Geography Teacher, Permanent Required from September 2026, an enthusiastic, well-qualified Geography teacher. You will be joining a highly successful team in a vibrant and supportive school. Geography is a very popular subject at both KS4 and KS5, regularly achieving strong outcomes for our students. Alongside a well sequenced and well-resourced curriculum, students at our school benefit from a rich extra-curricular programme with regular local fieldwork as well as opportunities to explore the geographical world abroad, most notably with a trip to Iceland! The post is suited to either a newly qualified teacher or for a teacher with experience looking for a fresh challenge. Please apply online via the school web site https://www.gillingham-dorset.co.uk. Closing date 24 March 2026 Further Information Gillingham School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Keeping Children Safe in Education Gillingham School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. About Us An excellent induction programme exists for ECTs and all colleagues who join our school are entitled to rich professional learning and ongoing professional development. Gillingham is surrounded by lovely towns like Shaftesbury and Sherborne as well as being one hour away from Bath, Bristol and the coast. In two hours, you can also get to London. Gillingham is an ambitious, popular school, which offers excellent resources, outstanding facilities and a happy working environment.