At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver quality first teaching and therapeutic support for pupils in the SEMH resource base.
- Company: West Hill Primary School in Wandsworth, London focuses on inclusive education for all students.
- Benefits: Collaborative work with families and external professionals to enhance pupil support.
- Other info: No strategic leadership responsibility, but active contribution to development through teamwork.
- Why this job: Join a team dedicated to trauma-informed education and pupil reintegration into mainstream settings.
- Qualifications: Substantial experience with SEMH needs and strong knowledge of the National Curriculum required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 33483 £ per year.
As an 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. 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.
Responsibilities- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
West Hill Primary School is located in Wandsworth, London.
Inclusion Base Teacher (SEMH) in City of Westminster employer: LB WANDSWORTH SCHOOLS
West Hill Primary School is committed to providing a supportive environment for pupils with SEMH needs. Located in Wandsworth, London, the school promotes a trauma-informed approach and works closely with families and multi-agency professionals. The team values reflective practice and aims for aspirational outcomes for all students.
