Pensions

‘Unacceptable’ pension valuation waits spark legal battle

Divorced teachers 'left in limbo' as they endure months-long waits for vital TPS documents

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Academies

Academy trust will press on with pension change despite government ‘threats’

England's biggest MAT to go ahead with controversial plan to offer less generous pensions in return for higher salaries

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher pay

One in six teachers would take 20% less pension for a 10% pay rise

EPI urges government to investigate the possibility of flexibility in the teachers' pension scheme

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Pensions

Muddled pension rules leave trust CEOs in limbo

Calls for clarity over TPS eligibility 'grey area', amid widespread confusion and warnings of payouts

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Pensions

First rise in teachers’ pension contributions since 2015 proposed

Plans would see employee contribution rates rise by up to £200 a year - but lowest-paid would not be...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pensions

School pension contributions to rise – but government will fund (for now)

The rise of more than 20% for state schools will be funded by government, but private schools left out...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Schools

Capita loses out on £233m Teachers’ Pension Scheme contract to Indian IT firm

Outsourcing firm has run the pension scheme for 27 years, but also recently pulled out of teacher training contract

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
News

Heads told school pension contributions to rise by over 40% from 2019

Headteachers have been told contributions schools pay towards teachers’ pensions are set to rise by more than 40 per...

John Dickens
John Dickens