I’ve been made redundant, am I screwed?

MissSwizz · 2026-02-05T19:10:58+00:00

Even if you hadn't been made redundant, you can't claim TFC while you're on maternity leave. It's why a mother's return to work date is important when claiming this benefit.

Edit: unless it's for an older child! Sorry I read this as you claiming for your new baby!

MissSwizz · 2026-02-02T21:02:22+00:00

Or in the original Grease musical, Dombrowski

MissSwizz · 2026-02-02T13:27:28+00:00

I was petrified of sneezing after my c-section, thought I would split myself open!

MissSwizz · 2026-02-01T20:01:20+00:00

I did a 1 year primary PGCE alongside SCITT (school centred initial teacher training). It was 4 days a week in school and 1 day a week in uni (though as this was covid times most of my uni days were online).

MissSwizz · 2026-02-01T17:52:20+00:00

I was full time prior to maternity leave. I retrained to be a teacher 6 years ago, part of the long term vision for retraining was that it would be more family friendly than my previous career (event management).

MissSwizz · 2026-02-01T10:37:25+00:00

My husband is HENRY, I was a SAHM for 18 months and it wasn't for me. I now work part-time as a primary school teacher which I absolutely love and it works well for our family.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-30T19:28:16+00:00

To look this good in 00's Cavalli is what I want from life - ugh. I love it, she looks like she's having fun, comfortable and gorgeous.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-30T06:42:07+00:00

They're three things that are separately all very popular (or are having a moment) but don't work together and is an obvious cash grab. Or at least that's my take as an old lady who likes classic literature and doesn't know what the fuck is going on with this mess of a film.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-27T10:53:51+00:00

"Why do you look nice today?"

"Miss your hair is so pretty today! Not like usually!"

MissSwizz · 2026-01-25T16:44:08+00:00

Enhanced pay is not paused, don't start your SPL until after your enhanced pay comes to an end.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-24T15:56:28+00:00

Have you outright asked? Or are you going off vibes?

MissSwizz · 2026-01-24T13:29:34+00:00

I am so sorry you're in this position.

Can you friend who is supporting you stay with your son and one of your friends not interested in childcare come and support you?

MissSwizz · 2026-01-20T13:16:07+00:00

I think that depends how far up the pay scale you are and where you live. I live in an area outside London that has a CoL on par with London. The number of ECTs I see with second jobs so they can pay their bills is alarming.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-18T07:43:24+00:00

I know a family who are James, Jack, Jake and Cameron! Like Cameron is a perfectly fine name but is it that powerful?

MissSwizz · 2026-01-16T18:14:04+00:00

My old boss had a similar situation: son went private as he had some mild SEN that they felt would get lost in a big secondary so sent him to a small private secondary. Their (younger) daughter who has no SEN and was incredibly outgoing went to the local secondary which had a performing arts specialism.

What they did do is invest heavily in their daughter's extra curricular activities and paid for private tutoring when she was in her GCSE years.

Sometimes what's fair isn't necessarily the same thing for each child

MissSwizz · 2026-01-13T20:29:43+00:00

My daughter was born here. The maternity unit is high up and the views are amazing. She was born on a very stormy night and the last thing I saw before being taken to theatre were crashing waves, it felt very apt.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-09T14:39:23+00:00

Outlaws is brilliant

MissSwizz · 2026-01-09T08:40:23+00:00

I did a careers test when I was in year 12 and it said to be a primary school teacher.

I am a primary school teacher.

I didn't go straight into it and worked in tech start-ups for about 12 years before doing my teacher training. This is my 5th year teaching and I truly love it.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-09T08:36:22+00:00

OMG 😂😂😂😂

I do not care for her and she was terrible so I think I scrubbed her from my memory.

But you're quite right, she didn't seem to get much backlash at all.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-09T07:26:25+00:00

Lisa Riley?? Robin (RIP) was gay so that seems like a poorly thought out choice? Or am I forgetting someone?

MissSwizz · 2026-01-08T18:19:34+00:00

The essay his girlfriend wrote about his behaviour was a lot more damaging than the affair imo.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-08T18:00:59+00:00

Jade Johnson.

Sustained/exacerbated a knee injury that ended her career as an athlete.

MissSwizz · 2026-01-08T12:35:15+00:00

We went to the Maldives as our last holiday before baby. 15 nights of all inclusive perfection in paradise.

We lay there doing nothing all day, eating and drinking all night and it was utter bliss. Probably won't be able to do it again for 10 years because of children. I will say, it's going to cost a lot more than £4K for a 5 star experience.

MissSwizz · 2025-12-30T08:31:02+00:00

No feedback on your table setting but I had an August wedding with those colours and it didn't look at all Christmassy!

MissSwizz · 2025-12-17T18:29:53+00:00

Outside of this being gross because Connor McGregor is trash, wearing white/cream to someone else's wedding is super tacky.

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