Marymount International School Rome
- Curriculum
- Catholic IB · Pre-K through Grade 12
- Location
- Cassia
- Languages
- English with Italian
- Note
- Strong American/Italian dual-track community
- Fees
- €20,000–30,000 per year
Aurea Relocation · Schools
The school choice. The first thing we ask about.
A guide to international, bilingual, and Italian schools in Rome — and how we help your family choose, apply, and land well.
Why this matters
For most relocating families, the school decision sets the calendar, the geography, and the rhythm of life in Rome. Choose well and the rest of the family settles around it. Choose hastily — the wrong curriculum, the wrong fit, the wrong commute — and the move strains everything else.
Rome offers more international and bilingual options than most relocating families realise, and the gaps between schools are larger than the brochures suggest. We have visited every one. We know the heads of admissions personally. We know which schools take late arrivals, which require September-only enrolment, which are warm to children with mid-year transitions, and which have wait-lists that require strategy rather than hope.
The major options
International, bilingual, and Italian schools serving expat families in Rome.
Ambrit International School
- Curriculum
- IB-aligned American/British · EYFS through Grade 8
- Location
- Eur
- Languages
- English with French/Spanish/Italian
- Note
- Younger years strength
- Fees
- €15,000–22,000 per year
American Overseas School of Rome (AOSR)
- Curriculum
- IB + American · K through Grade 12
- Location
- Cassia
- Languages
- English with Italian
- Note
- Largest American expat community
- Fees
- €18,000–28,000 per year
St. Stephen's School
- Curriculum
- American · Grades 9–12
- Location
- Aventino
- Languages
- English
- Note
- Boarding option, university-prep focus
- Fees
- €30,000–45,000 per year
The British School of Rome
- Curriculum
- British · EYFS through Year 13
- Location
- Roma Nord
- Languages
- English
- Note
- IGCSEs and A-Levels
- Fees
- €15,000–25,000 per year
Lycée Chateaubriand
- Curriculum
- French national curriculum · Maternelle through Terminale
- Location
- Villa Borghese
- Languages
- French
- Note
- For French and Francophone families
- Fees
- €6,000–9,000 per year
Deutsche Schule Rom
- Curriculum
- German national curriculum · Kindergarten through Abitur
- Location
- Aventino
- Languages
- German
- Note
- For German-speaking families
- Fees
- €7,000–10,000 per year
Rome International School
- Curriculum
- IB · Pre-K through Grade 12
- Location
- Roma Nord
- Languages
- English
- Note
- Bilingual program available
- Fees
- €14,000–22,000 per year
New School Rome
- Curriculum
- British curriculum · Pre-K through Year 13
- Location
- Cassia
- Languages
- English
- Note
- IGCSEs and A-Levels
- Fees
- €13,000–20,000 per year
Lycée Français Jean Giono
- Curriculum
- French · Younger years
- Location
- Various
- Languages
- French
- Note
- For French-speaking expats
- Fees
- €5,000–8,000 per year
For older children (16–18) where international school timelines have already been missed, also note: state Liceo Classico, Scientifico, or Linguistico options with bilingual sections, and the IB Diploma at AOSR and Marymount.
When to start
The Rome school year runs September to June. Apply early.
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Step 1 — Twelve months before arrival (ideal)
Initial school shortlist built around your family. Aurea begins relationships with admissions offices on your behalf.
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Step 2 — Six months before arrival
Applications submitted. Interviews scheduled. Tours arranged (virtual or in-person).
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Step 3 — Three months before arrival
Offers received and decisions made. Deposits paid. Records transferred from prior schools.
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Step 4 — Arrival
First-day support. Settling-in liaison with the school. Ongoing communication for the first term.
For mid-year arrivals or compressed timelines, Aurea negotiates rolling-admissions options where they exist, and identifies the schools most willing to accommodate.
How we help
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Family-school matching
We start with your children, not with brochures. Curriculum, values, languages, location, commute, sibling fit, special considerations — everything goes into the brief.
02
Application strategy
Wait-lists, hidden capacity, late-application pathways, sibling priorities — we know which schools to apply to first and how to position the family.
03
Tours, interviews, and admission liaison
Virtual or in-person school tours. Interview preparation for older children. Direct admissions-office liaison so you do not chase email threads in a foreign language.
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Transition support
The first day. The first parent meeting. The first report card. We stay close to your family's school for the first term to ensure your children are landing well.
Aurea Relocation does not guarantee placement at any specific school — admissions decisions are the school's. We materially improve the strategy, presentation, and management of your family's application across the Rome school landscape.
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