SEN Teacher (SEMH) – Full-Time, Term-Time Only – September 2026 – Richmond, South West London
£37,870 – £50,474 per annum (M1 to M6, Outer London). PAYE only.
Interviews are arranged as applications are received.
Most teachers can name the pupils who stayed with them. Not the ones who thrived. The ones who did not, and who you understood well enough to know why, and who you think about still, because the setting around them was never really built for who they were.
This role is for teachers who think that way.
A special school in the Royal Borough of Richmond is seeking a teacher to join its KS3 team from September 2026. The school works with pupils aged 7 to 19, all of whom hold an Education, Health and Care Plan. Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs are the primary area of difficulty across the school. Many KS3 pupils are working within the primary curriculum. The school operates across two sites, in Hampton and Twickenham, both accessible from across South West London and Surrey.
This is not a school built around subject specialism. It is built around knowing each young person well enough to meet them where they are. Classes have a maximum of eight pupils. Adult-to-pupil ratios are high. Staff work closely together around each young person, and the curriculum is adapted to individual need and stage of developmen...