Archive

Our news archive is updated regularly with all the information you need to know about the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

McCloud Update

We’ve previously advised you that the cost control aspect of the valuations is on hold until the court process in the McCloud case is completed. The legal case is in connection with transitional protection provided to some members when the career average arrangement was introduced.

03/07/2019 |

Update to the timescales for MCR

As you’ll be aware it was proposed that the on-boarding of Monthly Contributions Reconciliation would begin in January 2020, with a Pilot Group of approximately 150-300 individual employers. Full on-boarding was scheduled to begin from April 2020.

26/06/2019 |

MCR Guidance now available

We’re pleased to confirm that the three guidance documents we’ve developed to support the implementation of Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR), are now available.

26/06/2019 |

Death and Family benefits

We’ve received some cases recently with multiple applications for death grants and also claims for surviving partner benefits, in which the partner has to provide evidence to prove their relationship to the member.

26/06/2019 |

The Institute of Customer Services survey

We’d appreciate your help in shaping the future service at Teachers’ Pensions.

26/06/2019 |

Future Data Cleanse activity

As you know, ensuring members data is as accurate and complete as possible is vital to ensuring the successful administration of the Scheme.

26/06/2019 |

Updating contact details

We’d like to remind you that keeping your contact details up to date is vital to ensuring that we can reach you if we need to.

26/06/2019 |

Training

We’ve been working hard over the past month to review our webinars and seminars, including reviewing feedback from you in order to improve our presentations.

26/06/2019 |

Monthly Data Collection submissions

We’d like to remind you that the deadline for your MDC submission is the 7th of the month; we’ve recently seen an increase in employers missing this target.

26/06/2019 |

Leaving the Scheme - Independent Schools only

In light of the rise in employer contributions due to the Scheme Valuation, we’ve recently advised you about the importance of understanding the contractual requirements and implications your establishment has if you decide to leave the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme.

26/06/2019 |

Starter and Leaver processes

As you know we took responsibility for providing communications to new starters and leavers back in September 2017.

26/06/2019 |