Teachers pensions

The teachers pensions administration service discharges the Council’s responsibility as the accountable body for teachers’ pensions in maintained schools and local authority education services. This is a centrally funded service.

The Teachers Pension Administration service:  

• ensures that governing bodies carry out their responsibilities to competently discharge their payroll functions in relation to teachers’ pensions
• collects and checks the monthly employee and employer contributions and uploads them to the Teachers’ Pensions Agency (TPA)
• collates, checks and completes of the end of year certificate for the total annual contributions collected for all teachers
• collects and uploads of the Monthly data Collection (MDC) return, which is used by the TPA to update members’ individual contributions records
• responds to miscellaneous TPA enquiries
• responds to members’ enquiries, largely on service gaps or ‘missing years’ 
• ensures maintained schools are compliant with the TPA regulations

Contact:

• Balraj Johal, Teachers Pensions Officer
• Tel: 020 8496 3260
• Email: Balraj.Johal@walthamforest.gov.uk

The responsibilities of the school

1. Monthly Data Collection (MDC)

Teachers Pensions' have implemented a new Monthly Data Collection (MDC) solution to replace the previous Annual Service Returns. Below are downloadable communications sent out to schools in early 2017 

• Teachers' Pension – Official Communication of Monthly Data Collections (MDC)
• Teachers' Pension Communication – Implementation of Monthly Data Collections (MDC)

2. Responsibilities of employees, schools, payroll providers and LBWF Schools HR

Below is a downloadable document that sets out the responsibilities for the employee, school, payroll providers and LBWF Schools HR in processing returns and pension forms for the TPS.

3. Assurance Statement

Below is a downloadable communication to all schools regarding an "Assurance Statement" which should be provided by schools' payroll providers. The communication also highlights the responsibility of individual schools.

4. Monthly Teachers' Pensions contributions & MDC schedule 

Download a letter sent to all payroll providers regarding 2017/18 deadline dates for monthly contributions & Monthly Data Collections (MDC), and changes to the salary bands.