Rosie Gulliver

Rosemary Gulliver also known as Rosie Gulliver or just Miss Gulliver (portrayed by Sarah Solemani) is a main character in Bad Education, who is a biology teacher at Abbey Grove School.

She is one of the few teachers who takes pride in inspiring and teaching her students things. She is passionate about charity work, animal rights, human rights, feminism, and the struggles of people with disabilities. When teachers are asked to do a sexual education class, she is the only one who leads a frank discussion of human sexuality and shows acceptance and support of the changes that students are going through.

When mistakenly believing Alfie was sexually abused by a teacher at Middleton House when he attended it, she urges him to accept that he was a victim and speak for all those who have had their "voices silenced". At the beginning of the series, she breaks up with her old boyfriend, stating she was too "physical" for him. At first, she finds Alfie immature and does not share his feelings for her, though over time she becomes more attracted to him.

At the school dance in the series one finale, she compares him to a student who really frustrates her, but has potential and is "perfect" after all, and kisses him in front of most of the student body. In the second series, however, Alfie is upset to learn that they are not together, and that she has formed a lesbian relationship with her former student, Alex Scott. In the fourth episode of the second series, this relationship comes to an end. By the end of the third series, the two have made up and now are a good couple.