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<p>The department has secured £1.25 billion to support eligible settings with the
increased Teachers’ Pension Scheme employer contribution rate in the 2024/25 financial
year. This includes additional funding of £9.3 million to local authorities for their
centrally employed teachers, including those employed in local authority based music
hubs.</p><p>The Teachers’ Pension Employer Contribution Grant 2024 will provide funding
to local authorities in respect of teachers categorised as centrally employed on the
schools workforce census 2023. The department expects local authority based music
hub teachers to be recorded on the census.</p><p>The department has also committed
to providing funding to cover the increase in employer contribution rates for existing
non local authority hubs for the current academic year (until August 2024), and departmental
officials are working to agree the precise amount. Further details, including funding
rates and allocations, will be provided soon.</p><p> </p>
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