Teacher training and maternity

[Needtoknow123]

I am currently starting my final level of part time teacher training (1.5 years left) and am wanting to get pregnant.
Question is, if I were to get pregnant within the next few months, maternity leave will coincide with needing to completing my final 10 week teaching placement. Am I allowed to ‘work’ (unpaid for placement) 10 weeks during maternity leave without it effecting anything else (pay, rights?).
Thanks

Are you working alongside your course? If so, you'd need to check what your work policy says about your maternity pay.

Any periods of leave from teacher training courses need to go through your ITT provider as they'll have their own policies on suspension of studies and long term absence. It's not just your placement you'd need to factor in, but any missed training sessions too. From an ITT point of view it's unlikely you'd be allowed to miss a section of the course but then do your 10 week placement. Have you looked at your provider attendance and absence policy?

That was expressed clumsily. I meant it's unlikely you could miss a section and then do the 10 week placement in the same term/year (depending on timing). Usually longer periods of absence would involve formally deferring a section of the course so you could still complete the course, but not take a pick n mix approach within a term.