Maternity leave and pay
Download our summary of the rules about maternity pay and leave for teachers and support staff. Adapt our 2 template letters, one for employees giving notice of maternity leave to their employer and the other for employers confirming maternity pay and leave details to an employee.
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Download our summary of entitlements, eligibility and notice periods
The rules around maternity pay and leave are complicated. To help you, we've created a downloadable document summarising:
- Statutory maternity leave
- Statutory maternity pay
- Maternity allowance
- Occupational maternity pay based on the scheme outlined in the Green Book (National Agreement on Pay and Conditions of Service). This applies to:
- Support staff in maintained schools
- Support staff in academies (where their employment transferred to an academy at the point of conversion, or where your academy chooses to follow these terms)
- Support staff in other schools who choose to follow these terms - check your contracts and policies to find out
For each scheme, we explain:
- Who's eligible
- How much money they get and when
- The notice periods for employees and employers
KeyDoc - summary of maternity leave and pay entitlements for support staff
Employees need to let their employer know that they want to take maternity leave within a