Guidance

Free school staffing issues

Information on free school pensions issues.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 May 2013
• Last updated: 18 May 2021 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Pension scheme instructions for free school trusts

PDF, 107 KB, 2 pages

Details

This document gives guidance to free schools on pensions and which pension schemes free schools must offer by law.

Published 27 May 2013
Last updated 18 May 2021 + show all updates

1. 18 May 2021

   Removed ‘Underwriting a principal designate’s salary: letter to free school trusts’ – this guidance has now been included in the Free school pre-opening guide.

2. 21 April 2017

   Updated letter to free school trusts to clarify the conditions under which DfE will underwrite a principal designate’s salary.

3. 27 May 2013

   First published.