Inclusion Base Teaching Assistant (SEMH)
West Hill Primary School, London, SW18 5ST11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring Term 2027
Closing date
16 October 2026 at 9am
Date listed
5 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 hours a week: 8.00 am – 3.30 pm, Monday to Friday – Term Time Only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £26,904 (£31,224 FTE). Pay Award Pending
What skills and experience we're looking for
West Hill Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive community school committed to ensuring that every child feels safe, valued and able to achieve their potential. We place strong emphasis on positive relationships, nurture, emotional wellbeing, high expectations and developing confident, curious learners.
Our Inclusion Base provides specialist support for pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The provision offers a relational, trauma-informed and therapeutic approach, while maintaining clear pathways for pupils to participate successfully in the wider school community and, where appropriate, reintegrate into mainstream learning.
We are seeking two compassionate, resilient and skilled Teaching Assistants to work alongside the Inclusion Base Teacher and wider staff team. This is an important role for someone who understands that behaviour is communication, values relationships and consistency, and is passionate about helping children develop the skills, confidence and emotional security they need to succeed.
Purpose of the Role:
To work as an integral member of the Inclusion Base team, supporting the teacher in delivering a safe, structured and nurturing learning environment for pupils with SEMH and additional SEND needs.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality learning, pastoral and regulation support, enabling pupils to access education, develop independence and make progress academically, socially and emotionally.
The post holder will also contribute to a consistent whole-school approach to inclusion, working collaboratively with mainstream staff to help pupils develop the skills and confidence to participate successfully in the wider school.
We are looking for teaching assistants who:
• Have experience supporting children with SEND and/or SEMH needs
• Demonstrate a genuine commitment to inclusion and ensuring that every child can succeed
• Understand the importance of positive relationships, consistency, boundaries and emotional safety
• Be able to respond calmly and appropriately to challenging or dysregulated behaviour
• Demonstrate an understanding that behaviour is a form of communication
• Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Be able to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary and wider school team
• Have high expectations of pupils' learning, behaviour and personal development
• Be patient, resilient, reflective and emotionally attuned
• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• Be willing to undertake relevant training and professional development
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate high standards of professional conduct
Desirable qualities include:
• A relevant Teaching Assistant or childcare qualification
• Experience working in an SEMH, nurture, specialist provision or therapeutic setting
• Training or experience in trauma-informed or attachment-aware practice
• Training in positive behaviour support, de-escalation, restorative practice or Team Teach/positive handling
What the school offers its staff
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
Further information about the job
Visits to West Hill Primary are welcomed and encouraged for anyone considering applying for this post. To book in a visit please contact info@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk
Completed applications should be returned to the School Business Manager by email - tahira.khan@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk
Closing Date: Friday 16th October 2026 (at 9.00am)
Interviews and selection tasks will be held week commencing 2nd November 2026
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 online search and enhanced DBS check.
CVs are not accepted.
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
- Organisation type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- tahira.khan@westhill.wandsworth.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02088745900
‘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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