"Pregnant with my 3rd baby, I found myself in the same position as Kinza did. Being a teacher and having to sacrifice my holidays as part of my maternity leave. I had never heard of Shared Parental Leave before so with my last two maternity leaves, just accepted the loss of holiday pay. I researched the internet and came across many documents explaining SPL, however, found myself no better off understanding what it is, how it works, and how it would impact me financially. This is when I came across Kinza’s page, who explained it, in a more user friendly way. Explained it so it made sense. With some questions still unanswered, I emailed Kinza and she kindly and quickly responded to all of my queries and gave me tips along the way with the paperwork side of things. The one thing that I was still unsure of was “how this would look” in terms of when my blocks of SPL would start and how I could get the most out of gaining full pay using my half term breaks. Kinza made this very clear and provided me with a clear breakdown of dates, maximising the use of SPL along with my enhanced maternity pay and taking full advantage of “holidays”. This resulting in a gain of 9 extra weeks full pay. 

 

I cannot thank Kinza enough for the incredible service and the clarity she has provided. I highly recommend the service she provides."  (Feb 2021)

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"Thank you so much for all your help, you've just made the process so much easier and less confusing. I did not realise your point about being able to 'return to work' during the week, that's a massive bonus! " (Feb 2021)

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Thought you might like to hear a success story. My school initially refused our application for SPL. We used the model letter from your website. The school consulted its solicitors and has now granted exactly what we asked for. Many thanks for your help. (I'm telling all my friends about you!) (May 2021)

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I am so grateful for all of the support I received as initially my school were very difficult with me regarding my SPL application and I had only just had our baby. They told me my application was incorrect and were writing to me in quite harsh terms which was stressful. Having contacted Kinza again she was so amazing and spent time writing a letter to the school explaining that they were wrong. It took my HR dept several days to check the legislation again and I did then receive an apology from them and the application went through perfectly. Without Kinza’s amazing thorough knowledge of SPL applications and guidance I would have given up when HR made life difficult for me. I would not hesitate to come back to Kinza should I have another baby and need SPL help. Kinza was incredible doing the forms and then during our video chat answered all questions that I had. I have already recommended her to 2 other ladies that are having babies in the near future. (June 2021)

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I couldn't recommend Kinza's service enough! The forms my school use were not very easy to complete, so I chose to pay Kinza to help take the stress out of this process (afterall, this is a time where we should be avoiding stress!). She was super quick in returning the forms, and they got sent off to our HR department. Unfortunately, I got some kick back from HR who had been misinformed that my husband had to take SPL payments (and forfeit his own wage) whilst I was 'back at work'. I contacted Kinza for advice on this, and she replied on the same day with a letter I could send to HR that was FULL of evidence, proving that they were incorrect. I have since had an apology from HR and they are now processing my SPL as they should. 
I want to thank Kinza for helping me go through this process as stress free as possible! The extra time I can now afford to take off with my daughter is absolutely priceless!!!
To any pregnant ladies out there wondering if this is all worth it... YES IT IS!!! The more teachers that claim what is rightfully theirs, the easier it will get in the future. In the meantime, Kinza has your back! (Jan 2022)

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Would never have been able to navigate the forms without this guidance! I paid for support A and have been able to ask questions along the way! (Feb 2022)

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Fantastic service - my school had never had anyone use SPL before (until me) so it took a lot of emails and phone calls but with the help of teachers SPL to reply quickly to their questions - I got an extra 8 weeks of pay and have set the precedent for lots of others in my school (February 2024)

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What an invaluable service. My boss told me about splitting SPL so I could get paid through the holidays and I was confused about it. This service took out all the stress and I tell every pregnant teacher about it! I've now had 7 weeks of full pay that I wouldn't have got, as well as only having 1 week unpaid before going back to work! Amazing, wish I knew about it with my first baby. Best £50ish I've ever spent! Don't walk - run to get this done! (February 2024)

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