Simply download the form below which is from the Direct.Gov site by the UK goverment.

• Maternity Leave Form

Statutory maternity leave is for 52 weeks. You may be entitled to receive Statutory Maternity Pay for up to 39 weeks of the leave.

To qualify for maternity leave you must be an ‘employee’. If you are unsure if you are an ‘employee’, follow the link below.

Qualifying for statutory maternity leave
As an 'employee' you have the right to 26 weeks of 'Ordinary Maternity Leave' and 26 weeks 'Additional Maternity Leave' - making one year in total. Provided you meet certain notification requirements, you can take this no matter how long you've been with your employer, how many hours you work or how much you're paid. You continue to be an employee throughout your ordinary and additional maternity leave.

Surrogate parents
If you and your husband, wife or partner are having a child through surrogacy you will not normally be eligible for statutory maternity or adoption leave. However you will be eligible for unpaid parental leave once you have got a parental order.