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Teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision

Guidance for maintained schools and academies with 16 to 19 provision on the teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
9 May 2024
Last updated:
22 October 2026
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  1. Added '16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations September 2026 to March 2027'.

  2. Updated '16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: conditions of grant for local authorities and academies 2026 to 2027' to reflect a decrease in employer contribution rates.

  3. Update added about a reduction in teacher's pension scheme contributions from April 2027.

  4. Added '16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations April 2026 to August 2026'.

  5. We have updated this page for academic year 2026 to 2027.

  6. We have added the spreadsheet: 16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant (TPSECG) and supplementary fund revenue allocations September 2025 to March 2026

  7. We have added the spreadsheet: 16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant (TPSECG) and supplementary fund revenue allocations April 2025 to August 2025

  8. We’ve revised table 1 to show data for April to August that we had omitted in error.

  9. We’ve published the conditions of grant for financial year 2025 to 2026. There are no new 16 to 19 policy changes. We have confirmed on the page that schools, high needs and early years grants are now part of main funding.

  10. We have published school-level allocations of the mainstream schools’ portion of the 16 to 19 TPSECG for the 2024 to 2025 financial year for the period September 2024 to March 2025.

  11. We have updated the allocations spreadsheet for April 2024 to August 2024 which now includes a converter for which data was not available at the time the original allocations were published.

  12. We have amended 2 sections in the conditions of grant. Section 1 now confirms total funding for the financial year and section 4 confirms when we will publish allocations for the second half of the financial year. We have updated the title of the allocations spreadsheet to be clear these cover April to August 2024.

  13. We have published a spreadsheet setting out the TPSECG and supplementary fund revenue allocations for April 2024 to August 2024.

  14. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations September 2026 to March 2027

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 476 KB

16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: conditions of grant for local authorities and academies 2026 to 2027

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16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: conditions of grant for local authorities and academies 2025 to 2026

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16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations April 2026 to August 2026

ODS, 305 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations September 2025 to March 2026

ODS, 620 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

16 to 19 teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant and supplementary fund revenue allocations April 2025 to August 2025

ODS, 309 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

Details

Who is this guidance for

This guidance is for:

  • local authorities
  • school leaders
  • school teachers
  • governing bodies and their representatives

There is different guidance for further education providers.

Each financial year we publish:

  • conditions of grant
  • 2 sets of school level allocations: April to August and September to March

The conditions of grant document explains everything you need to know including eligibility, when we will pay you and the funding rates we use.

The school-level allocations show the mainstream schools’ portion of the 16 to 19 teachers’ pension scheme employer contribution grant (TPSECG) for each financial year.

You can find information for financial year 2024 to 2025 in our archives.

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