Archive

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

Finance

As part of our finance update, we’ve some important information to share with you regarding ratio queries on the Monthly Breakdown form and End of Year Certificate (EOYC) submissions.

15/12/2020 |

Training

The training dates for January and February 2021 are now live on our website for you to register onto.

15/12/2020 |

Christmas opening hours reminder

In last month’s bulletin we let you know that we’ll be closing our Employer Helpline along with our Member Contact Centre and Webchat facility at 12:30pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.

15/12/2020 |

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) reminder

In order to comply with GDPR please ensure when emailing us regarding a member that you only provide one piece of their personal data.

15/12/2020 |

Virtual drop-in session

From January 2021 we’ll be launching a monthly employer drop-in session.

15/12/2020 |

Goodwin

Following a recent claim brought against the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, the Department for Education (DfE) has accepted that there is direct sexual orientation discrimination within the Teachers’ Pension Scheme regulations, where male survivors of opposite-sex marriages and civil partnerships are treated less favourably than survivors in same-sex marriages and civil partnerships.

15/12/2020 |

Teachers Pensions Action Form (TPAF)

We held our first virtual TPAF events at the end of November and beginning of December, which were very well received.

15/12/2020 |

Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) Submissions – correcting errors

For those of you who’ve already, or are planning to, on-board to MCR, we’d like to remind you that you must always review and clear any MCR errors you receive, and you must include the case number in your submission.

15/12/2020 |

Responsibilities document

To help you understand your responsibilities as an employer in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, we’ve recently updated our Employer Responsibilities Guide.

15/12/2020 |

Transitional Protection

The government is still working on the response to the consultation, which closed in October 2020. We’ll provide a link to the response as soon as it’s published, along with key points.

15/12/2020 |