TheInternational School of Milan (ISM) is aninternational school andIB World School in the northern part ofMilan, Italy. The school was the first fully authorised institution in Italy to offer all three of the programmes of theInternational Baccalaureate: Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme,[1] for students aged 2 to 19.
The International School of Milan is among the largest and oldest of a group of International Schools in Italy run by theInspired Education Group; the others areMonza,Modena,Siena andBergamo although there are many other schools within the organization's global network. The Inspired Group also acquired the St. Louis School of Milan in 2018, adding to its Milanese network. In addition, the school is part of a range of international school organizations and networks.
Founded in 1958 by Francesco Formiga, the school initially offered the BritishO Levels/GCSE andA Levels. TheInternational Baccalaureate was gradually adopted as the main curriculum after the Italian government recognized the IB as equivalent to theMaturità (the Italian equivalent of A Levels) during the late 1980s to early 1990s. The British curriculum is no longer taught and ISM is solely an IB World School.[2]
In September 2013, the school opened a brand-new purpose-built campus in Baranzate, northwest of Milan which united the Primary, Middle and High School sections of the school.[3]
The network was founded in 2008. ISM, as well as its sister schools in Monza (1984),Rome (1988) and Modena (1998), are part of the network. In 2010, ISE opened another school inSiena as part of a joint venture with Novartis Vaccines, Monte Dei Paschi and the provincial government of Siena.[2]
