Monthly Data Collection

We currently have two ways for you to submit service, salary, and contributions data:

• Monthly Data Collection (MDC), requires you to submit an MDC file, contributions payment and the Monthly Contributions Breakdown form on or before the 7th of the month.
• Monthly Contributions Reconciliation (MCR) which replaces the current Monthly Data Collection (MDC), Monthly Contributions Breakdown form and Enrolment forms, enabling reconciliation down to a member level. This process requires your submission of an MCR file and contributions payment, on or before the 15th of the month.

We advised that we would be pausing on-boarding from 1 April 2025 to assess the current process. Having listened to your feedback and reviewed the progression of MCR on-boarding, we’ve decided to continue with on-boarding.  

If your solution is ready, we recommend that you contact us to start your MCR on-boarding process. Transferring to MCR provides you with many benefits to helping you to administer the Scheme.

Monthly Data Collection (MDC) provides significant benefits to the Scheme, employers and members.

• • All new employers are automatically on-boarded to MDC
  • MDC supports you as employers and/or payroll providers to fulfil your responsibilities.
  • It allows you to provide service and salary information to Teachers’ Pensions on a monthly basis, as opposed to the Annual Return.

The benefits of MDC

MDC provides multiple benefits to both employers and members. These include:

• Real time accurate information for your members (service is more up to date), reducing member queries to employers
• Easy to submit – Teachers’ Pensions require minimal data fields making administration easy
• Employers no longer need to complete new starter templates (TR6), leaver templates (TR8) or missing service templates (TR28)
• Employers and members no longer need to complete Certificates of Re-employment in most cases. You’ll be notified where a certificate is required
• It creates fewer service errors for both Teachers’ Pensions and employers.