Inclusion Base Teacher (SEMH)
West Hill Primary School, London, SW18 5ST14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Required for September 2026
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
1 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teachers Pay Scale MPS
Additional allowances
+ SEN 1
What skills and experience we're looking for
You will work closely with senior leaders, teachers, support staff, families and external professionals to ensure the delivery of the SEMH provision at West Hill is graduated, aspirational and fully integrated within our whole‑school inclusion strategy.
This role requires you to:
- Balance teaching with therapeutic support – addressing both curriculum content and emotional/behavioural needs
- Work collaboratively – with support staff, mainstream colleagues, families and external professionals
- Be trauma-informed and relational – understanding that behaviour communicates unmet needs
- Be highly adaptive – responding to pupils' changing regulation, readiness and circumstances
- Maintain high expectations – while providing appropriate scaffolding and support
- Focus on reintegration – preparing pupils to succeed in mainstream settings where appropriate
This is a specialist teaching role requiring expertise in both pedagogy and SEMH support, with a strong emphasis on relationships, regulation and individualised approaches.
We are looking for a teacher who:
- Has substantial experience working with pupils with SEMH needs in school or specialist settings
- Demonstrates a deep understanding of trauma‑informed, attachment‑aware and nurture‑based practice
- Has strong knowledge of the National Curriculum, SEND processes and inclusive teaching and learning
- Is confident working with safeguarding frameworks and multi‑agency professionals
- Is reflective, resilient and committed to inclusive, strengths‑based practice
Desirable qualities include:
- Experience working within a specialist resource base, alternative provision, nurture group or therapeutic provision
- National SENCo Qualification
- Specialist training or qualifications in SEMH, SEND, mental health or inclusion leadership
What the school offers its staff
and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.
This is an exciting role for a professional who believes deeply in relational practice, trauma‑informed education and inclusive pathways, and who is passionate about ensuring all children feel safe, understood and able to thrive.
‘Ready to learn, Inspired to achieve, Prepared for life’
West Hill Primary is a one form entry school situated in the centre of Wandsworth, London with excellent transport links.
We are proud to be a caring, inclusive community school. Our pupils represent the full diversity of this vibrant part of London with over 50% coming from ethnic minority backgrounds and a large proportion of pupils with EAL and SEN. We celebrate our diversity, it is what makes our school strong, as it provides a wide enrichment of life for our pupils and an understanding and respect for our differences.
About the Role:
As a Inclusion Base Teacher you will be responsible for delivering excellent classroom practice and quality first teaching for pupils educated within the specialist SEMH resource base. The role provides a relational, trauma informed and therapeutic model of education, ensuring pupils experience consistently strong routines, adaptive teaching and high impact instruction that supports emotional regulation, engagement and progress, alongside planned integration into mainstream education where appropriate. This post does not carry strategic leadership responsibility for the provision, but contributes actively to its development through reflective practice and teamwork.
What We Offer:
- A school community committed to inclusion, relational practice and child‑centred values
- The opportunity to shape and lead a specialist provision with senior leadership support
- A strong culture of collaboration, reflection and professional development
- The chance to make a genuine, lasting difference to children’s lives
Visits to West Hill Primary are welcomed and encouraged for anyone considering applying for this post.
Viewings will be held week beginning Monday 11th May 2026. To book in a visit please contact info@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk
Further information about the job
An information pack, including a Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded below or from the Wandsworth Council website https://jobs.richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk/
Completed applications should be returned to the School Business Manager by email - tahira.khan@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk Closing Date: 15 May 2026 (at 9am)
Interviews and selection tasks will be held week commencing Monday 18th May 2026
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS check.
CVs are not accepted.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Hill Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 155 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Hill Primary School website
- Email address
- tahira.khan@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk
‘Ready to learn, inspired to achieve, Prepared for life’
West Hill Primary is a one form entry school situated in the centre of Wandsworth, London with excellent transport links.
We are proud to be a caring, inclusive community school. Our pupils represent the full diversity of this vibrant part of London with over 50% coming from ethnic minority backgrounds and a large proportion of pupils with EAL and SEN. We celebrate our diversity, it is what makes our school strong, as it provides a wide enrichment of life for our pupils and an understanding and respect for our differences.
Arranging a visit to West Hill Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email tahira.khan@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk.
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