As we know that many of you use payroll providers to support your employer duties for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, we’ve been looking at ways to provide them with access to the Employer Portal. This means we need to change our systems to allow them to act as an employer and upload and download information using the Employer Portal.

We’ve been looking at the opportunity to provide Payroll Providers with specific access across the Employer Portal. The new development will allow them:-

• To be allocated new LA/Establishment numbers (750/XXXX) which will be automatically created when a new Payroll Provider is added.
• To upload files to the Employer Portal on behalf of the employers, using the above reference number
• To have identical accesses to the Portal as employers. This includes member searches, downloads and member print requests.

Payroll Providers will now be required to complete a delegation form to advise Teachers’ Pensions on the contracts which they’re responsible for. It’s intended for this development to go live on 28 September. We’ll be providing further information on our website, including FAQs and access to the download form.

This facility is not available to payroll providers who administer on behalf of maintained schools. This must still be submitted via an employer relationship (i.e. the Local Authority).

Please note:

If you’re a school managed by a Local Authority, please note Teachers’ Pensions delegation forms should only be completed by the Local Authority.