This Statutory Instrument corrects errors in SI 2014/512 and SI 2023/871 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.
Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 284
Public Service Pensions, England And Wales
Education, England And Wales
The Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
6th March 2025
Laid before Parliament
10th March 2025
Coming into force
1st April 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers in—
(a)section 9(1) and (2)(a) of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)(1),
(b)sections 1(1) and (2)(d), 2 and 3(1), (2)(a) and (3)(b) of, and paragraph 4(a) of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 1 and 9(a), (b) and (c) of Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”)(2), and
(c)sections 10(1), 11(5)(d) and 19(1) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022(3).
The Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in section 9(5) of the 1972 Act and section 22(3) of the 2013 Act. In accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament.
The retrospective provision contained in these Regulations does not appear to the Secretary of State to have significant adverse effects in relation to the pension payable to or in respect of members of the scheme established by the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014(4), nor to have significant adverse effects in any other way in relation to members of the scheme. Accordingly, the procedures set out in section 23 of the 2013 Act are not applicable in respect of these Regulations.
In accordance with section 9(1) of the 1972 Act, and section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury(5).
Citation, extent and commencement
1. These Regulations—
(a)may be cited as the Teachers’ Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025,
(b)extend to England and Wales, and
(c)come into force on 1st April 2025.
Amendment of the Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 2010
2.—(1)The Teachers’ Pensions Regulations 2010(6) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 17, in sub-paragraph (a), for “Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991” substitute “Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 2021(7)”.
Amendment of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014
3.The Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2014(8) are amended in accordance with regulations 4 to 8.
Amendment to regulation 185 (members’ contributions)
4. In regulation 185, in the table, for column 2 substitute—
Column 2 Members’ contributions rate |
|---|
| 7.4% |
| 8.9% |
| 9.9% |
| 10.5% |
| 11.6% |
| 12% |
Amendments to regulation 196 (payment by employers to scheme manager)
5. In regulation 196, in paragraph (4)—
(a)in the opening words, for “7” substitute “15”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (a), for “8th” substitute “16th”.
Amendments to Part 1 of Schedule 1 (general)
6.—(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Fair Deal transfers)—
(a)in paragraph 4, for the definition of “contracting schemeemployer” substitute—
““contracting scheme employer” means an employer mentioned in any of the following paragraphs, who is a party to a Participation Agreement—
paragraph 2(3)(b) (establishment providing further education constituted by an amalgamation of establishments),
paragraph 9(c) (governing body of a school maintained by a local authority),
paragraph 9(d), excluding institutions providing higher education only (institution providing further education, or further education and higher education, maintained by a local authority),
paragraph 10 (academy)(9),
paragraph 13 (special school not maintained by a local authority)(10),
paragraph 14, excluding institutions providing higher education (governing body of an institution within the further education sector to which grants are made)(11), or
paragraph 24 (institution for the further education and training of disabled persons);”;
(b)in paragraph 6(a)—
(i)omit “with a contracting schemeemployer”;
(ii)for “fair deal transfer date” substitute “Fair Deal transfer date”.
(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1)(a) and (b)(i) have effect from 14th November 2024.
Amendment to Part 2 of Schedule 1 (service pensionable without election)
7. In Part 2 of Schedule 1, after paragraph 22 insert—
“22A.Teacher employed by the National Institute of Teaching(12).”.
Amendment to Part 3 of Schedule 1 (service pensionable on election)
8. In Part 3 of Schedule 1, in paragraph 26(a), for “Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 1991” substitute “Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 2021”.
Amendment of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023
9.The Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Remediable Service) Regulations 2023(13) are amended in accordance with regulations 10 and 11.
Amendment to regulation 13 (deferred choice decision to be made by M)
10. In regulation 13(5)(b), for “paragraph (3)” substitute “paragraph (2)”.
Amendments to regulation 19 (meaning of “alternative amount”)
11. In regulation 19—
(a)in paragraph (1)(a), for paragraph (i) substitute—
“(i)where the initial amount was determined under section 29(2) of WRPA 1999 in relation to a percentage value to be transferred from the initial scheme, the amount that would have been determined had the remediable relevant benefits been secured in the alternative scheme and the same percentage value been applied under section 29(2) of WRPA 1999 on the valuation day;”;
(b)in paragraph (3), omit the definition “relevant percentage value”.
Catherine McKinnell
Minister of State
Department for Education
6th March 2025
We consent
Taiwo Owatemi
Vicky Foxcroft
Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury
4th March 2025
1972 c. 11. Section 9(1) was amended by section 11 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7). See section 1(1) of the 1972 Act for the meaning of “Minister” and section 9(6) of the 1972 Act for the meaning of “teachers”.
2013 c. 25. Section 3(1) was amended by section 94 of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7). See section 1(4) of the 2013 Act for the meaning of “scheme regulations” and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Act for the meaning of “teachers”.
2022 c. 7. See section 11(8) for the meaning of “an election” and sections 19(2) and (3) for the meaning of “relevant pension credit member” and “the corresponding pension debit member”.
The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service under section 9 of the 1972 Act were transferred to the Treasury by article 2 of S.I. 1981/1670.
S.I. 2014/512; amended by S.I. 2014/2652; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
Paragraph 10 was amended by S.I. 2014/2652.
Paragraph 13 was amended by S.I. 2021/805.
Paragraph 14 was substituted by S.I. 2019/1027.
The National Institute of Teaching is a specialist teacher development provider in England established in 2022 by the School-Led Development Trust, a charitable company limited by guarantee (company number 13429740).