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Should I work part-time? 25/05/2021 Racheal Smith The summer term in teaching is always challenging. You are coming to the end of your reserves, and the admin assessment is piling up. On the horizon are those enrichment events that require you to dre[...] Tagged in Benefits Teachers' Pension Scheme, Part-Time Read more Parenting and Pensions 13/05/2021 Racheal Smith It’s spring! We are all thinking of new life and new beginnings. So, talking about all this maternity and paternity feels hopeful and optimistic. While your teachers’ pension is probably not high [...] Tagged in Maternity Leave, Paternity Leave Read more New job, new benefits 06/05/2021 Racheal Smith At this time of year, trainee teachers are amid job applications and interviews. It is a stressful time, wondering if you will ever get that first step on the ladder. It becomes a race to July, and [...] Tagged in Benefits Teachers' Pension Scheme Read more Life After COVID: Leaving teaching 29/04/2021 Racheal Smith Who would have been a teacher during the pandemic? Living on the frontline Most outsiders thought the teaching profession had it easy because the schools were closed. However, they weren’t really.[...] Tagged in Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Life After COVID: securing a financial future 27/04/2021 Racheal Smith We have learnt that life is uncertain in the past year. For all our planning and beliefs in our right to old age, we have had this security threatened. As a teacher, you may have been in the fortunate[...] Tagged in Additional Pension, Flexibilities Read more Life After COVID: securing financial peace of mind 22/04/2021 Racheal Smith The past year has been filled with unbearable uncertainty. While, as a teacher, your salary continued to be paid, your partner and loved ones may have lost work or been furloughed. Even as a teacher, [...] Tagged in Additional Pension, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Life after COVID: Would my family have been secure? 20/04/2021 Racheal Smith If anything is going to test your feelings of mortality, it is a global pandemic. Being asked to stay home because the slightest social contact could cause someone to fall seriously ill or even die is[...] Tagged in Death Benefits, Lump Sum Read more To retire or not to retire: an important question 15/04/2021 Racheal Smith April is a significant month for people of a certain age. You are now within four months of your retirement date and could submit your application to retire this year. A significant factor in your dec[...] Tagged in Retirement Planning Read more More on retirement planning 13/04/2021 Racheal Smith As you can only submit your form four months before you retire, April is a popular month for teachers to begin thinking about the future. If you are over 55, you could make the leap to leave teaching [...] Tagged in Retirement Planning, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Preparing for retirement from teaching 08/04/2021 Racheal Smith It may only be April, but you could be beginning your preparations for retirement now. The application process for retirement takes some time to process, and receiving your pension on time requires fo[...] Tagged in Retirement Planning Read more What Teacher Pension Scheme am I in? 06/04/2021 Racheal Smith When you come to check your pension fund on My Pension Online, you might find that there are two sets of figures listed. There will be money held in a Final Salary arrangement and some in the Career A[...] Tagged in Career Average, Final Salary, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Viewing your benefit statement 25/02/2021 Racheal Smith Understanding how much is stored in your pension fund can help you make decisions about your future. While the Teachers' Pension Scheme cannot offer you a projection of your final benefits, they can k[...] Tagged in Benefit Statement, My Pension Online Read more Teachers’ Pension Scheme revaluation 18/02/2021 Racheal Smith Each year HM Treasury release a percentage amount that should be used to revalue public pension schemes. This revaluation is intended to keep the pension fund in line with inflation, so money paid in [...] Tagged in Revaluation, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Teachers’ Pension Scheme and projections 11/02/2021 Racheal Smith When you plan for the future, it feels easier to make decisions when there are confirmed figures. Ideally, you would go to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme website and to your dashboard, and there would[...] Tagged in Benefits Projection, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Why do you need an independent financial advisor? 04/02/2021 Racheal Smith The services and information provided by the Teacher Pension Scheme feel comprehensive and transparent. It is easy to assume that you can quickly act on the information provided. However, the Teacher [...] Tagged in Independent Financial Advice, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Save Pensions Sacrifice Pay 25/01/2021 Racheal Smith If you work in the Independent School sector, you may be asked to sacrifice pay to absorb some of the 43% hike in employer contribution. The reduction in income is a way of allowing teachers in these [...] Tagged in Hybrid Pension, Teachers Pension Scheme Read more Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24