de Ensino is a Brazilian educational system and company comprehending elementary and high schools, cursinhos and a higher education institute, FIPEN (Instituto Paulista de Ensino, translated as ''São Paulo Teaching Institute''). T ...

located to the west of São Paulo. There are four units, one in

Osasco Osasco () is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the 9th highest gross domestic product in ...

, one in Alphaville, one in

Taboão da Serra Taboão da Serra is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 293,652 (2020 est.) in an area of 20.39 km². It is the second smallest city in area in the Sã ...

and one in

Granja Viana Granja Viana (commonly known as Granja, sometimes spelled as Granja Vianna) is an upscale district in the city of Cotia, São Paulo, Brazil. Officially, the district is located in the east side of the city, but some portions of southern Carapi ...

Carapicuíba Carapicuíba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 403,183 (2020 est.) in an area of . It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in the st ...

. The name "

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially re ...

" was added to represent intelligence. The school had the best results of Osasco in the 2005 ENEM. Also, the Osasco, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville units were ranked as having had the 2nd, 9th and 10th best results in the 2008 ENEM among municipalities of the

Greater São Paulo Greater São Paulo ( pt, Grande São Paulo) is a nonspecific term for one of the multiple definitions of the large metropolitan area located in the São Paulo state in Brazil. Definitions Metropolitan Area A legally defined specific term, ''Re ...

area, excluding São Paulo itself. In 2015, the Carapicuíba unit had the 19th best national performance at the 2014 ENEM in a ranking of 15640.

History

In 1976, Joaquim Augusto Fígaro Roque, Sérgio Salvo Molina Gimeno and Wagner R. Valente founded Anglo Leonardo da Vinci in Osasco. At that time, cursinhos were available primarily in São Paulo only, although Anglo was already establishing other units in

São José dos Campos São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and res ...

, Santos and

Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...

. At first, it was only a cursinho, but in 1982, a school (also in Osasco) was founded, with

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

classes only. In 1988, however, the school was extended to

elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...

as well. In 2005, more units were established in Granja Viana, Taboão da Serra and Alphaville.

References

History of Colégio Anglo Leonardo da Vinci at the official website

External links

Official website
Educational institutions established in 1976 Schools in Brazil 1976 establishments in Brazil {{Brazil-university-stub