Inventum's online primary school covers Year 5 and Year 6 only, for students typically aged 10 to 12, running on the Pearson Edexcel iPrimary curriculum. Primary students are placed in Journey 3: Live Precision Teaching, which means real-time sessions with a qualified teacher. What makes the programme flexible is not the absence of a teacher but the schedule: two live sessions per subject each week, no 9 a.m. start, no mandatory school-day structure. Families across more than 50 countries organise the rest of the day around those sessions, not around a timetable set by someone else.
Inventum offers three learning journeys across its full programme, from Year 5 through to A-Level. Understanding which journeys apply at primary level, and why, is the first thing to get clear before enrolling.
More families are choosing online primary education
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 5.2% of US children aged 5-17 received academic instruction at home in 2022-23, up from 3.7% in 2018-19. The National Home Education Research Institute puts the total number of homeschooled K-12 students in the US at approximately 3.408 million in 2024-25. Two groups drive most of that growth: expat families who need curriculum continuity across relocations, and homeschool parents who want structured, teacher-led content without a fixed school day. Inventum's Upper Primary programme is designed to serve both.
Why the Pearson iPrimary curriculum travels well
The Pearson Edexcel iPrimary curriculum was specifically written with English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in mind. That is not a minor distinction for a child moving from an English-medium school in Dubai to one in the Netherlands, or studying alongside a home language that is not English. iPrimary sits within Pearson's iProgress framework, a continuum of curricula and qualifications for learners aged 3-19. Pearson has been delivering online teaching and learning since 2002.
For expat families, the curriculum name does practical work during school transfers. A receiving school can look up Pearson Edexcel iPrimary, understand exactly what the programme covers, and place the student without a lengthy evaluation process. Year 6 includes externally assessed Pearson achievement tests, giving families a documented checkpoint at the end of primary education. From Year 6, the path leads directly to Pearson iLowerSecondary (ages 11-14), then on to Pearson International GCSE and International A-Level. Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs are studied in more than 80 countries. Starting at Year 5 with Inventum puts the student on a single coherent pathway all the way through to A-Level.
What Year 5 and Year 6 students study
Inventum's Upper Primary covers six core subject areas: English, Mathematics, Science, Geography, History, and beginner languages. Language options are French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. The curriculum incorporates international perspectives and supports bilingual integration throughout, not as an optional add-on but as part of how each subject is framed.
Inventum also adds a Mindset and Future Technologies enrichment strand covering more than 30 modules. Topics include 3D and 4D printing, alternative energy, advanced transportation, and artificial general intelligence. Covering those areas in a structured way at primary level is uncommon in accredited online primary provision, and it distinguishes the programme from one that simply replicates a standard national curriculum online.
The three journeys: which applies at primary level
Inventum runs three learning journeys across its full Year 5 to A-Level programme. The structure is worth understanding even when enrolling only at primary level, because the journey a student enters reflects a deliberate pedagogical choice, not just a pricing tier.
The three journeys are:
- Journey 1: Autonomous Learning (€730 per subject per year): Self-directed study using Canvas, online books, and GSuite, with no scheduled live teacher contact. Not available for primary students.
- Journey 2: Recorded Precision Teaching (€920 per subject per year): Adds recorded precision teaching lessons and 1-on-1 sessions to the self-study base. Available for primary students in exceptional circumstances only.
- Journey 3: Live Precision Teaching (€1,375 per subject per year): Live precision teaching sessions with real-time teacher interaction, on top of recorded lessons and 1-on-1 sessions. The standard journey for all primary students.
Inventum's position is clear: students aged 10 to 12 need live teacher contact to build reliable foundations before secondary. Journey 1 is not available at primary level. Journey 2 is reserved for exceptional cases where live sessions are genuinely not possible. Journey 3 is the standard, and the expectation for primary enrolment.
What "flexible" actually means for Journey 3 primary students
Journey 3 delivers two live precision teaching sessions per subject each week, bookable to suit the household's time zone. Self-study work, enrichment modules, and 1-on-1 Success Coach check-ins all fit around those sessions rather than adding to the fixed-hour count.
No daily school gate, no mandatory afternoon block, no rigid lunch break. The structure is real and the teaching is live, but the day stays the family's to organise.
That distinction matters most for expat families managing a relocation and for homeschool parents who have built a daily rhythm around travel, work hours, or other children at home. Flexibility at Inventum does not mean less teaching. It means teaching that slots into the schedule rather than setting it.
All students at every journey level also receive termly academic progress reports and 1-on-1 Success Coach check-ins, both of which sit outside the live lesson schedule.
Accreditation at primary level: what it means in practice
Inventum issues its own certificates for Upper Primary. External accreditation from Cambridge begins at IGCSE level, not at Year 5 or Year 6. That pattern holds across online primary provision broadly: no major external awarding body certifies primary school completion the way Cambridge certifies an IGCSE result. For school transfer decisions, what a receiving institution evaluates is the curriculum name and content, not a primary leaving certificate.
The Pearson Edexcel iPrimary name carries that weight. It belongs to the iProgress framework that feeds directly into International GCSEs recognised in more than 80 countries. That is what a secondary admissions team or a new school in another country can look up and act on.
Fees, discounts, and the fast-track option
A one-time registration fee of €250 applies to all students. Journey 3 is priced at €1,375 per subject per year. Three payment structures are available:
- 15% savings for full upfront payment
- 10% savings for a three-payment plan
- 5% savings for a ten-payment plan
For families enrolling across multiple subjects, the upfront discount is worth calculating before committing to a payment plan.
One option that is easy to overlook: Inventum's fast-track programme lets a student complete two academic years in a single year. For an expat family whose child has lost ground during a relocation, or a homeschool family aiming to reach a secondary entry point ahead of schedule, the acceleration path is available without switching providers or curricula.
See how Journey 3 fits your child's week
Explore the Year 5 and Year 6 subject list and review session scheduling options on the Inventum Upper Primary page.
