Richard Atkins Primary School Resource Base (SEMH)

Welcome to our Resource Base for pupils with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health Needs (SEMH). The resource base is underpinned by the six nurture principles: children’s learning is understood developmentally, the classroom offers a safe base, the importance of nurture for the development of wellbeing, language is a vital means of communication, all behaviour is communication and the importance of transition in children’s lives.

Pupils refer to the base as ‘the bubble’, a name they chose in recognition of the protective sense of security the base provides and to remind adults that bubbles ‘pop’, enabling pupils to have opportunities to socialise and learn with their peers throughout the mainstream setting.

Admission to the Base will be through the Lambeth SEND Team.