Trace teachers pension

Punisher1965

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82060265#Comment_82060265

cheers . She was an accountancy teacher at A level

xylophone

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6673541/help-finding-an-old-pension#latest

Try SAR to HMRC?

Has she obtained a State Pension Forecast from HMRC?

The TPS was contracted out of SERPS.

Punisher1965

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82060419#Comment_82060419

her state pension forecast indicates she has qualified for a full state pension although she can’t claim it for another 9 years

xylophone

Was she a member of any other contracted out pension scheme?

If not and a COPE is shown as here, then is an indication that she was a member of TPS.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81412343#Comment_81412343

zagubov

Has she used the government website to find her Teachers reference number.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/teacher-reference-number-trn

It'll be two digits (the first year of her teaching or teacher training) and a slash and a five -digit number ( ie if it was 1993 it'll be 93/XXXXX )

Punisher1965

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82060031#Comment_82060031

Between 3-4 years we think

Marcon

This thread does seem to be going into great detail for what could well have an easy solution: send them the reference number and the documentary proof of DOB and then wait for their reply? Your wife has waited 30 years to enquire, so a bit longer shouldn't do that much harm!