Te Cecilia re retirement etc.

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Hello again!

Normal retirement age for teachers, on full pension, is 60. As I

said, when there was a surplus of teachers, some could retire early

with good retirement packages with enhanced pensions. It depended

also on local conditions. When secondary education was reorganised

and rationalised in Liverpool in 1983, some teachers got fantasic

retirement packages because there were so many surplus teachers,

many on high management salaries, as the number of schools was

reduced. Now that is no longer the case. I will (probably!) retire

at 59 with a slightly reduced pension BUT my pension will not be the

full one anyway because I stayed at home for 10 years to bring up my

children. Pension is based on highest annual salary in last three

years of teaching so one could take an easier job for a year or two

without reducing the pension too much. Some kind headteachers give

teachers a rise in their final year just to boost their pension!

Most don't though!

Keep well.

With good wishes,

Fliss (UK)