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Pregnant teacher looking for advice

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preggersteach · 25/02/2018 19:41

Already posted in pregnancy but thought I'd post here as well....

Am currently 20 weeks pregnant. My DH and I are looking to relocate near my parents in a year so that I would come back after my mat leave and not have to pay anything back and start at a new school a year in September.
However his 'ideal' job has just been advertised and we have seen a house this week that we love that won't obviously be there in a year.
Jokingly I've just said why don't we just move everything forward a year but now wondering how unrealistic this would be to actually do.
I would need to come back at the end of my mat leave and finish off at my school but my dhs family live near where we are curtly are so I could stay with them whilst I finish off at work.
Does anyone teach and have done this? Not sure if putting myself in a vulnerable position when it comes to looking for a job in a years time and not even sure if I technically don't have a job where we are moving to and won't for ages would we be able to get a mortgage for the new area whilst I am still employed for a year at my current job, nearly 2 hours away from where we would be getting a mortgage?!
I'm worried this opportunity and things falling into place won't happen so easily in a years time!
Any advice or word from anyone who has done similar would be greatly appreciated, tia

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noblegiraffe · 25/02/2018 19:51

Can you afford maternity leave without taking the bit of maternity pay that you need to pay back (the 12 weeks of half pay) if you don't go back to the school? Then you wouldn't be tied to the area and could move immediately.
I don't know about the mortgage, but surely they only look at current finances not some imagined future where you possibly can't get a job.

preggersteach · 25/02/2018 20:26

Not really and I'd be stuck unless I could find a job that started at mat half term next year

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preggersteach · 25/02/2018 20:27

May not mat!

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