Guidance

Teachers’ pension grant: supplementary fund

Information on the pension supplementary fund and funding for local authority centrally employed teachers and music education hubs.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency and Department for Education
• Published: 27 February 2020
• Last updated: 22 June 2020 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 21 August 2020

The claims process in now complete.

Applies to England

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Pension supplementary fund and funding for local authority centrally employed teachers and music education hubs

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Teachers’ pension employer contribution grant supplementary fund: online claim form guidance

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The pension supplementary fund provides additional support, alongside the teachers’ pension employer contribution grant (TPECG), for the cost to schools due to the increase in the employer contribution rate to the teachers’ pension scheme from September 2019.

This guidance provides information for:

• schools and local authorities on how to apply to the supplementary fund, and the scheme for local authority centrally employed teachers
• music education hubs on how to access funding for the pension costs

For 2019 to 2020, we’ve also published the:

• methodology and rates for TPECG allocations

• teachers’ pension grant allocations

Published 27 February 2020
Last updated 22 June 2020 + show all updates

1. 22 June 2020

   Updated with extension of second window to end of June, as communicated to local authorities.

2. 7 May 2020

   We have updated the local authority guidance on applying for specialist institutions and centrally employed teachers.

3. 27 February 2020

   First published.