This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Service Lead, People, Surjit Nagra, on behalf of the Local Government Association's Principal Negotiating Officer, Selena Lansley (FCIPD). This is for the attention of Slough Schools.
Teachers’ Pension Scheme – consultation on funding the increase in employer contributions for 2019/20
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a consultation to seek views on the DfE’s proposal to provide funding for certain educational institutions for the increase to employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in 2019/20.
Part 4 of the consultation sets out the rationale for funding, the DfE is proposing that funding be provided to the following institutions:
• Mainstream and special maintained schools
• Mainstream and special academies (including Alternative Provision, 16-19 academies and free schools)
• Maintained nursery schools
• Non-maintained special schools
• Independent Special Schools, to the extent they educate children with Education, Health and Care Plans.
• Local Authority Centrally Employed Teachers
• Music Education Hubs
The consultation is seeking to understand the “views of those sectors that DfE proposes to support.” It is therefore very important that you respond to the consultation to support the proposed funding for the local authority maintained sector, please note that the funding proposal has been extended to cover centrally employed teachers and music education hubs.
Responses are submitted by completing an online survey; please could you share a copy of your response with the LGA if this is possible – to selena.lansley@local.gov.uk
The consultation period is for 4 weeks, the consultation closes on Tuesday 12 February.