Teachers pension - missing!

Silvertabby

Deleted_User said:

I don't know about the teachers pension, whether it was contracted out or not. But if it was contracted out you can write a letter to the NISPI and they will give you the exact dates you were contracted out and into which scheme. Sample letter here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77156419#Comment_77156419

TPS are indeed contracted out - but part of the refund process would have/should have involved TPS paying the CEP to HMRC thus making OP's service contracted in.

However, I'm still struggling to get my head round how TPS could refund 10 years of emoloyee and employer contributions.  

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Silvertabby said:

Deleted_User said:

I don't know about the teachers pension, whether it was contracted out or not. But if it was contracted out you can write a letter to the NISPI and they will give you the exact dates you were contracted out and into which scheme. Sample letter here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/77156419#Comment_77156419

TPS are indeed contracted out - but part of the refund process would have/should have involved TPS paying the CEP to HMRC thus making OP's service contracted in.

However, I'm still struggling to get my head round how TPS could refund 10 years of emoloyee and employer contributions.  

In the letter you get back from NISPI it will state if the CEP has been paid and by whom (I have this on my reply from them as I had my CEP repaid on one of my government pensions)

VXman

It's worth asking on the TES Retirement forum. Lots of knowledgeable teachers on there. https://community.tes.com/forums/retirement.117/
As for the missing schools. They were presumably local authority schools. Contact the appropriate local council. You would have been employed by the council not the school. This was pre- academies etc I would guess? 
The TPS are pretty hopeless at chasing missing contributions. I had to chase several years worth of contributions missing from Bucks County Council. It took a bit of chasing around departments with emails and phone calls but I got there eventuality, and that was 20 years on.