Is this really cheeky or how it should be?

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New father has chosen not to take paternity leave now, but to take it as two separate weeks later in the year. (Teacher, will attach each week to a half term holiday).

That's fine and within the legislation.

However he's also insisting he has the right to attend all midwife appointments and in these early days, they are very frequent. I think I was visited daily to begin with?

Right that he should be given the time off for them or no, his wife will have to attend alone.

School does usually allow "reasonable" time off to attend medical appointments for children, but staff don't generally ask for routine things when there's another parent at home. Maybe they should?

And for those saying it's good fathers are interested..he has paternity leave and midterm and Christmas holidays he doesn't need more time off.

Indeed - he’ll have significantly more time at home than most new fathers would anyway with half terms and Christmas/Easter holidays. If he chose to not take his paternity leave straight away then presumably someone else is around to support his partner in which case it makes no sense for him to come home just for midwife appointments. If he cared so much about that kind of stuff he wouldn’t leave her to go back to work straight away. The whole thing sounds badly thought out in my opinion. They obviously thought it would be good to tack extra leave onto an already existing holiday to make it longer, massively underestimating how demanding - mentally and physically - those first two weeks are when you’re getting used to being a parent. That’s what paternity leave is for. He’ll be in for a shock.

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It's up to the couple how they want to arrange any leave. Non-school staff can add annual leave onto the end of their maternity/paternity/shared parental leave. School staff need to work it out a bit more because we don't get to add on any annual leave.

This man may or may not be taking the piss, but if he is legally able to take the leave the way he is requesting then it's not for anyone to moan about it. Personally I think wanting every postnatal appointment off is a bit silly, but he is entitled to put in a leave for absence request like any other employee and it will either be granted or declined.