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<p>Supply teachers are able to participate in the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) where
they are employed by an ‘accepted employer'. In the main, these are local authorities
(LAs), academies and further education colleges. This includes supply teachers who
are recruited by a supply agency but then employed directly, under a contract of employment,
by the accepted employer. The LA, academy or further education college is responsible
for meeting a number of obligations that fall to employers under the teachers' pensions
regulations, not least of which is to pay the employer contribution to the TPS.</p><p>
</p><p>However, where supply teachers are self-employed or remain employed by the
supply agency, and their services are provided under a ‘contract for services', it
is not possible for them to participate in the TPS. This is because the Department
for Education cannot mandate that private sector employers participate in the scheme.</p><p>
</p><p>It is for LAs, academies and further education colleges to determine how supply
teachers are employed – which can in turn enable access to the TPS under the current
arrangements.</p>
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