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Change description : 2026-03-10 15:23:00: Added ‘Teachers’ pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers academic year 2026 to 2027’. Removed ‘Teachers’ pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers academic year 2024 to 2025’. [Guidance and regulation]

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Guidance

Teachers' pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers

Guidance on how we allocate funding for this grant.

Applies to England

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Details

This guidance is for further education providers that participate in the teachers’ pension scheme. PleaseCheck check the eligibility section for more information.  

This includes some: 

  • general further education colleges 
  • sixth-form colleges 
  • designated institutions (including the new designated institutions that form part of higher education provider group structures) 
  • special post-16 institutions 
  • adult and community learning providers that are part of a local authority

Updates to this page

Published 10 April 2019

Last updated 510 March 20252026 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates
    1. We’ve updated the page with the new grant methodology for academic year 2025 to 2026. We’ve removed the guidance for 2023 to 2024 as this is no longer current.

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Update history

2026-03-10 15:23
Added ‘Teachers’ pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers academic year 2026 to 2027’. Removed ‘Teachers’ pension scheme employer contribution grant: further education providers academic year 2024 to 2025’.

2025-03-05 18:03
We’ve updated the page with the new grant methodology for academic year 2025 to 2026. We’ve removed the guidance for 2023 to 2024 as this is no longer current.

2024-03-07 09:34
We have added guidance for the 2024 to 2025 academic year, and updated the 2023 to 2024 guidance to include the SCAPE rate rise from April 2024.

2023-02-09 12:06
We have updated this to include details for 2023 to 2024