Your Pension, One Bite at a Time

Understanding your pension is one of the most important steps that you can take to prepare for your financial future, but pensions are often overly complex, communication is full of jargon, with the result they are often pushed to the bottom of the to-do list.

To help you understand your pension, we’ve created this new series of bite-size sessions, designed to demystify the complexities of the Teachers' and Local Government Pension Schemes.

Each session is under 15 minutes long and offers clear, practical insights to build your understanding bite by bite. More sessions may become available in this ongoing series.

*Please note: This is a pre-record and for purchasing resources only*

Speaker

Melanie Moffatt

Conditions of Employment Specialist: Pensions

A focus on pensions and tax

In this session, we will cover the taxation rules that apply to your pension benefits, both while you are contributing to the scheme and after you retire, along with the latest guidance on pension taxation following death.

A focus on pensions and redundancy: Teachers' Pension Scheme

In this session, we will discuss the options available to members of the TPS if they are facing redundancy and the effect that it can have on pension benefits.

A focus on pensions and redundancy: Local Government Pension Scheme

In this session, we will discuss the options available to members of the Local Government Pension Scheme if they are facing redundancy and the effect that it can have on pension benefits.

A focus on pensions and retirement: Teachers' Pension Scheme

In this session, we will look at all of the different options available to members of the TPS when it comes to accessing their pension benefits.

A focus on pensions and retirement: Local Government Pension Scheme

In this session, we will look at all of the different options available to members of the LGPS when it comes to accessing their pension benefits

Suitable for

This series is suitable for the floowoing roles in primary, secondary, post-16 and all-through settings, MATs, SATs, special schools and PRUs:

Executive Head, CEO, Headteacher/Principal
Deputy Head/Vice Principal
Assistant Head/Assistant Principal
Aspiring leaders
Middle leaders/HODs/Subject Specialists
Business Leaders
Governors and Trustees