ActiveLearn

About ActiveLearn

ActiveLearn is Pearson’s online platform for UK schools. ActiveLearn Primary holds Bug Club, Bug Club Phonics, Power Maths, Abacus, Rapid, Wordsmith, Science Bug and other Pearson primary programmes behind one login. ActiveLearn for Secondary covers ages 11 to 19 with ActiveBooks, homework tasks and markbooks. Pupils sign in at activelearnprimary.co.uk with a username, password and the school code from their teacher. Schools buy yearly subscriptions from Pearson, for example £394 plus VAT a year for Power Maths KS1 on 13 October 2026.

ActiveLearn Primary is the online home of Pearson’s UK primary programmes. Teachers find plans, lesson resources, assessment and reports there. Pupils open Pupil World at school or at home. There they read the eBooks and play the games their teacher allocates, read books for fun and spend rewards in a virtual rewards area.

Each school subscribes to the programmes it uses. Literacy covers Bug Club, Bug Club Phonics, Grammar and Spelling Bug, Power English: Writing, Wordsmith and the Rapid catch-up series. Maths covers Power Maths, Abacus, Heinemann Active Maths for Scotland, The Maths Factor and School Jam. Science Bug and Pearson Primary History and Geography cover the wider curriculum.

ActiveLearn for Secondary runs on a separate site, pearsonactivelearn.com. It serves secondary and FE courses from business studies to science, with ActiveBooks, online homework, Assessment Builder and online markbooks. Pearson Education Limited, registered in England and Wales under number 00872828, runs both services.

History

1. 1844 Samuel Pearson starts the business in Huddersfield that becomes Pearson plc.
2. 1966 The company now named Pearson Education Limited is registered on 3 March as Longman Group Limited.
3. 1998 Pearson Education forms from Addison Wesley Longman and the Simon & Schuster education business.
4. 2017 Pearson lists the Power Maths KS1 Online Subscription with an August 2017 production date.
5. 2020 On 23 March Pearson dates the current ActiveLearn Primary subscription terms.
6. 2020 During COVID-19 school closures Pearson offers all ActiveLearn Primary services on a 90-day free trial.
7. 2021 Bug Club Phonics is on the DfE’s list of approved phonics teaching programmes for 2021.
8. 2023 Bug Club wins the Teacher Tapp Gold Award in the 2023 Brand Tracker.
9. 2023 Pearson starts selling the Pearson Reading Premium subscription (September 2023 edition).
10. 2026 The DfE list of validated phonics programmes, updated on 16 February, still includes Bug Club Phonics.

Programmes on ActiveLearn Primary

Programmes and year groups from the ActiveLearn Primary trial page, the sign-in page and the Pearson ActiveLearn Primary FAQ for schools, checked on 13 October 2026. Secondary subjects from the ActiveLearn for Secondary page.

Video, blogs and resources

• Getting started with ActiveLearn PrimaryGuides, pupil import spreadsheet and help videos↗
• ActiveLearn Primary FAQs for schoolsProgrammes, logins and support (PDF, 2020)↗
• Getting Started with ActiveLearn (secondary)Institution codes, access codes and registration↗
• System requirementsSupported browsers, tablets and Family Link settings↗
• Subscription termsLicence, renewal and cancellation rules↗

Products

• My Library

  Bug Club: Year 2 eBook

  ReadQuizRewards

  Week
  Pupil World Pupils open the eBooks, games and activities their teacher allocates, read books for fun and earn rewards. It runs in a browser at school and at home. Pupil sign-in ↗
• 1Phonics eBook

  2Comprehension questions

  3Reading Corner choice

  Bug Club Reading programme with allocatable eBooks and comprehension activities from Reception to Year 6. Bug Club Phonics adds over 180 decodable readers and phonics games for Reception to Year 2. Bug Club family ↗

• Leaderboard

  1Ana980

  2Tom860

  3Lea790
  Power Maths Whole-class mastery programme for EYFS to Year 6, made with White Rose Maths. The online subscription holds digital textbooks, teaching tools, Power Up activities and subject knowledge videos. Power Maths ↗
• Abacus practice

  7 × 8 = ?

  545664

  Week
  Abacus and other maths Abacus has allocatable maths activities and practice games from Reception to Year 6. Heinemann Active Maths follows the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. School Jam sends maths activities home for Reception and KS1. Maths trials ↗
• Team progress

  Sales

  Support

  Product
  ActiveLearn for Secondary Planning tools, ActiveBooks, homework tasks and markbooks for ages 11 to 19. Pearson says tens of thousands of UK teachers and their learners log in every day. ActiveLearn Secondary ↗
• Team progress

  Sales

  Support

  Product
  School subscriptions A UK school picks programmes, starts a 30-day trial and then buys a yearly subscription. Pearson emails the main user the activation details. Start a free trial ↗

How much is ActiveLearn?

• Bug Club Phonics eBooks Library, 149 or fewer pupils £185/yr £185, per school, 12 months
• Bug Club Phonics eBooks Library, 150+ pupils £260/yr £260, per school, 12 months
• Bug Club KS1 & KS2 eBooks Library, 149 or fewer pupils £800/yr £800, per school, 12 months
• Bug Club KS1 & KS2 eBooks Library, 150+ pupils £1,155/yr £1,155, per school, 12 months
• Pearson Reading Premium, 150+ pupils £2,084/yr £2,084, per school, 12 months
• Power Maths Reception £197/yr £197 + VAT, per school, 12 months
• Power Maths KS1, Lower KS2 or Upper KS2 £394/yr £394 + VAT, per school per key stage, 12 months

Is ActiveLearn free?

UK schools can start a 30-day free trial of each ActiveLearn Primary programme. Pearson has no free plan and no parent subscription.

UK prices for schools on pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk, in pounds per school per year, checked on 13 October 2026. Power Maths prices show VAT on top. The literacy package builder shows prices without a VAT note. Literacy prices depend on school size: 149 or fewer pupils, or 150 or more. Pearson may raise fees from year to year under its subscription terms.

• Rolling annual subscription ↗
  1. Check the end date of the current 12-month period
  2. Send Pearson written notice at least 30 calendar days before that date
  3. Access ends at the end of the period
• Secondary subscription ↗
  1. Wait for Pearson’s notice before auto-renewal
  2. Tell Pearson that the school wants to cancel
  3. Check live products on the My Products page in Admin

• A subscription that is not rolling ends on its own after the subscription period.
• Pearson can suspend access if the school pays late.
• If Pearson discontinues a service, it gives 30 days’ notice and may offer a pro rata refund or a replacement.
• After termination users must delete downloaded content.

Refund rules

Renewals

Rolling annual subscriptions renew for 12 months unless either side gives 30 calendar days’ written notice.

Consumers

A consumer can cancel within 14 days of the order for a full refund if the service has not been used.

Disputes

Law of England and Wales, English courts.

From the ActiveLearn Primary Subscription Terms and Conditions, version dated 23 March 2020, and the ActiveLearn Secondary Subscription FAQs, checked on 13 October 2026.

Is ActiveLearn worth it?

What Pearson, the DfE and the ActiveLearn help pages say, not our rating.

Contacts and company data

• Digital supportsupport.pearson.com
• Support phone+44 (0) 3301 289 126
• Customer Successukschools.customersuccess@pearson.com
• Digital ordersdigital.orders@pearson.com

Legal entity

Pearson Education Limited, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, United Kingdom

Company

Pearson Education Limited

Company number

00872828 (England and Wales)

Incorporated

3 March 1966, as Longman Group Limited

Status

Active

VAT

GB278 5371 21

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