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The latest news and views covering the Teachers Pensions, the Teachers AVC and general Financial Planning news.

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Popular Questions: What is Teaching Service History?

12/05/2022 Racheal Smith

Whenever you read about pensions, you will see the phrase pensionable service. This pensionable service directly influences the pension benefits you receive upon retirement. Your teaching service hist[...]

Tagged in Pensionable Service

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Popular Questions: What are family benefits?

05/05/2022 Racheal Smith

When we pay into a teacher’s pension each month, we contribute more than our benefits in retirement. There are safeguards within your pension that can support your family in the event of your death.[...]

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Popular Questions: AVCs

28/04/2022 Racheal Smith

Some questions are continually raised with the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. These questions reveal much about how we use our pensions and what we are concerned about in our life. One of the most popula[...]

Tagged in AVC scheme

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Popular Questions: Cutting hours

21/04/2022 Racheal Smith

Some questions are continually raised with the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. These questions reveal much about how we use our pensions and what we are concerned about in our life. Top of the list of the[...]

Tagged in Part-time teaching, Pension benefits

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Can you return to teaching?

14/04/2022 Racheal Smith

The Government has launched multiple schemes to encourage teachers back to the classroom. The pandemic has put a massive strain on the school system, and teachers have left the profession in numbers n[...]

Tagged in Return to Teaching; Teachers' Pension Scheme

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Teachers’ Pensions Calculators

07/04/2022 Racheal Smith

When you are looking to plan for the future, you need to be fully aware of your financial health. You might want to figure something out about your Teachers’ Pension and can use the calculators prov[...]

Tagged in Lump Sum, Pension Calculators

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Guard against fraud

25/03/2022 Racheal Smith

The Teachers’ Pension Scheme recently released an online security alert. Fraudsters are sending communications to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme members requesting their personal information. Thi[...]

Tagged in pension fraud

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Supporting teacher wellbeing

18/03/2022 Racheal Smith

In a survey by Education Support, 62% of education professionals described themselves as stressed. While teaching has always been a profession that saps emotional and psychological energy, the pandemi[...]

Tagged in teacher wellbeing

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New videos resource from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme

11/03/2022 Racheal Smith

While one of the best ways to manage your teacher pension is with independent financial advice, you can learn more from the recently released Teachers’ Pension Scheme members’ video collection. [...]

Tagged in Benefits Teachers' Pension Scheme

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Transitional Protection Changes

04/03/2022 Racheal Smith

The McCloud judgement has meant that pensions have needed to change to prevent unfairness in applying rules. From April 1st 2022 The Transitional Protection changes are a consequence of this jud[...]

Tagged in McCloud Judgement

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A Family-Friendly Pension Scheme

24/02/2022 Racheal Smith

When you are in teaching, you will always balance the commitments at home with your desire to do the best job at work. While being a teacher incurs many compromises on your family life, the Teacher Pe[...]

Tagged in family benefits; family leave

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Making best use of your lump sum

17/02/2022 Racheal Smith

When you retire, the Teacher Pension Scheme offer you the option of converting up to 25% of your benefits into a lump sum payment. For every £1 you give up in benefits, you receive £12 in a lump sum[...]

Tagged in Lump Sum, Teachers Pension Scheme

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Adviser Recruitment

Why do you need an independent financial advisor?

10/02/2022 Racheal Smith

It might not make sense immediately to contact an independent financial advisor as a teacher. Your salary is fixed to national levels, and your pension payments are taken automatically. You are aware [...]

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A new challenge in retirement

03/02/2022 Racheal Smith

Working day in day out in the classroom is an activity for the young and energetic. While older teachers bring much wisdom to the classroom, it is common for the levels of fatigue to push people to a [...]

Tagged in Early Retirement

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New Year New You: investing in the future

28/01/2022 Racheal Smith

As the New Year comes around, we are all still considering the same stresses. The pandemic has made us all feel a little uncertain about what the future might bring, and it makes us all wonder how we [...]

Tagged in Flexibilities

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New Year New You: reducing responsibility

21/01/2022 Racheal Smith

As the New Year comes around and teaching feels as hard as it has ever been, you might be considering taking on less responsibility. You may have a senior leadership or middle management post and want[...]

Tagged in Reducing Responsibility

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