Waterloo Road
Contemporary drama series set in a challenging, diverse British secondary school.
Cast:Philip Martin Brown , Jason Done , Chelsee Healey , Denise Welch , Melanie Hill , Kane Tomlinson-Weaver , Darcy Isa , Reece Douglas , William Rush , Laurie Brett , Georgie Glen , Rebecca Craven , Adam Thomas , Angela Griffin , Victoria Bush , Katie Griffiths , Tachia Newall , Shannon Flynn
S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1
Acting head-teacher Jack Rimmer hires Oxbridge graduate Andrew Treneman, hoping he can improve their failing status and bring them back from the bottom of the league tables. Colleagues Tom and Lorna tie the knot - but the groom ends up kissing someone who isn't his new wife.
S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2
Adam's sister Yasmin holds Donte responsible for her brother's death and gets bully Hadleigh to exact revenge on him,from which he has to be rescued by teachers,though he tearfully confesses his sorrow to Yasmin. Andrew and Kim clash over his more disciplined approach whilst French teacher Steph Haydock pursues Jack amorously,resulting in a drunken session in a toilet. Whilst everybody congratulates Tom and Lorna on her pregnancy Izzie is puzzled by Tom's advances,whilst blaming her ex-husband Jimmy for allowing Chlo to be in the car with Donte. She is also unaware that her other daughter Mika has read her diary.
S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
Jack has to make it clear to Steph that their one-off was down to his being drunk,though he sees she is a good teacher,even inspiring slacker Lewis. Jack,however,has a bigger problem when 15-year old Zoe starts school,claiming that he is the father of her unborn child. After Jack has had a heart to heart with Tom it becomes evident that the timing precludes his being the father and Zoe admits she was put up to it by the real father,a boy Jack expelled. Tom reconciles with Lorna for a romantic dinner,only to learn she has miscarried whilst Chlo feels she should admit her part in the car crash,causing further problems between Izzie and jimmy.
S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4
Headmaster Jack is still regretting his night of passion with flirty French teacher Steph, but is pleasantly surprised when her class improves its grades. Meanwhile, Chlo is terrified she and her boyfriend Donte will end up behind bars for the crash that killed their friend Adam. As the drama continues, the pupils think its hilarious when a fluffy bunny climbs onto the roof of the school. But Izzie is mortified when she realises its her ex-husband, Jimmy. He wants access to his kids and he's not getting down until she agrees. Tom's suspicions about Lorna's miscarriage are increasing and he confronts her, but it seems their marriage is in serious trouble. Elsewhere, Donte and Chlo think if they both own up to causing the crash, their pleas will cancel each other out - but will it work?
S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5
Zak Walker is once again late for school and Head of English, Grantly Budgen has had enough of his tardiness. He confides in Andrew that he thinks Zak's problem could be drug related. But when Zak does a runner from detention, Andrew and Kim are forced to look into the matter. Could he really be an addict? Chlo is sticking to the pact she made with Donte. She insists that she was driving on the night of the crash, and what's more, she's going to tell the police. But neither the police nor Izzie believe her, so Chlo has to resort to desperate measures in order to convince everyone that she's serious.
S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6
An education inspector pays a visit and brings bad news regarding the school's future. Jack decides the time has come to let Steph go, but his task doesn't quite go to plan when she threatens him to rethink his actions. Meanwhile, Tom and Izzie struggle to fight their feelings for each other and things eventually come to a head when they find themselves alone.
S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7
Jack is nervous as school inspector Heather Davenport is due to visit and throws an open day. Gay pupil Rory is choreographing it and is set on by school bully Seddon. As a result he is put in detention where he threatens Kim and terrifies her,Jack coming to her aid and expelling him. The school comes up with an anti -homophobic bullying campaign,which impresses Heather and ensures its continued running. Holly wakes from her coma and,though she cannot recall Chlo at the car rash,Chlo believes she should testify to help Donte. Lorna is given false hope by Tom and is thus shocked to see him kissing Izzie.
S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8
Shocked by her experience with Seddon,Kim considers leaving teaching and only a petition,organized by Jack and signed by staff and parents,causes her to change her mind. Chlo gives evidence on Donte's behalf and he gets a suspended sentence. Jack is taken captive by a resentful Seddon but Steph comes to his aid,causing him to see her in a new light. Heather,whom he is dating,is less impressed. There is some harmony in Izzie's household and all the staff head to the pub to celebrate their successful inspection. Lorna,however,is contemplating suicide by throwing herself into the river.
S2.E1 ∙ Episode #2.1
Former pupil and local entrepreneur Roger Aspinall offers financial sponsorship to make the school an academy in return for being made a governor. Jack and Kim are not happy but Andrew supports him,even though he spitefully causes Grantly Budgeon,who once taught him, to offer his resignation. Andrew and Kim go on a date and kiss but she is less than happy to hear Andrew has been appointed acting head by Aspinall. Brett,Aspinall's son,causes rivalry between Mika and her friend Leigh-Ann,who photographs Mika in a compromising pose. Lorna,having survived her suicide attempt,is living in a guest house and Izzie takes pity on her,moving her in with Tom and herself.
S2.E2 ∙ Episode #2.2
Andrew is a disaster as acting head,suspending popular Janeece and being indirectly responsible for Seddon and his gang threatening the school. Lorna takes over as head of English to replace Grantly and Aspinall unsuccessfully tries to sack Kim,causing Andrew to step down and allow Jack back into his old job. Whilst school secretary Davina tells Jack she is not sure where Aspinall is getting his funding money,Leigh-Ann starts an Internet hate campaign against Mika,posting the topless picture of her and leading to the girls fighting in the play-ground.
S2.E3 ∙ Episode #2.3
Jack reinstates Grantly,making it clear that he has no desire to be part of Aspinall's plans. At the same time Davina is shocked to find that Brett is still at school as they had previously has a brief fling and she thought he was older. Andrew and Lorna,who now has her own flat and seems more secure,start dating but the hate campaign against Mika ends up with her attempting suicide before a contrite Leigh-Ann reconciles with her. Chlo sneaks out to have sex with Donte,but is followed by Seddon.
S2.E4 ∙ Episode #2.4
Seddon robs Donte but Donte,armed with a spanner,persuades him to return his belongings. Davina is still pursued by a love-lorn Brett,whose behaviour gives cause for concern but whose academic record is good for the school league tables. Ultimately Brett confesses that he hates his father for having an affair whilst his mother was dying but the father and son eventually reconcile. Jack finally gets one over on Aspinall when he discovers his funding comes from a porn website. Whilst Lorna is suffering from dizzy spells Steph is mugged by drug-addicted ex-pupil Maxine but gets the better of her and shows her the error of her ways.
S2.E5 ∙ Episode #2.5
Whilst a serial attacker is in the area the school starts self-defence classes. Steph reconciles Maxine with her family but Lorna verbally attacks Kim,warning her off Andrew and it is clear she is not taking her anti-depressant pills. When it is discovered that Lorna has M.S.Izzie is extremely supportive,which angers Tom. He gets drunk and ends up in bed with Stacey,a pupil who has a crush on him. Kim has a confrontation with Seddon,whom she believes is the serial attacker whilst Izzie,pregnant by Tom,in attempting to calm a distraught Lorna,suffers a miscarriage.
S2.E6 ∙ Episode #2.6
Thanks to Janeece Stacey and Tom are found out though Stacey swears that Tom never touched her. Andrew and Kim feel he should be suspended but Jack defends him and keeps him on. However Izzie throws him out and,drunk and pathetic,he turns up at Lorna's,where she tells him she has M.S. Stacey is the serial attacker's latest victim. She escapes and runs into Seddon,who swears his innocence. However the culprit would seem to be Maxine's step-father Kevin,and Steph helps her convince the police of the fact.
S2.E7 ∙ Episode #2.7
Russell Millen,a former policeman and friend of Kim,joins the staff as a trainee teacher but he has discipline problems and finally quits,after admitting that he is an alcoholic. Jack and Davina's romance progresses but she refuses to give up her independence by moving in with him whilst Steph,following Kevin's arrest,finds that she is both Maxine's guardian and landlady. Tom is impressed by Lorna's reaction to her illness but Izzie is unhappy and,following a row at the school between the two women,Lorna tenders her resignation.
S2.E8 ∙ Episode #2.8
Stacey returns to school after her attack and tries to match-make Kim with her single father Terry,whom she believes is lonely. Following Year Eleven's work experience at a local factory a purse is stolen and found in Maxine's bag. However the thief is Stacey,who stole money to send flowers to Kim,supposedly from Terry. Mika and Brett start dating but Mika lets slip to Steph that the boy had a relationship with Davina. Lorna and Tom,after getting drunk,relive the passion of their former relationship.
S2.E9 ∙ Episode #2.9
Lorna has remained at the school and proves herself to be invaluable at discovering why young Dale Baxter is persistently truanting. It transpires that he is incontinent due to an over-active bladder and Lorna's involvement leads to its cure. Jack is being interviewed for the post of permanent headmaster. His rival is the sleek careerist Lyndsey Woodham,and she gets the appointment. However she admits that she would find it hard to handle the likes of Dale and withdraws,leaving Jack not only to celebrate his success but the fact that Davina is moving in with him.
S2.E10 ∙ Episode #2.10
When Lorna inexplicably walks out of the school Davina proves that she is an excellent teaching assistant and it is suggested that she train as a teacher. However Steph maliciously informs Jack of Davina's illicit relationship with Brett,ending things between them. Whilst Mika and Brett find their romance flourishing Izzie and Tom are surprised when Lorna,who has been to a health spa and seems fine,invites them to a country cottage for a weekend to reconcile them. Things are going well but,as her M.S. is worsening,Lorna deliberately takes an over-dose and Izzie and Tom are unable to revive her.
S2.E11 ∙ Episode #2.11
Tom and Izzie fulfil Lorna's last wishes by getting engaged and Jack,aware that Davina was seeing Brett before they started at the school,relents towards her. He is starting a healthy eating campaign at the school canteen but this is jeopardised when Seddon and his family set up a burger van down the road. They are also selling home-made Es,which put one pupil in a coma. To add to Jack's worries Jerry Preston,the American investor who has taken over from Aspinall,turns out to be part of a fervent religious group,the Creationists,and Andrew is about to leave immediately to work in Rwanda.
S2.E12 ∙ Episode #2.12
Jerry Preston continues to indoctrinate the school with his Creationist group. However the final straw comes at Lorna's funeral when he tries to make capital out of her death for his own ends and Andrew stands up to him. This gives Jack his wake up call and he decides to get rid of Preston and regain control of his school. Lewis Seddon has a falling-out with his drug dealing brother Jed after Chlo is accidentally doped,as a result of which Lewis informs the police where the family's drug factory is. Jed Seddon comes to the school armed with a knife,spoiling for a confrontation with Jack but is Izzie,who innocently gets in the way,who ends up being fatally stabbed.
S3.E1 ∙ Episode #3.1
Though given a bravery award Jack blames himself for Izzie's death,as does Tom. With Andrew gone Eddie Lawson is the new deputy whilst Steph,new head of pastoral care,courts controversy by admitting Karla,a pupil with Asperger's Syndrome who attacks Grantly. Faced with a staff walk-out Jack gets Davina to give Karla special tutoring. Two new teachers start work,nervous,newly-qualified Jasmine Koreshi and charismatic drama teacher Matt Wilding,who rashly promises to write a school musical. Tom feels frustrated when Chlo and Donte secretly marry but,advised by Janeece,agrees to stay at home with them and not move out.
S3.E2 ∙ Episode #3.2
Whilst Davina makes progress with Karla Jasmine is concerned that newly-orphaned pupil Paul Langley is being abused and makes her concerns known to Steph. However Steph is more concerned with being in the school musical,for which Jack reprimands her. Eddie steps in and discovers that Paul is being abused by his Uncle Dermot and manages to avoid a potentially lethal situation by disarming Paul,who has stolen a kitchen knife to stab Dermot. Brett agrees to give Chlo extra French lessons for her exams but she seems more interested in him than his tutoring.
S3.E3 ∙ Episode #3.3
Donte goes behind Chlo's back to put down a deposit on a dilapidated flat. Chlo is less than pleased and Tom persuades them to stay with him. Jasmine has trouble controlling an unruly class and puts half of them in detention. Unfortunately they comprise the girls' football team,due to play their debut match. Eddie persuades Jasmine to postpone the detention to facilitate the match but Jasmine herself saves the day by passing herself off as a pupil and playing in the match,scoring the necessary goals. Matt is annoyed that Steph is taking over the musical,giving the leading female role to Mika,rather than the more talented Aleesha,whom Steph dislikes. When Matt declines a drink with her Steph accepts an evening with Jack,who builds her hopes up after a drunken clinch.
S3.E4 ∙ Episode #3.4
When pupil Ben McNulty cuts himself Steph immediately rushes him to hospital and it transpires that she knows he is HIV+,due to his drug-taking birth mother but has kept the fact a secret. There is an immediate backlash by angry parents,as a result of which Ben decides to quit the school. However Jack's resolute championing of Ben and efforts to persuade him to stay impress Davina and they get engaged. Steph,who has high hopes after their spot of passion,turns to Matt for consolation,only to learn that he is gay and has a partner called Colin. Donte and Chlo return to live with Tom but Donte's attempt to give his wife a romantic evening is scuppered when he finds her in the arms of Brett.
S3.E5 ∙ Episode #3.5
After discovering Chlo with Brett Donte goes on the rampage,beating Brett up and vandalizing Eddie's car when he tries to stop him. Mika refuses to take part in the musical with home-wrecking Brett and drops out,allowing Aleesha to take her place. Everybody regards Chlo as a pariah for her actions and she goes on the run. Steph tells Jack he should tell Davina about their fling if his marriage is to start well. However,although he refuses,Davina finds out anyway and calls off the engagement.
S3.E6 ∙ Episode #3.6
With Chlo still missing Jack's problems increase as it is discovered that,having sacked his dodgy investors,he has been financing the school by offering the single parents of brighter pupils money from the Excellence In Cities grant fund in return for their attending Waterloo Road. Eddie is fully supportive of him but the board of governors calls for his resignation and,although the pupils hold a demonstration,he is forced to resign. Grantly has his troubles too - thanks to his gambling addiction which has brought the bailiffs calling.
S3.E7 ∙ Episode #3.7
Though expecting he will be appointed the new headmaster Eddie is displeased to find the governors have installed outsider Rachel Mason,who has plans to turn the school into a business enterprise college,as it has more chance of success than being academic based. The pupils warm to the idea and enjoy playing at being entrepreneurs though Mika,still upset at Chlo's disappearance,gets drunk and throws up in front of Rachel,who is surprisingly sympathetic. Tom finally locates Chlo,who is living with a couple who encourage her to steal,and brings her home.
S3.E8 ∙ Episode #3.8
Chlo reacts coolly when Donte requests a reconciliation and Rachel has to dissuade Brett from leaving due to guilt,since he is her star pupil. Rachel also gets involved in helping Sally Froggatt,whose single mother has gone on holiday leaving her to juggle her school attendance with minding her baby brother. After criticizing Matt's script for the school musical 'Park Side Story',Jasmine agrees to help him rewrite it whilst Eddie,having taken a group of boys on an outward bound weekend,ends up in a neck-brace,thanks to the feud between Grantly and bad lad Bolton Smilie.
S3.E9 ∙ Episode #3.9
Aleesha is proving a nightmare as leading lady so Matt is glad to get the chance to fire her after she has been bullying Karla. He asks Mika to return. Mika herself thinks she might be pregnant by Brett,who is disappointed to learn that it is a false alarm. On an archaeological dig a baby's skeleton is found and the police called. Ultimately Maxine admits the child was hers by the now reformed Lewis Seddon,who is working in the school canteen. The incident brings them back together whilst Donte has a new love interest in pupil Celine. Rachel learns that Eddie's ex-wife is preventing him from seeing his son and sets about putting the matter right.
S3.E10 ∙ Episode #3.10
Chlo and Donte decide to call it a day whilst Mika is uncomfortable about sharing romantic scenes with Brett in 'Park Side Story'. Matt panics when Rachel puts its performance forward a day to impress a V.I.P audience and matters are not helped when the aggrieved Aleesha sabotages the play by switching its sound effects. Tom and Karla save matters by playing the show as a deliberate comedy,offending Matt. Grantly's wife Fleur stands by him in his financial crisis and Eddie's ex-wife Alison comes to the school with their son Michael but Rachel sees a face from the past in the play's audience.
S3.E11 ∙ Episode #3.11
As Mika continues to reject Brett the school sits its mock exams with Eddie challenging the teachers to sit the papers. Rachel and Matt take four troublesome pupils,including loud-mouthed Bolton Smilie,on a salutary visit to a prison. Smilie brags about his father in jail and is happy to smuggle out some drugs for an inmate but gets caught. Afterwards Rachel shows him that he has been had and the whole was an exercise in scaring the boys straight. Rachel herself is still being followed whilst Davina is surprised when Darren Briggs,Sr,asks her out as a reward for helping his son's learning difficulties.
S3.E12 ∙ Episode #3.12
Mika and Brett get back together but Davina is pursued by the disturbingly amorous Darren Briggs,who,on hearing that she is dating Tom,locks her in his house and only sees reason and releases her after his son's intervention. Rachel is approached by developer Stuart Hordley for the tender to build the school's new training centre - it is less an approach than an offer she cannot refuse. Not only does he give Bolton a job with him as part of the deal,he also threatens to expose the fact that she changed her name by deed poll to cover up something in her past. He gets his way.
S3.E13 ∙ Episode #3.13
It is Work Experience Week. Janeece is thrilled to be working at a museum but falls out with the curator and ends up at a retirement home. Initially resentful she begins to bond with one of the elderly ladies - after first getting drunk with her - but eventually warms to her task and is well-regarded by the matron. After defending Davina against Grantly Tom consoles her and ends up in bed with her,where they are caught by Mika. Rachel breathes a sigh of relief as the governors accept Hordley's tender.
S3.E14 ∙ Episode #3.14
Rachel is angry that Steph,on a supposed fund-raiser in France,ran up huge expenses and gives Tom her job as head of pastoral studies. Steph is further annoyed when Grantly,who amazes everybody at his skill on the dance floor whilst teaching ballroom,asks her to partner him at the over-45s dance championships. Tom and Davina continue to get close whilst Mika asks Brett to prove his love for her and help her save the planet by persuading Eddie to get rid of his new gas-guzzling 4X4. Jasmine is set up by bullies and tells Eddie she is resigning. As a former bully herself she knows her enemies will not back down.
S3.E15 ∙ Episode #3.15
Matt is horrified to learn that his mother,to whom he has never confessed his homosexuality,is coming to visit and asks boyfriend Colin to move out of the flat during her stay. Not only is Colin enraged,dumping him,but Maxine overhears,outing Matt to the school. Reactions are mixed but there is as much support as homophobia and Matt is moved when pupil Dominic tells him that he is gay as well. Matt patches things up with Colin but is surprised to learn his mother knew about him all along. Eddie campaigns on Jasmine's behalf, exposing the bullies' lies,and she is reinstated. Rachel turns down Hordley's offer of a date but leaves the envelope which he returned containing her guilty secret on her desk,where its contents are accidentally read by Eddie.
S3.E16 ∙ Episode #3.16
Eddie learns that Rachel is a former prostitute and accuses her of sleeping with Hordley for the contract,which she denies. He urges her to resign but when she refuses stuns her by resigning himself. Janeece declares that she and supply teacher Wilson Bingham are in love,and he secretly returns her affection whilst asking her to tell nobody else. However after he has had sex with her in a hotel he dumps her and it turns out that he is an impostor who preys on young girls and who assumed the real Wilson's identity to claim his latest conquest.
S3.E17 ∙ Episode #3.17
Mika and Brett stage a protest to save a tree by climbing onto the roof of the training centre. They are soon joined by eco-warriors who have heard of them from the Internet,along with pupils anxious to skip lessons. Rachel wants to call the police but Eddie talks them down though Tom is injured and Mika is devastated. Tom decides he should spend more time with his step-daughters,declining a date with Davina. Eddie retracts his resignation but,after a cheque from Hordley bounces,insists Rachel report the builder to the council. However,she only pretends to make the call.
S3.E18 ∙ Episode #3.18
Immigration officers arrive at the school,looking for Shaman Azizi,whose family is in a detention centre awaiting deportation back to Iran. Rachel hides Shaman in the school and contacts the local MP,leading a campaign to allow Shaman to stay and complete her education as her mother wishes,as she is an outstanding pupil. However Shaman ultimately decides to go back with her family.Tom is annoyed that Davina is supporting Chlo's mobile hair-dressing business as he feels his stepdaughter should stay on at school and get a better job afterwards,thus leading to a further gap between Davina and himself. Eddie discovers that Hordley is employing under-age workers and has Rachel set up a meeting with him. They not only confront him over this but tape record his blackmail attempts and threaten him with the police unless he backs off. After punching him Eddie believes they have seen the last of him but Rachel is less certain.
S3.E19 ∙ Episode #3.19
Ex-headmaster Jack returns to town and asks Davina if she will join him in Dubai,where he has a well-paid job as head of an international school. Chlo and Mika come to see at last that Davina should be with Tom,not Jack,and hatch a plan to get them back together. It goes wrong but all the same Davina chooses to stay with Tom. Jasmine discovers that pupils are cheating in exams by getting answers from the Internet from an existing exam. She tells Grantly,who keeps quiet about it,as does Steph,who finds out from Maxine. Steph is in no position to help Rachel,who still refuses to reinstate her even though her seduction of French businessman Claude Legard - indirectly - led to his donating thirty thousand euros to the school.
S3.E20 ∙ Episode #3.20
The cheating is exposed,leading to the suspension of Grantly,who kept quiet about it. Thanks to Karla Waterloo Road wins a spelling bee with a rival school but Rachel's victory is short-lived as Hordley stands up to expose her past as a prostitute. Rachel however gives an impassioned speech,regretting her past and winning the support of staff and pupils alike. A beaten Hordley,about to leave,accidentally causes a fire with a discarded cigarette. Almost everybody is rescued from the resultant blaze - except Rachel and Hordley,who are still in the collapsing building.
S4.E1 ∙ Episode #4.1
Having survived the fire Rachel starts a new term having to 'welcome' the troublesome Kelly siblings. 15-year old Earl is a borderline psychopath who brings a loaded gun to school and prowls the corridors with slower,younger brother Denzil. When Rachel hears about the gun she evacuates the school and calls the police. Earl has given Denzil the gun and he is the one who gets arrested. Two new staff members arrive - handsome P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver and Melissa Ryan,who,unbeknown to everybody else,is Rachel's sister. Davina and Tom find themselves unable to leave work behind when they find the Kellys are their new neighbours.
S4.E2 ∙ Episode #4.2
Melissa has discipline problems due to disruptive Rose Kelly,and Eddie has to step in though eventually it is made clear to Rose that she must behave to impress her social worker. After Melissa's son Philip is bullied her kinship with Rachel is brought out in the open. Eddie is initially displeased but finds himself warming to Melissa whilst Steph,in an effort to avoid the love-lorn attention of new security officer Dave,tells him Grantly is her boyfriend. Come evening Davina and Tom's peace is shattered by the Kellys having a noisy party.
S4.E3 ∙ Episode #4.3
When Maori supply teacher Maaka Lacey makes a homophobic comment Davina reports him to Rachel but he counters by accusing her of racism. However his lazy attitude in sending disruptive pupils he cannot control on pointless errands backfires when it causes a fight between Tom and Earl Kelly and he is sacked. Elsewhere Steph finds herself playing landlady to Grantly,whose wife believed her little lie that they are an item and threw him out ,whilst Tom is troubled to find a dead bird on his door-step.
S4.E4 ∙ Episode #4.4
Steph reconciles Grantly and his wife before agreeing to a date with Dave. Following a visit to a falconry display Earl Kelly vehemently denies killing birds and leaving them on Tom's step but his sensible,older brother Marley tells Tom that he is lying. The war of attrition steps up between teacher and crazy pupil as Tom finds Earl vandalizing his car one night. Maxine,however,develops a crush on Marley,which unsettles Steph.
S4.E5 ∙ Episode #4.5
It's Drugs Awareness day at the school, and Rose starts her new job.
S4.E6 ∙ Episode #4.6
Sam has a shock when she is fostered with Mr Wilding. Donte organizes a boxing match between Mulvey and Bolton.
S4.E7 ∙ Episode #4.7
Pupil Danielle Harker is missing school and leads her friends to believe she is being abused by her father Andy. Eddie visits and finds that Andy is educating his daughter at home as he does not believe in the school system. Furthermore he is an excellent teacher. However Danielle has lied because she wants him to be a father,not a teacher and Eddie persuades him to let Danielle attend regular lessons. Eddie is further overjoyed as he is about to propose to Melissa but her son Philip tels Rachel that she is already married.
S4.E8 ∙ Episode #4.8
Rose is getting her children back and the school passes an inspection despite a confrontation between Tom and Rob (who is now dating Jasmine). Rachel tells Melissa she should inform Eddie of her situation; whilst Melissa claims she is waiting for her divorce, Philip tells Rachel that Melissa is still married to her first husband as well as his father. Steph is worried about Maxine, whilst Earl continues to convince Maxine they should settle down. Maxine meets a girl who claims she has had a baby by Earl, which he is hoping to sell. Things escalate when Maxine and Earl argue and Earl's loaded gun goes off, killing Maxine.
S4.E9 ∙ Episode #4.9
The school is in shock over Maxine's death. As the gun was originally thought to have belonged to Denzil,he is blamed but Paul, who saw Earl when he first brought the gun to school,tells Rachel the truth. Rachel and Steph both feel responsible with Rachel considering resigning though she stays on. Donte and Chlo,who is pregnant,decide to get back together and renew their marriage vows whilst Eddie whisks Melissa off for a beach wedding in Barbados.
S4.E10 ∙ Episode #4.10
When Eddie is told Melissa's secret on the eve of their wedding she leaves him. Jasmine also breaks up with Rob after discovering that he has been giving Bolton illegal pills to help him win a schools boxing match, leading to his sacking by Rachel. The Kelly family is evicted and temporarily move in with Davina and Tom. However Flick's father Ralph,unhappy that his daughter is still seeing Marley,offers the boy money to break up with her and he accepts,using the cash as a deposit. Chlo and Donte move back in with Tom and Davina.
S4.E11 ∙ Episode #4.11
As a new term starts Kim returns from Rwanda minus Andrew but with baby daughter Grace,whose paternity she is keeping to herself. She is dismayed to find that Chlo is considering leaving school to become a hair-dresser and,to Donte's displeasure,persuades her to stay on and take A levels. Flick is confused when she learns that Marley has somehow got together enough money for his family to move but he maintains the pretence of being aloof with her. A careers day brings former pupil and glamour model Sarah-Leanne to the school,who tells Kim she left school because she was pregnant but has done well for herself anyway. Eddie offers to help Rachel take care of Philip in Melissa's absence,saying that he did not love Melissa but was just tired of being on his own.
S4.E12 ∙ Episode #4.12
Grace's uncle David arrives from Rwanda,demanding that Kim give a thousand pounds for his family's village. Kim is preoccupied with Karla,who has a talent as an excellent sketch artist but is being exploited by class-mate Michaela,who is selling Karla's drawings at a profit to herself. When Karla runs off Kim goes after her,realising that bullies should not win and refuses to donate the money to David. Janeece,inspired by Sarah-Leanne,has her boob job and becomes the envy of the class whilst Tom persuades Donte to encourage Chlo's academic ambitions and not resent them. Rachel and Eddie,surprisingly, find themselves kissing.
S4.E13 ∙ Episode #4.13
With Rachel on a course Eddie is acting head and has his hands full when a community of travellers arrive,seeking to enrol their children in the school. There is instant mistrust of the new-comers with accusations of theft - including the lead from the roof. Eddie decides to try and reconcile matters with a football match but things get worse - the Waterloo Road kids are far superior to the travellers,who resort to dirty tricks. Eventually the council moves the travellers on,though Eddie is rueful as one of them,Kyle,seemed to have promise. Flick discovers her father's bribe and Marley's mother,dinner lady Rose,vows she will make up the money so the youngsters are free to see each other. Unfortunately she fails and hits the bottle again.
S4.E14 ∙ Episode #4.14
After confessing in Kim's sex education class that he is a virgin Philip is humiliated and aims to cancel his birthday party though Kim dissuades him and,to make him feel responsible,gives him SDI leaflets to distribute,which gets her accused of irresponsibility. Kim has to confess to Steph that she smuggled Grace out of Rwanda and now the immigration authorities are after her so Steph takes the baby into hiding with her. Flick,angry that Marley accepted money to dump her,gets drunk at Philip's party and throws herself at him though he resists.
S4.E15 ∙ Episode #4.15
Tom asks his friend Andy,an army officer,to coach the girls' football team though his efforts are sabotaged by the feud between Janeece and Michaela. To imbue a team spirit he suggests the girls take on the staff at an assault course but Michaela sabotages this,later confessing that she dislikes the army after her soldier brother's experiences in Iraq. Davina is annoyed that Tom has given two thousand pounds of their money to Rose to repay Ralph and walks out on him but Philip is increasingly smitten by Flick,who,in the cold light of day,is regretting her actions. Although Grace is with Steph an immigration officer visits Kim and is unconvinced by her tale of innocence.
S4.E16 ∙ Episode #4.16
Jem Allen,a glamorous supply teacher,arrives and promises Matt that she will make sure her friend at the BBC comes to do a feature on the choir he has formed. However nobody turns up and when Matt rings to complain he is told nobody has heard of her. Jem then takes the staff to her palatial house where Grantly suffers a heart attack in the swimming pool and is rushed to hospital - but the house is not hers,she is a fantasist and Rachel sacks her. Donte is horrified when Chlo says she wants to give their child up so that she can go to university whilst Philip's persistence drives Flick back towards Marley,who is working at a cafe to repay the money.
S4.E17 ∙ Episode #4.17
Steph returns with Grace from a supposed bout of shingles and instantly clashes with pupil Tasha Lefton,whom she accuses of cheating. Tasha also does some part-time model work and impresses Janeece,alienating her from her friend Danielle.Rachel believes Steph is picking on Tasha but Steph finds out that the girl is actually a diabetic and her poor eye-sight is caused by her unwillingness to take her insulin as it will cause her to put on weight. Rachel is impressed by Steph's concern for her and her efforts to persuade her to take her insulin and the discovery of her situation reconciles Janeece with Danielle.
S4.E18 ∙ Episode #4.18
The immigration officers arrive at the school to tell Rachel that Kim bought Grace illegally in Rwanda and must return her. Kim is heart-broken and breaks down as she and Grace are parted. Chlo and Donte are still arguing over her decision when she gives birth prematurely,Donte helping with the delivery. She has a baby girl,whom she calls Izzy and declares that she could not give her up now she has seen her. Happy step-grandfather Tom finds himself kissing Rose but Philip,expelled from the choir,plots revenge.
S4.E19 ∙ Episode #4.19
Rachel hopes that a fund-raising day for the Rwandan village will help Kim feel better and there is a surprise when Andrew turns up. Initially Kim blames him for getting the authorities onto her over Grace but each accepts that the other acted for the best and they kiss and make up. When the choir all go down with a mysterious illness Rose is under suspicion as she made snacks with past its sell-by meat but the culprit is Philip,putting laxatives in the brownies as his revenge. Marley gives Ralph the money he owes him and,after an irate Ralph has assaulted Marley and been arrested,Flick walks out on her father to move in with the Kellys.
S4.E20 ∙ Episode #4.20
Melissa reappears,pregnant with Eddie's child though Philip is not welcoming and Eddie persuades her to go to the police as a bigamist. The school is hosting a choir contest and the Waterloo Road entrants win. However Ralph turns up,drunk,and climbs into a digger, knocking down part of the school before Eddie stops him and he is arrested. Whilst Kim and Andrew reconcile and Chlo and Donte move into a flat in Manchester Eddie feels unable to stay on at the school now that Melissa's return has punctured his romance with Rachel.
S5.E1 ∙ Episode #5.1
Waterloo Road is forged to merge with John Fosters,a former private school. Christopher Meads replaces Eddie as deputy but Rachel is not happy when charismatic Max Tyler,popular with Fosters students,is made executive head as she finds him overly disciplinarian and bullying. Of the new staff Jo Lipsett,new languages head,criticises Steph's teaching method as too informal and not professional enough whilst Ruby Fry sees Waterloo Road as beneath her.Tom,now English head,is unimpressed by newly qualified Helen Hopewell,who,after a run-in with Michaela,accuses her of pushing her downstairs. To add to Rachel's woes,the mother of sisters Lindsay and Emily James is accused of murdering their father.
S5.E2 ∙ Episode #5.2
The animosity between the new colleagues continues. Grantly clashes with Ruby whilst Jo continues to criticise Steph and Rachel is unhappy that Max makes decisions without consulting her. New girl Amy has the hots for Bolton and is jealous that he is dating Michaela so gets her revenge when he slights her by claiming he raped her. Rachel is annoyed that Max immediately believes Amy without hearing Bolton out but Kim unearths the truth and is praised by Max. Lindsay and Emily James react differently when Rachel takes them to their father's funeral.
S5.E3 ∙ Episode #5.3
Kim and Max share a night of passion which they must keep secret from Rachel. Lindsay,angry that her mother is not bailed for killing the father she hated,goes off the rails,attacking Karla,who has befriended Emily. Tom is brought down to earth when he meets Georgia,who confirms his paternity of Josh. Danielle and Aleesha get drunk and Steph hides Danielle in a cupboard during an assessment,rather than report her. Later Danielle is rushed to hospital after drinking bootleg hooch made by Bolton and Paul from ethanol. She survives but Jo tells Steph that she is the pupils' teacher,not their friend and must retrain in order to learn more responsibility.
S5.E4 ∙ Episode #5.4
Pupil Luke Pendle has kept it secret that he lives in a care home but his girlfriend Siobhan,suspicious that he keeps his home life secret,follows him and finds out. She confides in Amy,who informs the whole school,leading to Luke going on the rampage,for which Max gives him litter collecting duties. After another row Luke steals and crashes Max's car but Kim urges the executive head to be understanding and not call the police. He is also thwarted when,behind Rachel's back,he tries to float a scheme splitting students into groups according to their ability,and Grantly leads a petition against it. Not only do several John Fosters staff sign but Kim does too and the scheme is abandoned. Tom tries to bond with Josh despite the boy's resistance.
S5.E5 ∙ Episode #5.5
Rachel and Max must bury their differences and put on a united front as the school's open day comes round. Ruby attempts to upgrade the school canteen by putting expensive items on the menu,paid for by her husband John's credit card. However she is appalled to find he has gone bankrupt,thus curtailing her elegant life style. Rachel is annoyed to walk in on Kim and Max sharing an intimate moment and at the open day plans to tell school governor Jen. However she is informed that Jen is Max's wife.
S5.E6 ∙ Episode #5.6
Handsome Chris is the object of several schoolgirl crushes but he finds himself compromised by Vicky McDonald who,he discovers,is moon-lighting at a lap dance club in school hours. He follows her to the club but she tells him she will accuse him of sexual harassment if he tells anybody and Rachel is not happy with his handling of the situation. Philip shines at the school's newly established comedy club whilst Lindsay confesses to Rachel that her mother killed her father because he was abusing her and her sister.
S5.E7 ∙ Episode #5.7
When quiet pupil Cassie Turner claims that Michaela and Amy are bullying her Helen Hopewell sends them both to the cooler,thus intensifying the two girls' dislike of the nervous young teacher. Finding out her address they trash her flat and she calls on Tom for his help,realising that her future as a teacher may be in doubt. After Cassie has screamed abuse at Ruby and run away Kim tracks her down and it is discovered that she has a mental condition,believing people are out to persecute her. Rachel tells Kim that Max is married and Kim dumps him. An enraged Max turns up at Rachel's home and threatens her and she has to tell him she will ring the police before he will leave.
S5.E8 ∙ Episode #5.8
Nicknamed Hopeless Hopewell for her ineptitude as a teacher Helen faces an official inspection,which she passes with flying colours - but only because she has bribed Amy to keep the class under control. When Helen refuses to give in to further blackmail demands Amy tells Rachel. Max tells Helen he only employed her because they were having an affair and now wants her out. Chris refuses to back Max but Helen decides it best for her to go,though,unbeknown to Max,she leaves Rachel a compromising film of them together. KIm,unaware of this,is taken in when Max says he is getting a divorce to be with her. Lindsay starts to settle down and Siobhan and Luke are reconciled.
S5.E9 ∙ Episode #5.9
Rachel accompanies Lindsay to court where she gives evidence of her father's abuse of her. Bullied by the prosecutor she runs from court and is consoled by Rachel,to whom she confesses she was the killer,not her mother,to stop his repeating the abuse with Emily. After Steph warns Kim about Max he tries to get her sacked,trying to make out that Jo wants her out. However when Jo discovers his deceit she threatens to resign if Max does dismiss Steph. Max tries to get Philip to spy on Steph to find fault with her and when the boy refuses there is a scuffle,ending in Philip being injured. When Ruby gets the truth as to what happened out of him and tells Rachel Rachel reinstates both Steph and Jo,leading to Max losing it and vandalising her office.
S5.E10 ∙ Episode #5.10
On the last day of term the governors arrive to assess the merger and Max is out to get rid of Rachel. After they row publicly she agrees to resign for the stability of the school. At the Waterloo Road's Got Talent contest organized by Ruby Bolton delivers a well-received poem celebrating Grantly's quarter century in teaching and Philip's stand up,hinting at Max's bullying, goes down a storm with everyone - except Max. He threatens the boy again to keep quiet but Kim,suspicious of what is going on,learns the truth and publicly exposes Max's underhand dealings. Thus it is him and not Rachel whose days at Waterloo Road are over.
S5.E11 ∙ Episode #5.11
A new term starts and new pupil Finn Sharkey,whom Chris expelled from a previous school,proves to be a disruptive influence. Grantly allows Bianka Vale to go out with her estranged father Gary on her birthday,unaware that Gary is the subject of a restraining order from seeing his children. When Rachel follows she and Bianka are in danger as Gary plans to blow them up to spite his ex-wife and they have a narrow escape. Whilst Ruby starts stealing school property to sell to pay off her debts Kim finds she is pregnant by Max.
S5.E12 ∙ Episode #5.12
Ruby,accompanied by Steph,takes a group of pupils to a farm run by Mark Moran,older brother of Year 10 student Craig. Chaos results from the badly behaved visitors,triggered by Finn,and Josh is sprayed in the face with chemicals whilst the kids steal a pig. Craig tells Ruby that the farm is in a bad way, Mark only taking it on to please their late father and he hoped Ruby would persuade Mark to sell. Mark is desperate and wants to take Craig out of school to help him but Ruby shows that Craig is a good student,dissuading him,urging the brothers to join together and seek financial help. Rachel notices that,despite her peace-keeping,Ruby is not well and offers time off,which Ruby rejects as she needs the money. Finn's bad boy air meanwhile attracts Amy whilst Grantly is outraged by the introduction of a complaints box and Chris takes Kim for her ultrasound.
S5.E13 ∙ Episode #5.13
Kim is annoyed when Chris instigates an Advanced Preparation for University course aimed solely at star pupil Ros but he feels it would be wrong to open it to all as it would unfairly build up the hopes of the less bright students. However after a protest by Michaela and the intervention of Rachel,Chris is forced to back pedal. Overweight pupil Aiden Keen accuses Kim of bullying him after she confiscates his sweets but when his mother comes to the school to protest Kim convinces her that she is not only spoiling her son by giving him unhealthy food but endangering his life. Rachel decides to engage a chef for the canteen who will promote healthy eating and the successful candidate turns out to be an old flame,Adam Fleet.
S5.E14 ∙ Episode #5.14
Josh is now living with Tom,who plans a birthday party for him. However Tom is shocked by his son's callousness to girlfriend Lauren who,in order to erase a large birthmark from her back which has caused her to be mocked by the school, steals hydrogen peroxide to bleach it out and ends up with an acid burn. Ruby organizes a clothes swap among the students but is caught by Rachel taking the best clothes for herself and warned by Rachel about her increasingly strange behaviour. Adam's new menu is a great success,somewhat to Rose's annoyance and when Adam and Rachel get locked in a store room together they have time to catch up on old times.
S5.E15 ∙ Episode #5.15
Rachel feels Adam is trying to be one of the kids after he has been seen at a gig with some sixth formers but he tells her to lighten up as he feels she is taking life too seriously. On work experience day Finn becomes Chris's teaching assistant and tries to get his class to mutiny. Chris gets revenge by giving him total authority and standing back as he is laughed at by his pupils. In revenge Finn starts to vandalise the staff room and is stopped by Kim,who tells him he should be more adult. Sambucca runs off from her work experience in a sports wear shop,stealing a pair of shorts for boyfriend Bolton,with whom she spends the day in hiding.
S5.E16 ∙ Episode #5.16
Finn Sharkey supplies "legal high" drugs into Waterloo Road with disastrous consequences.
S5.E17 ∙ Episode #5.17
Ros,aware that Jo is a lesbian,develops a crush on her and tries to kiss her,leading a shocked Jo to tell Rachel. However when Ros declares her love for Jo publicly and says that she has been actively encouraging her, Rachel has to suspend the French teacher. Ruby perks up when Adam gets her assisting him on his takeaway meals initiative. However when it all gets too much for her due to a surfeit of orders she panics and hits the fire alarm. Adam covers for her but gets her to promise she will be responsible in respect of her medication. Rachel takes Adam to task but anger turns to romance.
S5.E18 ∙ Episode #5.18
Kim and Chris find their relationship in danger of becoming more than professional . On a visit to an art gallery Finn persuades girlfriend Anna to prove her devotion by drawing their names on a valuable painting,which she does,but is caught on CCTV. Further trouble occurs when Chris's girlfriend Annas turns up and a jealous Kim goes into labour,resulting in a trip to hospital and a Caesarian. Steph meanwhile is dating Chris's father Ollie whilst Ruby has a crush on Adam,who is helping her move to a flat after a split with her husband.
S5.E19 ∙ Episode #5.19
Things are going from bad to worse for Ruby. With her husband suing for divorce and Rachel putting her in charge of the end of term prom the knowledge that her beloved Adam is marrying Rachel is too much for her and she freaks out,destroying the wedding cake before locking herself in her room. Rachel is forced to speak to her about her drug abuse and persuade her to seek help. After her defacing the painting Amy is kept apart from Finn but plays up in class and the already harassed Ruby is in no mood to be lenient,leading to Rachel suggest she suggest Amy go to another school. Bolton and Sambucca play it cool with each other,inviting others to the prom and Rachel is shocked that Steph considers financing it with a nude calendar.
S5.E20 ∙ Episode #5.20
When Finn's parents tell him they are moving away with him he persuades the increasingly dependent Amy to take part in a suicide pact with him but they are prevented by Chris,who follows them to the beach where they intend to die. The prom looks to be in danger of cancellation when the hotel hosting it is flooded but fortunately Ollie comes to the rescue,impressing Steph. Despite having gone to the prom with different partners Sambucca and Bolton realise their attraction to each other and reconcile. Adam is perturbed that Rachel is still putting the school before their relationship,especially when she forgets to book the honeymoon hotel because of the concern over Amy and Finn. And so to prove him wrong,she resigns,to move away with him. Jo and Kim also leave.
S6.E1 ∙ Episode #6.1
New head Karen Fisher replaces Rachel and new language teacher,Spaniard Cesca Montoya, turns male heads while a pregnant Janeece returns as school secretary. Marcus Kirby has been educating his children Jonah and Ruth at home but,at his wife's request,enrols them at the school. Jonah is delighted to meet a social circle but Ruth feels the school has little to offer her and runs away. She is found but the incident leaves its mark on Karen. There is trouble also for Chris,who has slept with a girl he met in a club,only to discover that it is Karen's daughter Jess. He offers his resignation but Karen refuses to accept it.
S6.E2 ∙ Episode #6.2
Ruby,now cured of her medication habit,reunites with husband John to try for a baby but her age goes against her. Karen's husband Charlie joins the staff but their son Harry sees a message on his father's mobile and suspects he is having an affair. Accompanied by Sambucca he follows Charlie,who is meeting Cesca,but when Harry tells Karen she does not believe her husband would betray. Jess,annoyed that Chris,on whom she has a crush,is getting on with Karen,publishes a piece in the school newspaper blaming Karen for the disappearance of her other daughter Bex some years earlier. With tension running high in the Fisher home Harry turns to bulimia.
S6.E3 ∙ Episode #6.3
Karen instigates a sexual health initiative with a confidential contraceptive service. Students Ronan and Sarah are concerned as the condom broke whilst they were having sex but she is nervous about attending and asking for the morning after pill. So too is Jess for fear that her promiscuous life-style will be exposed so she sends Vicki to get it for her. However the ruse is discovered and the girls argue in front of Chris. He is concerned for Jess's welfare but she misreads it as being rather more,given her crush on him.
S6.E4 ∙ Episode #6.4
Whilst Karen insists on marking the birthday of Bex,the daughter who ran away from home,Charlie and Jess believe it is morbid. Connor Lewis,an openly gay pupil,arrives and whilst Josh is rude to him,he later attempts to kiss Finn,leading to a fight. However he denies any such thing when brought before Tom and tries to compensate by getting physical with a confused Lauren. Vicki finds it hard juggling looking after her sick father and tries to blackmail Chris into giving her better grades after Jess has told her about their one-night stand. Janeece suggests that the Frys adopt her baby whilst Karen invites Marcus Kirby to teach at Waterloo Road.
S6.E5 ∙ Episode #6.5
Following the attempt to kiss him Finn is hostile towards Josh though they finally make up. Janeece is irritated when Ruby tries to dictate her diet to her for the welfare of the baby. New teacher Marcus is struck by the enterprise shown by young Ronan Burley,a would-be entrepreneur who is selling DVDs at school. However when Marcus visits the his father it turns out that he is a gangster who wants Ronan to take over his business and the boy is trying to make enough money to leave home. After a showdown in the school corridor Ronan finally shops his father to the police.
S6.E6 ∙ Episode #6.6
As Karen and Charlie separate and Vicki's father is taken into a home Karen invites the girl to live with her. In the fall-out from his parents' separation Harry is being bullied and nicknamed Piggy for his bulimia but Ruth shows him how to defend himself. Following Cesca's drugs awareness campaign Sambucca attempts to expose Amy and Laured as drug-dealers but Amy sets her up to make her look like the wrong-doer and Laured must defend Sambucca and Cesca. Grantly falls asleep in class and it is revealed that he is wearing himself out caring for his wife,who has Alzheimer's. Whilst concerned for him Ruby has her own problem as Janeece and John seem to be getting too close.
S6.E7 ∙ Episode #6.7
The pressure of seeing his parents argue at school and the intensified bullying of Finn,especially after he has twharted Finn's efforts to sleep with Jess,take their toll on Harry. After Finn has pushed him into the school swimming pool he stays at the bottom and needs rescuing. Karen is appalled to learn that he kept his problems from her and tells Charlie they have failed him,though she rejects Charlie's offer to return home. Josh and Finn are suspended though Josh turns against Finn and Jess punches him. Ruth deliberately loses a debating contest to prove to her father that she is not perfect and it is won by default by Ronan,despite his doing a public strip in order to win a bet by losing it. Janeece,accompanied by Ruby,is rushed to hospital where she gives birth to baby Poppy.
S6.E8 ∙ Episode #6.8
With her father ill and her home repossessed Vicki moves into a homeless hostel but finds it hard to do her schoolwork due to noisy,drunken room-mate Chantel. She again tries to blackmail Chris to give her good grades and he does though the deal is that she move into a foyer,a hostel designed for young people. Karen is annoyed when he confesses what he did but understands his concern whilst she and Charlie recommend Harry sees a counsellor. Grantly finds it increasingly hard to cope with his wife's erratic behaviour,leaving lessons when she is in crisis,but promises not to put her in a home. Ruby and John plan to go ahead with the adoption of Poppy though Janeece seems to be bonding too well with her.
S6.E9 ∙ Episode #6.9
The other teachers are not impressed when Chris introduces CCTV to monitor the classrooms and Jonah and Ronan,feeling it smacks of double standards,secretly install a web-cam in the staffroom. It picks up Vicki thanking Chris but reveals his night with Jess,now dating Jonah,and the furious boy attacks the young teacher. After initially lying, Chris confesses all to Karen but Jess defends him,claiming that she made all the running, and Karen is loth to sack him. An angry Marcus tenders his resignation instead. Ruby persuades Grantly that his wife Fleur would be better off in a home and he reluctantly agrees after she fails to recognize him and thinks Steph is her mother. Janeece runs away with Poppy and the Frys sadly feel that she should be allowed to keep her.
S6.E10 ∙ Episode #6.10
The last day of term brings mixed fortunes. Harry is in therapy doing well but the Fishers are dismayed to hear that Charlie is moving to London in line with new girlfriend Maria's teaching promotion. Steph,before leaving with Ollie,accompanies Grantly as he reluctantly places Fleur in a home but on his return to school it transpires that ,due to the stress of his domestic situation,he has been teaching the wrong A-Level syllabus. The kids are outraged though Tom and Marcus,despite the fact that he is leaving,offer extra tuition to rectify things. Steph explains to Karen all about Grantly's predicament which he has kept from her and is overheard by Ruth. Thus,when ex-footballer John Barnes arrives to present a cheque from the school's fund-raising day to a charity,Ruth has persuaded her school-mates that it should be to help Grantly with the cost of Fleur's care. There is a further bonus for Karen when she sees that her daughter Bex has returned to her.
S6.E11 ∙ Episode #6.11
Bex returns to school after her two year absence,but says nothing about what she did,though she refuses to take calls from somebody called Hodge and receives a bunch of flowers. In response to the boys' poor exam results Chris instigates a segregated sex teaching system,to the displeasure of feisty new staff member Adanna Lawal. The boys' class is indeed a disaster,thanks to insolent,persistent truant Kyle Stack,who sees it as his job to challenge Finn and ends up in detention. He is joined by Bex,who has disrupted Grantly's class,and who accuses him of sexual assault. He threatens her with his dog and she withdraws her claim but Jess suspects that her sister has had a traumatic sexual experience with a man during her absence. Janeece,given a shot at being a teaching assistant,surprises Ruby with her authoritarian tone.
S6.E12 ∙ Episode #6.12
When pupil Billie Taylor tells Janeece that her mother is trying to steal her baby Brooke from her Janeece immediately champions the girl and acting head Chris and Adanna are unsure who to believe,especially when Billie claims her mother hit her. However,it becomes clear that Mrs Taylor is acting for the good of everybody by seeking to adopt Brooke when Billie,goaded on by the voices she hears in her head,puts her baby in danger and Chris saves the day. Jess discovers a message from Hodge on Bex's phone and questions her,to no avail. Josh hits it off with new pupil Nate Sharkey whilst Chris tries to reconcile Finn and Kyle by putting them both in the football team and Jonah develops a crush on Cesca,being her sole student for extra Spanish lessons.
S6.E13 ∙ Episode #6.13
Josh comes out as gay to a sympathetic Tom,admitting his mutual attraction to Nate Gurney. However when Nate's single father discovers his son's sexuality he accuses the school of encouraging it. Learning that Gurney's other son,Aaron,who knew Nate was gay,was killed serving in Afghanistan,Tom tries to heal matters by starting a foundation in Aaron's name but gets beaten up by Gurney instead. Cesca finds it hard to fight her feelings for the smitten Jonah whilst a suspicious Karen follows Bex and sees her meeting Hodge. Karen approaches him and,whilst he claims to be a concerned boyfriend,he gives Karen an envelope to pass onto her daughter. It contains hundreds of pounds.
S6.E14 ∙ Episode #6.14
Ruby argues with new caretaker,Polish Lukas Wisniewski,and inadvertently sides with racist pupil Martin Dowling and the weak-minded Kyle when they racially taunt him. Martin is particularly upset that his father,a right wing bigot whom he is trying to impress,did not get a job with the school whilst a Pole did but ultimately learns that his father is making excuses for his own laziness. However Lukas,despite an apology from Ruby,decides to move on whilst Cesca and Jonah end up in bed together and Jess gets picked up by Hodge. Janeece,aware that Ronan has stolen an exam paper which he hopes to sell to the school,thwarts him by having another test substituted.
S6.E15 ∙ Episode #6.15
When Karen upbraids Harry for poor grades he gets revenge by stealing her phone and sending critical emails,supposedly from her,to other teachers,including Cesca,who believes she and Jonah have been discovered. Before it is resolved Ruby and Grantly have called for union action and Karen has to listen as Harry says he believes her to be ignoring him. The school business initiative,a supposedly segregated exercise in front of a visiting entrepreneur, is only saved when the girls break the rule and high-jack the boys' class to impress the visitor after Harry and Kyle have played up and Tom thrown Kyle on the floor,leading to the teacher's suspension pending a psychological assessment.
S6.E16 ∙ Episode #6.16
As Jonah suggests to Cesca that they go public as a couple Hodge continues dating Jess,under the name of Ewan. Then pupil Wayne Bodley discovers a shot of Bex on a porn site and it soon comes to Karen's attention. Bex explains to her mother that she met and lived with an older man who filmed their sex life but she now wants to put him behind her.However Bex sees Hodge with Jess and confronts him. He says that he has a sex disc of Jess as well,which he will publish unless Bex goes back with him and so she agrees.
S6.E17 ∙ Episode #6.17
Finn and Ronan organize a rave at an abandoned mill,where they closer to Sambucca and Vicki. However interlopers,headed by gang-leader Gav,gate-crash and it is down to the newly-reinstated Tom,whom Kyle has phoned in the hopes that he will spoil the rave for Finn,to save the day. Jonah gets drunk and almost discloses his affair with Cesca,to her horror,whilst Bex goes off with Hodge to spare Jess. However Jess has alerted her mother,who follows with Chris and Hodge is ultimately arrested.
S6.E18 ∙ Episode #6.18
The school holds a fashion show and Ronan brings in Dan Hargrove,owner of a modelling agency,to give confidence to would-be model Vicki,now his girlfriend. Adanna once dated Dan and was dumped by him,so she regards him as a creep and,when he takes Vicki for an innocent lunch,accuses him of unprofessional conduct. This causes trouble with Ronan but,after Vicki has explained that nothing untoward happened,Adanna has to apologize to Dan. Cesca,finding herself pregnant by Jonah,goes to a clinic for a termination but changes her mind after he his impassioned phone call. Back at the school they get intimate,only for Ronan to walk in on them.
S6.E19 ∙ Episode #6.19
As Ronan and Vicki unsuccessfully try to dissuade Jonah and Cesca from their affair Cesca resigns,claiming that she needs to look after her sick father. To unite the sexes Adanna plans a pantomime 'Cinderfella' with reversed gender roles and both Sambucca and Kyle look like shining in it. Denzil,ever out to impress Kyle,electrocutes himself whilst on bootleg hooch and Ruby and Grantly have a contest to see who can write the best novel,judged by Tom. He chooses Ruby, who submits her work to a publisher. Finally Chris discovers what is really going on between Cesca and Jonah,and tells Karen and Marcus,who are both appalled.
S6.E20 ∙ Episode #6.20
Ruby leaves the school to pursue a writing career,having dedicated her first novel to Grantly. Cesca and Jonah leave under less happy circumstances. Arrested and bailed Cesca drives her young lover to Gretna Green to get married but they are intercepted by police who drive them away in separate cars. Finn goads Kyle into a fight,taking his place when Kyle is thrown out of 'Cinderfella' to Sambucca's annoyance. Kyle and Denzil sabotage the production before running away and Denzil is seen climbing over a railway bridge overhanging the road. He slips and is saved by Finn,who is severely injured as a result and may never walk again.
S7.E1 ∙ Episode #7.1
Headteacher Ms Fisher deals with abandoned infant found on school grounds.
S7.E2 ∙ Episode #7.2
Finn is back,bullying withdrawn Martin Dunbar,who is caught looking at lingerie magazines and patrolling the girls' cloak-room. However Chris discovers that Martin is desperate for a sex change operation and arranges counselling. Tom forces Rose to tell him the truth about Sambucca - she has a cancerous brain tumour. Rob gives Daniel a pep talk,as he is being mocked by pupils recognizing his lack of confidence. Rob also impresses Karen by setting up a Careers Fair,where Grantly's cynicism does little for the teaching profession. Aiden continues to date both Jess and Vicki.
S7.E3 ∙ Episode #7.3
Amy discovers she has a stalker,who turns out to be shy,asthmatic Stuart Foley,whom Eleanor advises to stand up to his bullying father. Eleanor organizes a project where the sixth-formers film themselves but it ends in disaster. Finn and Josh break the uninsured camera and Stuart uses it to expose his father's affair with Amy's mother,leading to Karen disciplining Eleanor. Sambucca has filmed herself explaining she has terminal cancer but it is only seen by a tearful Finn. Janeece gives Daniel a make-over whilst Rob,as well as warning Aiden to behave himself with the girls given what happened at his last school, tells Karen he is on an Open University course and hopes to teach.
S7.E4 ∙ Episode #7.4
New pupil Evie Prior has trouble fitting in and when Finn sticks up for her Sambucca's friends accuse Evie of trying to steal him. Ultimately Evie confesses to Chris that she is really Alicia Cross,under police protection for killing her toddler cousin but the revelation of her secret means she has to move on. Whilst Aiden,romancing Jess,is seeing Vicki behind Ronan's back,his father goes on a date with Karen after she has helped him with an essay. This fact is picked up by Eleanor,angry with Karen who,she feels,underrates her and who makes Karen aware she knows what is going on. Having been out with Karen Rob returns home to find his estranged wife has turned up.
S7.E5 ∙ Episode #7.5
Rob's wife Naomi comes to see Karen,telling her that he is still with her but Rob makes it clear to Naomi they are finished as a couple whilst Vicki finally tells Jess about Aiden's duplicity. Twins Shona and Rhona Mansfield are the subject of a tug of love between single mother Sandi and leather-clad biker grandma Bette,Shona's preferred guardian,to be decided in court. On the day that Karen is opening a community cafe in the school in the presence of director of education Richard Whitman Bette chains herself to the school railings and feigns an asthma attack. This results in Shona seeing through her and wanting to live with Rhona and her mother but the embittered Eleanor uses it to show Whitman that she believes the school is incompetent and unable to keep order.
S7.E6 ∙ Episode #7.6
Aiden and Ronan have a fight in class,allowing Daniel to show his authority and his compassion when he listens to Denzil's fear of losing Sambucca. Rob has a heart-to-heart with his son,building up Naomi's hopes that they can reunite as a family unit. Lauren and Finn,followed by Tom,take Sambucca to find her long-lost father in Blackpool,only to learn he is serving life for murder. Back home Sambucca dies in the arms of Rose and Tom after Finn has told her he will never forget her. After recent events Karen hires P.R. woman Linda Wilks to give the school a positive image. However Whitman pays an unannounced visit,tipped off by Eleanor,making his disapproval of the P.R. exercise and the school to Karen.
S7.E7 ∙ Episode #7.7
With exams looming Karen is hoping for good results as Whitman has served her with a notice to close the school unless its standards improve. At Sambucca's memorial service emotions are running high and when new girl Scout accidentally steals Sambucca's jumper Denzil snaps. Ronan is surprisingly generous when Vicki learns that she is pregnant by Aiden but there is a shock for Karen when Jess tells her that the boy has impregnated her as well. This is too much for Naomi who moves on.
S7.E8 ∙ Episode #7.8
New girl Jody Allen,known as Scout,is dirty and prone to sleeping in class. Visiting her slatternly mother Chris is shocked to learn that she allows Scout to run drugs for her for extra money and he buys the drugs from Scout on condition she stops dealing. The police are called and Scout suspended but Eleanor is quick to use the situation against Karen. However even she is shocked to learn that Whitman wants to close down the whole school. At mock student elections Jess and Vicki begin as rivals but end up renewing their friendship and deciding to keep their babies.
S7.E9 ∙ Episode #7.9
Chris organizes a scheme for the pupils to clear a community garden but Scout and Denzil disappear after her mother has rung to say she is going away for a few days,leaving Scout in charge of 3-year old brother Liam. There is panic when Liam goes missing and eventually Chris takes Scout and Liam into his flat. Ronan is reunited with Vicki,offering support when she miscarries and Karen guesses that Eleanor betrayed her. Ultimately Eleanor confesses and offers to resign but Karen tells her that if she is genuinely sorry she will show a united front with the rest of the staff at the upcoming inspection,which Whitman hopes will close the school.
S7.E10 ∙ Episode #7.10
Inspector Alison Drew comes to appraise the school with a view to its survival but matters are not helped when Chris absents himself to pursue Scout,who has run off with Liam to prevent them being taken into separate care homes and when Finn and Josh joy-ride in Tom's car. However Eleanor,seeking to atone for her past actions,rallies staff and pupils into a mass protest,ensuring it gets maximum press coverage,denouncing Whitman for using her in a vendetta against the school. Alison is impressed and the school survives. Chris finds a foster home where Scout can be with Liam but resigns from the school whilst Karen and Rob,newly qualified as a teacher,also move on together with their children,Aiden promising Jess he will stand by her.
S7.E11 ∙ Episode #7.11
Karen's replacement is new broom principal Michael Byrne,who fails to impress Janeece,whom he sends on an administration course,and Grantly. He does make Tom deputy head,having virtually promised the role to Sian Diamond,who joins the staff with recently-wed husband Jez - who tells the others that Sian and Michael were once a couple. Finn falls for new pupil Trudi,falling foul of her brother,gang leader Tariq Siddiqui,who joy-rides in Ronan's car,Michael's failure to expel Siddiqui being another source of grievance with the old guard. After discovering that brothers Phoenix and Harley Taylor have been covering up the recent death of their grandma,with whom they live,for fear of being returned to their drunk father,Michael threatens ex-pupil Wayne Johnson,recently acquitted in court of the attempted murder of the headmaster.
S7.E12 ∙ Episode #7.12
Michael makes Sian and Tom joint deputies and gives an impassioned speech to persuade more students to take 'A' Level English in the wake of Grantly's efforts to scupper his initiative. The school is interrupted by Sarah,Jez's bitter ex-wife who turns up and dumps their children on him, pleasant Zack and extremely stroppy Madi,who makes a show of herself at Vicki and Ronan's flat-warming - where Tariq warns Fin off his sister - as well as ruining the Diamonds'dinner party for their colleagues. Michael discovers that Phoenix Taylor has deliberately set his father Nelson up to appear as a drunk out of spite when Nelson has been dry for years. Matt encourages Scout's talents on the guitar.
S7.E13 ∙ Episode #7.13
Grantly is annoyed that Michael has appointed Linda Radleigh over him as Head of English but Linda has her work cut out on her first day,being charged to look after Emily James . Emily's sister Lindsay is being released from Young Offender Unit after killing their abusive father but is planning to move to Leeds to make a fresh start. Emily goes after her and has to be rescued by Linda after accepting a lift. Daniel ends up in hospital after overdoing his keep fit exercises to impress Janeece and Finn and Trudi agree to meet in secret whilst Denzil steals a guitar for Scout - who tells him that Liam is now in care.
S7.E14 ∙ Episode #7.14
Phoenix begins to hit it off with Nelson,to the extent that Michael must insist he stops truanting to work with his father on the building site whilst Daniel impresses Scout and the members of Matt's orchestra with his prowess on the guitar. Vicki is stressed out,revising for resits and,after Ronan has borrowed money from Madi as a tide-over for the rent,she becomes jealous and hits him. However she walks into a shelf and Ronan is accused of hitting her. Jez organizes a rugby match against St Mary's School,aided by ex-pro Ken,who drops Zack from the team. Matters are not helped by the tension between team members Finn and Tariq and hostility towards Ronan. Fimally Vicki makes a public announcement exonerating Roanan and they are reconciled. After the match Linda and Michael share a kiss.
S7.E15 ∙ Episode #7.15
Vicki sees a counsellor whilst Matt becomes a sperm donor for his friend Rosie. Matt is not happy when Michael wants him to include Tariq in the school orchestra but is impressed when Daniel records Tariq rapping. In an effort to leave home Scout gets a job as a night carer for a woman with Multiple Sclerosis,lying that she has experience in a retirement home. However Emily steals the woman's drugs and gets high at school,leading to Scout having to quit. Michael tries to distance himself from Linda after their little fling though Linda tells Sian. There is more trouble for Michael when an aggressive Wayne Johnson turns up at school,blaming him for his homelessness. A fight ensues,which spills out onto the road and Wayne is run over,the whole thing being captured on film by Phoenix Taylor.
S7.E16 ∙ Episode #7.16
Madi and Zak are mugged on the way to school,prompting Jez to start a boxing class but when Zack floors Hartley it seems doomed. However Tariq proves to be excellent at ju-jitsu and Michael asks him to lead the self defence groups. Finn attempts to befriend Tariq in the hopes that it will soften his attitude towards Finn and Trudi. However,after Finn has betrayed a confidence to Ronan about Tariq being bullied in the Young Offender Unit there is a fight and Tariq is identified by staff as the agressor. Michael pockets the disc from the school's CCTV security camera showing his fight with Wayne Johnson but is alarmed when he receives an email showing the fight and his house is broken into. Daniel gets into Linda's good books by taking her rabbit Roger to the vet though Roger causes havoc when he gets loose in the school.
S7.E17 ∙ Episode #7.17
Michael tries unsuccessfully to discover the sender of yet another email and,after the local press expose his salary,is consoled by Sian,whom he tells of his break-in. A new teaching assistant,Greg Barrington,arrives and quickly gets Tom to tell him his grievances about Michael. However he is an undercover journalist out to discredit Michael and is exposed by Tariq. After yet another argument Vicki and Ronan decide to call it a day whilst Matt is attracted to the joys of fatherhood when Rosie announces her pregnancy. Sian arrives at Michael's house saying she wants to leave Jez and rekindle her affair with the head. They kiss but are observed by Linda,who is displeased with Michael after he accused her of employing Greg without checking his credentials.
S7.E18 ∙ Episode #7.18
Michael is now being targeted by a stalker who rings him at all hours and keys his car. He has a very fraught day when local benefactress Margaret Harker visits the school with a view to donating money. Firstly he discovers during a class that Phoenix was sending him the emails and gives him a hundred pounds for the evidence. Then new pupil Freddie Jackson collapses playing football and it is discovered that he has had a heart transplant,making him the object of bullying and ridicule. However,during a debate on freedom,he wins the sympathy and admiration of the school with an impassioned speech,as well as securing funds from Margaret. Scout and Emily get matching tattoos whilst Finn gets drunk in front of Trudi,making a fool of himself.
S7.E19 ∙ Episode #7.19
Local radio DJ Viv O'Donnell comes to give a masterclass in radio journalism, but Trudi's admission that she is subject of an arranged marriage she does not want is accidentally broadcast to the school. Viv's shy daughter Andi is victimised by Scout and Emily but reconciled with her mother after trying to prove she is sexually experienced and throwing herself at an embarrassed Ronan. Angry that Michael has blamed him for Andi and Ronan skipping school together and believing his work is considered inferior to Sian's,Tom resigns,only to witness Jez,who has discovered his wife's infidelity,punch the headmaster. All this makes Madi's contribution to Viv's project,that the move to Waterloo Road was good for her family,seem somewhat ironic.
S7.E20 ∙ Episode #7.20
After the truth coming out about Sian and Michael, Jez heads to Ireland with Zach and Madi. Wayne Johnson wakes from his coma, and Michael confronts his stalker at the end of the day, leading to dramatic consequences.
S7.E21 ∙ Episode #7.21
Following the hit and run Tom and Jez return for the new term,Tom unaware that Josh is into drugs. Jez is prime suspect for running Michael over but,now back with Sian,dare not confess that he was with Janeece. However Daniel eventually tumbles to the truth and Linda is arrested. A hulking youth Mason Price joins the school,having been released from Young Offender Centre where he knew Tariq and immediately goads Tariq into joining his gang the D.S.C.Finn takes against Price and is hi-jacked by the gang,who force him to have a knife fight with Finn. Fortunately Trudi rings the police and alerts Daniel,who confiscates the knife. However Kyle sees the gang as his means of getting at Finn whilst Grantly falls foul of new canteen cook Maggie,after criticizing her cuisine.
S7.E22 ∙ Episode #7.22
Price is expelled and Tariq only avoids exclusion himself due to Daniel's intervention. As elections for head boy and girl are imminent Daniel suggests Tariq stand whilst Trudi and Finn's views on freedom cause Michael to suggest them as candidates, Trudi and Finn eventually winning. When Tariq refuses to be part of the DSC Kyle Stack,now a member of the gang, gets him to handle a knife that was used in a robbery whilst Tom discovers Josh's drugs habit and Sian is shocked when Lauren tells her she is contemplating breast enlargement for work as a model. Grantly sets up a rival home cosmetic sales business to Maggie and Rosie is rushed to hospital,where her baby arrives early.
S7.E23 ∙ Episode #7.23
Josh's efforts to kick the drugs are threatened when dealer Grady,whom he fancies,persuades him to make another purchase. Two candidates arrive for interview to replace Linda. Tom is unimpressed by hard liner Nicki Boston when she tries to give him her opinion regarding Josh but warms to her when she pursues and catches Grady and she gets the job,leaving the other candidate Vanessa to ask Michael out. As part of their role as head pupils Trudi and Finn are given a video camera to make a film about the school but the vengeful Kyle uses it to film them in an intimate moment,which does not endear them to Sian. Meranwhile Grantly loses £800 from his cosmetics sales,which gets found by Phoenix,who treats Scout and Denzil to a shopping spree.
S7.E24 ∙ Episode #7.24
Matt is worried when premature baby daughter Martha needs extra care and relieved when she pulls through but he is desolate to learn that Rosie has started a relationship with Alex,the doctor who saved Martha,and plans to move to Bristol with him and the baby. Zack gets it into his head that Jez is not his father and takes a DNA test. Jez initially sees this as an attempt by Zack to get his attention and tells him that he loves him whatever the outcome,though it turns out that they are father and son. Candora,the cosmetics firm for which Maggie and Grantly have been acting as agents, goes bust,leading to a truce between them whilst Josh's behaviour gets more bizarre and he ends up injuring himself in class. a doctor tells Tom the boy may have schizophrenia brought on by his drug abuse and suggests psychiatric treatment.
S7.E25 ∙ Episode #7.25
Trudi confides in Tariq that she is pregnant by Finn but they agree to keep it quiet and she arranges for an abortion. After Josh freaks out in Nicki's class Tom tells his son about his suspected condition and suggests they see a psychiatrist. Grantly's wife Fleur deteriorates and he walks out of school,leaving a letter of resignation,to take her away from her care home to the cottage where they spent their honeymoon. Tom follows and persuades him to return Fleur to the home,where she dies,having recognized Grantly. Back at school Michael refuses to accept the resignation and grants him compassionate leave,Harley being an unexpected comforter. In the light of Grantly's loss Janeece announces that she and Craig,a boyfriend she has only recently met,are getting engaged.
S7.E26 ∙ Episode #7.26
Grantly returns to school less than a week after his wife's death and is supported by Harley,as well as Maggie,to whom he is becoming close. On the day of the school fun run star athlete Mercedes Garvey injures her ankle and when Jez takes her home she misreads the signs and throws herself at him. After he has rejected her she claims he made a pass at her and Tom has to get the truth out of her. Her brother Eugene belongs to the Murray Set Boyz and DSC members Kyle and Tariq set out to pick a fight with him. Craig publicly proposes to Janeece whilst Trudi dumps Finn without telling him of her pregnancy and Sian tells Jez their marriage is over.
S7.E27 ∙ Episode #7.27
Jez moves out. Josh returns to school but takes himself off his medication. Whilst researching for his project about plague victim John Ingleby he becomes obsessed with a plague pit under the school. At a seance Emily tricks him into believing that Ingleby is trying to contact him,which has a disastrous effect on him during an exam. Finn and Trudi reconcile but only after she has had an abortion,leaving him distressed that he never told her of the pregnancy and,to avenge himself on Tariq and Kyle,he joins Eugene Garvey's gang. Janeece is stood up by Craig on her wedding day and Daniel discovers not only that he has robbed her and cleared her account but is known to the police for doing it before. However at the reception Janeece convinces the guests that she dumped Craig.
S7.E28 ∙ Episode #7.28
Alcohol-addicted pupil Shelby Dixon persuades Madi,who has turned eighteen,to celebrate in the pub and the girls return to school the worse for drink. Jez accuses Shelby of influencing Madi and gets into a fight with Shelby's father,Alan,who just happens to be the Head of Education. Things get worse as Kyle is selling illegally-imported Russian vodka and Nicki catches Shelby paying for it with sex. Kyle is expelled and Finn resigns as head boy after being caught fighting with his gang rivals whilst Jez also quits and takes his children with him. Grantly and Maggie go on a date whilst former pupil Lorraine Donnegan,now a millionaire business woman,asks Michael to be the head of a new,independent but non-fee-paying school she wants to open as a model of excellence.
S7.E29 ∙ Episode #7.29
Scout falls for Ukrainian pupil and would-be football star Danilo,an asylum seeker, and they agree to get married,despite Phoenix's attempts to stop Scout. When Danilo fails to show for football practice Phoenix alerts Tom and he and Sian dash to the registry office. The wedding has been performed but it illegal and Danilo will be deported. More upsetting for Scout is the news that it was a marriage of convenience to get Danilo's visa, for which his brother paid Scout's mother.As a result Scout calls the police to arrest her. Kyle slips into school and,after trying to steal Lorraine's credit card,disrupts Nicki's class with the Mansfield twins restoring order. Finn is dared to torch a lock-up by the Murray gang,unaware that Trudi's sister Naseem is inside,leading to his risking his life to save her. The two gangs confront each other but are dispersed by Michael's arrival. Later in the day Michael attends a local education authority meeting and is told that Waterloo Road is to be closed.
S7.E30 ∙ Episode #7.30
On the last day of term when the school is preparing for the prom Michael arrives to find that Alan Dixon has already sent letters to the staff announcing Waterloo Road's closure. However he tells them he has agreed to run Lorraine's school and invites them to come with him,most of them agreeing despite it being in Scotland. He gives a motivational speech to the pupils telling them they represent the spirit of the school and will take anybody who wants with him as Maggie,previously a care worker,will be superintending a lodgings house. Josh returns to school,improved in his mental health, but Eugene Garvey's gang,seeing Finn as a traitor after his rescuing Naseem,capture him though they are observed by Ronan,who alerts Tom and they rescue Josh. However he has overheard that Kyle and Tariq are planning to smuggle a crossbow into the prom to fire at Finn. Kyle takes his position as the dance starts but Tariq,unable to see it through,alerts Michael,who calls the police. Kyle fires but Josh is injured saving Finn and Kyle is arrested. Soon afterwards Michael,Janeece,Tom,,Daniel,Sian,Grantly,Maggie and a group of pupils travel in a mini-bus to look at the school. They stop at the Scottish border to take a photograph and Grantly proposes to Maggie on one knee. But a lorry which has veered out of control is heading towards the group.
S8.E1 ∙ New Beginnings
Dedicated to Denzil,killed by the drunken lorry driver who put Tariq in a wheelchair,the new school opens though Grantly and several pupils have misgivings about the move. Incumbent staff number strict English teacher Christine Mulgrew,whose sullen son Connor is a new pupil and old school history teacher Audrey McFall. Connor's recalcitrant behaviour,unknown to everybody else,is caused by his mother's fondness for drink. Jade and Drew,supposed half siblings, enrol but it becomes apparent that they are an item who have absconded from a care home. Jade genuinely wants an education but collapses in the school as she is pregnant by Drew. She refuses to take off with him again and he is arrested after threatening Michael. Michael himself is confronted in public by Gerard Findlay,head of a rival school,who accuses him of poaching staff and pupils.
S8.E2 ∙ Spirit Child
Michael's efforts to call a truce with Gerard Findlay are vitiated when Grantly interrupts their meeting to protest that Gerard's pupils have vandalised his car. Ultimately however the two older men ally as Gerard implies to Grantly that he knows a secret from Michael's past. Tom is more concerned with the disruptive behaviour of Congolese Lula Tsibi at Denzil's memorial ceremony. Her uncle Lionel has told her that she is possessed by a demon and must be exorcised though Tom learns he is playing on Lula's belief that she was responsible for her father's death and gets Lula's mother on side to prevent the exorcism and banish Lionel and his negative superstitions. Connor takes drastic action to expose his mother's alcoholism though he gets no thanks for it whilst Madi turns up to join Sian and Josh tries to encourage the wheelchair-bound Tariq to entertain outside activities.
S8.E3 ∙ Troubled Waters
As the feud between Havelock,Gerard Findlay's school,and Waterloo Road continues Findlay posts twenty-five year old press cuttings around the school describing how the young Michael Byrne attacked his father and left him for dead. The two heads confront each other and Findlay slips whilst trying to hit Michael,who later confesses to Sian that he had only been defending his mother against his violent father. Tariq grows more despairing about his handicap and engineers a fight between ex-Havelock pupil Angus Hancock and Phoenix,to create a diversion during which he slips away and tries to drown himself. He is rescued bu Michael who gives him self worth and he returns to Waterloo Road to stop the fight. Things worsen between Christine and Connor with only Audrey suspecting that Christine is trying to scapegoat the boy for her own shortcomings.
S8.E4 ∙ Read My Lips
Imogen Stewart, a hearing-impaired student is embarrassed when her flirtatious mother Sally arrives to take charge of a sponsored rowing marathon to buy Tariq a kayak. Sally gate-crashes Imogen's birthday party ,where she and Angus are found in a state of undress in a bedroom though,when Sally explains her guilt over her view that she caused Imogen's deafness following a bout of meningitis there is some understanding reached. Fort Connor,however,whilst getting close to Imogen,things only get worse as he gets drunk and torches the basement. Whilst he is not caught for the arson Christine successfully presents him to Michael as a drunk and a delinquent. As parents over-react to Findlay's stories discrediting Michael,taking children out of Waterloo Road,Sian calls on Billy,Michael's father to set the record straight. Michael rejects him but again offers to work with Findlay in cooperation.
S8.E5 ∙ Future Proof
The local paper publishes a damning report on Havelock and Findlay's slovenly attitude on the day the school is competing in a quiz and road race with Watrloo Road. Havelock's star athlete Liberty Gordon sold the story and asks ex-Havelock teacher Audrey to get her into Waterloo Road. At the quiz Waterloo Road thrashes Havelock and,though Liberty wins the race,she is seen to be taking drugs - actually her invalid mother's pain-killers as she believes she is arthritic. Findlay is discredited as he was aware of the drugs and after a confrontation with Audrey when he loses it agrees Liberty should change schools. Janeece continues to exploit Daniel as a child minder for her baby Cheryl,dumping her on him in class whilst Connor believes he has got through to Christine when she agrees to seeing a doctor after falling downstairs drunk. Sian promises Billy,who is terminally ill,she will reconcile him with Michael and Scout is the victim of a nasty hoax by fellow pupil Rhiannon.
S8.E6 ∙ We Need to Talk About Cheryl
Christine visits a doctor,who tells her she has alcoholic hepatitis. Trying to go cold turkey is too much for her and she lashes out at Phoenix Taylor in class but covers her tracks by claiming she was once attacked by a boy who resembled Phoenix. Janeece puts her work as Lorraine's assistant above her school duties and care of Cheryl,leading to the social services being involved,due to Daniel's concern. Janeece accuses him of betrayal but ultimately sees that he acted for the best. She suggests they become a couple but he is not convinced that it would work and she leaves the area to live with her mother. Maggie discovers that Scout is being bullied by Rhiannon,whose plans for revenge on the dinner lady by doctoring canteen food goes disastrously wrong. As Michael launches an anti-bullying campaign Sian accuses him of hypocrisy by snubbing his father,revealing that Billy is terminally ill. Michael does visit but only to say that he is rejecting Billy forever.
S8.E7 ∙ A Woman Scorned
Maggie tells Grantly the wedding is off after she receives a threatening call from a man called Trevor. Helped by Scout and Phoenix Grantly tracks down Trevor,who claims he is still married to Maggie and wants three thousand pounds to leave them alone. Fortunately the pupils help Grantly organize a trap,forcing Trevor to back off,and the wedding goes ahead. Sian starts dating Ray Keats,who is giving work experience seminars at the school,incurring the jealousy of Madi,who throws herself at him,the pair being caught kissing by Sian,who consequently dumps Ray. However she finds out that Madi pulled the same stunt with her mother's boyfriend. Josh,who does well in the seminars,leaves for Manchester and a job arranged for him by Lorraine whilst Michael,following a conversation with Tom about fathers and sons,pays another visit to Billy,this one more cordial.
S8.E8 ∙ The Price of Love
Kai Murray is a single father who lives an austere Freegan life,forbidding his daughter Morag and her little brother the use of mobile phones,television and cinema visits. He regards Lorraine's competition to design a school bench as blatantly commercial and destroys Morag's effort. However Tom helps her make another,which wins but Murray arrives and threatens to take Morag out of the school. Ultimately he proves he is open to compromise and Michael,likewise,pays another visit to his father - who asks him to help him die. When Christine neglects to mark her class's coursework due to her alcoholism Connor marks the papers but Audrey spots discrepancies and mentions it to Christine,who reports her to Michael for bullying. Incensed at seeing his mother back on the bottle Connor goes to torch all the benches in the contest but stops when he hears somebody coming. Madi leaves to work on a cruise ship whilst Daniel,applying to be a foster parent,discovers that cheeky but clever new boy Kevin is in care.
S8.E9 ∙ Skin Deep
Connor believes his mother's lies about Audrey and,to cheer him up, Kevin burns a book belonging to Audrey's family. However,seeing Christine's glee at Audrey's distress makes Connor realise that she is in the wrong. At a mediation meeting Christine's open hostility to Audrey and Audrey's dignified response also gives Sian cause for doubt over Christine's claims against the older teacher. Lorraine,as a favour to their mother,brings in her sister Sonya as a replacement for Janeece. She is not especially efficient but endears herself to Audrey putting out the fire and comforting her afterwards. Audrey also gains Rhiannon's confidence when she learns that the girl is into self-harm because of being over-weight and even reconciles her with Scout,as well as persuading Michael not to exclude Kevin when he admits to the arson. Michael himself agrees to helping his father die 'when the time comes .'
S8.E10 ∙ Paradise Lost
It's the end of term and Lorraine considers excluding Phoenix Taylor for his poor results but is persuaded by Michael and the example of Tariq to set up a referral unit for weaker students in the area instead. The Budgens prepare for their honeymoon whilst Kevin asks Daniel to be his foster father and Imogen and Connor intend to run away together though Christine scuppers their plan and lashes out at Imogen. In retaliation Connor shows the other teachers the evidence of her drinking as well as starting another fire,which injures Imogen. However Christine takes the blame,claiming it was an accident,and attends Alcoholics Anonymous. Michael,ton the other hand,is caught by Billy's nurse helping him to end his life and is arrested for culpable homicide.
S8.E11 ∙ Bad Boy
As the new term starts Sian learns that she is to be a prosecution witness against Michael when he stands trial for killing his father. The opening of the referral unit,run by Nikki Boston, presents a problem as the unruly Barry children are enrolled,spawn of a jail-bird and his mouthy wife. Barry,the son,is soon at odds with fellow pupil Jack McAllister as he has had sex with Jack's needy mother and posted photos of it around the school. Barry also steals Nikki's car but she suspects Scout,with whom she has fallen out over a misunderstanding. At least Barry's younger sister Kacey proves to be an unusual asset to the school football team. Reformed alcoholic Christine apologizes to Imogen,scarred in the fire, but Connor,ashamed of his actions as the real arsonist,cannot bring himself to seeing Imogen,who suspects Christine is keeping them apart.
S8.E12 ∙ Whole Lotto Trouble
Christine brings a reluctant Connor to school though he is too ashamed to face Imogen. The Taylor brothers win two hundred thousand pounds on the lottery,which brings their father Nelson to the school. Phoenix believes he is only there for a hand-out as his company is failing but Harley persuades him that they should invest in Nelson's business and Phoenix leaves to work with his father. Michael and Christine get close after he learns that he will not face court action over his father's death but the feud between Scout and Nikki grows as Nikki sees Scout with her hand-bag,stolen along with her car by Barry Barry.
S8.E13 ∙ A Woman's Worth
On Connor's birthday he takes Kevin's advice and reconciles with Imogen but does not admit to starting the fire. Imogen is annoyed that Dynasty is considering breast implants to work as a pole dancer in a local club when she herself can have no further plastic surgery. Audrey attempts to block Dynasty's efforts to work at the club,leading to a showdown with Carol,but Dynasty eventually realises that Carol is exploiting her and turns the job down in favour of staying at school. As a result she and Imogen become friends. Things hot up between Christine and Michael though Barry Barry steals and sells Lorraine's Ferrari and Nikki blames Scout. Tom however sticks up for Scout and sees that Nikki is picking on her.
S8.E14 ∙ Sins of the Father
Christine is shocked when ex-husband Joe turns up,wanting her to sign a document relinquishing her right to a legacy from his father. She reluctantly lets him see Connor,who,in view of his mother's past lies,wants to go with Joe but it turns out that Connor is not his son as Christine was in fact raped by Joe's father. After being told this Joe leaves without the boy and Connor also finds out as he overhears Christine telling Michael. He also plucks up the courage to tell Imogen the truth about the fire but she is appalled and rejects him. After Lorraine's car is found and the police question Barry Barry Nikki comes to see who stole her vehicle - though there is no proof - and apologizes publicly to Scout. Sian arranges for the Barrys to be taught separately as Barry is a bad influence on his sisters.
S8.E15 ∙ Mr Chalk's Waterloo
Daniel is annoyed that Kevin went behind his back to enter - and win - a contest to design a robot. Disharmony between the two leads Kevin to log onto Daniel's computer and find that Daniel changed his name from Gareth Dinsdale,following a sex scandal at a care home. Kevin initially believes Daniel to be a paedophile but discovers that he was one of several boys abused by the home's supervisor whilst in care. A contrite Kevin vows he will help Daniel in his court case against his persecutor. Rugby star Austin Healey comes to the school to present Kevin with his prize but trouble-making Barry Barry,in another petulant display,persuades Rhiannon and Dynasty to lace cakes made by Sonya for the occasion with marijuana,sabotaging the event .Connor admits to Michael that he was the arsonist.Soon the whole school knows as Connor makes a public apology before being arrested.
S8.E16 ∙ Sanctuary
Connor is put on probation and transferred to the P.R.U. but feelings run high against him and a girl gang,led by Dynasty,set on him,Imogen coming to his rescue after which they finally reconcile. Former pupil Bolton Smilie,now a soldier who has served in Afghanistan,comes to see Tom and is asked to give a speech to the school. He is however very nervous and it is a disaster. In fact he is a deserter,scared by his experiences in Afghanistan,and,when the military police are alerted,he takes Grantly and his class hostage at gunpoint though Grantly defuses the situation and disarms him. Bolton is arrested but Lorraine considers closing the P.R.U. unless it can produce good exam results.
S8.E17 ∙ Baby Be Mine
Maggie is dismayed to learn that the heavily pregnant Jade Fleming has put her unborn child up for adoption by restaurateurs Sarah and Kaz Winters and over-reacts,lying to Jade that the child's father,the imprisoned Drew,is against the adoption. An angry Jade runs off to the Winters,who return her in time for the P.R.U. presentation,where she delivers an impressive,impromptu rap and indeed the whole presentation goes well,with even Barry Barry behaving himself. Connor admits to Christine he knows she was raped by her father-in-law and this brings them closer,though she is annoyed by Michael's reaction to her false pregnancy scare. Connor also proposes marriage to Imogen now that they are back together.
S8.E18 ∙ Man of the Match
Connor gives Imogen an engagement ring but she is not keen for them to go public and instead gives him a necklace as a love token. They also contrive to get Christine and Michael back together. Kacey is due to play for the soccer team in a cup final but Michael discovers that mixed teams are nor allowed and orders Tom to pull her from the team. Tom defies him but after Kacey has scored the winning goal tomboy new pupil Zoe - who had previously mistaken her for a boy - kisses her,leading Barry Barry to make an ignorant outburst exposing the deception. However Zoe has spotted that Kacey really wishes she was a boy and,though staff and the football team are supportive,her selfish brother accuses her of being a Lesbian and a pervert. Sian rebukes him and,seeing this as a challenge to his perceived masculinity,he follows her home to get revenge.
S8.E19 ∙ Spartacus
Sian calls the Barry family in for a discussion on Kacey's gender issues but with only Dynasty being positive it is a failure. Barry Barry,having broken into Sian's flat and stolen a photo of her kissing Michael,posts it around the school which goads Sian into slapping him. Although the other pupils take her side and claim that they hit him Sian resigns though before she goes she encourages Kacey's mother to be more understanding of her daughter. Christine,annoyed that Michael still appears to have feelings for Sian,is further displeased to find Connor's hidden engagement ring and forbids him to marry Imogen,an act which propels them to aim to marry in secret. Scout is unhappy when her mother Tina,just out of jail and drunk,turns up at the school gates but the whole school is addicted to Chalk And Cheese,a video game devised by Kevin and Daniel. Even Lorraine succumbs and offers to help them market it.
S8.E20 ∙ Paradise Found
Final exams loom on the last day of term. Michael has stayed the night with Christine but,to her annoyance,does not want their affair to be public knowledge. Christine decides she needs more time with Connor and organizes a trip to Paris,unaware that the boy is secretly marrying Imogen. Scout's mother Tina is taken ill,having stolen items from the school house which she aimed to sell to finance a flat with her daughter. She dies repentant and Scout,seeing her in a different light,is inspired to sit her exam and do well. Lorraine arranges a meeting with the head of a computer firm to market Kevin and Daniel's game Chalk and Cheese. Daniel is initially reluctant to attend but ends up being offered a job in computing in London,which Kevin persuades him to take. As the day ends Kacey prepares for her gender identity course whilst Michael admits his feelings for Christine,who is still unaware that she has a daughter-in-law but accepts when Michael asks to take Connor's place on the Paris trip. Grantly is rushed to hospital where he receives bad news.
S8.E21 ∙ Nowhere To Run
Returning from holiday with Christine - who is still unaware that she has a daughter-in-law - Michael is annoyed that Lorraine has gone behind his back to appoint Nikki as the new deputy head. After Lorraine has confided monetary problems regarding the school to Nikki the two women become rather more than friends. Grantly,on dialysis but anxious to keep working,is displeased that Maggie has told everybody of his kidney failure but they are sympathetic. He needs a transplant and Maggie is a willing donor but her diabetes causes a problem. Snide Barry Barry is typically intolerant with Kacey wanting to be known as Robbie but finds a potential drug dealer in pale,silent Fergal Doherty,who has arrived from Londonderry with his mother. To Lula's horror Harley buys pills from Fergal and almost dies but is saved by Ndile, a man whom Audrey has brought back from her African trip. It becomes apparent that the Dohertys left Ulster because the boy's drug dealing made him powerful enemies and a vengeful father arrives at the school,forcing a show-down before Fergal gives himself up to the police.
S8.E22 ∙ Princess of Spices
Lorraine brings in budget cuts which could well mean a depletion in staff. Maggie is angry that,as part of the cuts, she will be forced to tender for the canteen contract,her rival being Usman Haq,whose son is dating Rhiannon. Maggie believes that the Haqs are using Rhiannon in order to find out her strategy for the tender and angry words are exchanged. Granthly however acts as peace-making reconciling Rhiannon and Maggie - who gets the contract whilst the Haqs become her suppliers. Christine and Connor move in with Michael but Connor is frustrated that Imogen is not allowed to stay overnight with him. Ndale is taken on as the school's maintenance man amidst gossip and speculation that he is Audrey's toy boy whilst Maggie asks for a donor for Grantly in the staff-room.
S8.E23 ∙ Grandmaster
Thuggish Steve-O Malone,Dynasty's former boyfriend,just out of gaol,arrives at the school and takes over Barry Barry's usury racket. He wants Dynasty to return to Liverpool with him. She is tempted but when she catches him stealing school computers she changes her mind,returning the computers and dumping him in favour of Kevin. However Malone sees them kissing and threatens Kevin to stay away. Lorraine calls a meeting where she proposes cut-backs,with under-subscribed subjects being axed. Audrey's history course seems a likely casualty but Audrey works hard to keep her job though she is unaware that Ndale and Sonya are getting intimate. Grantly is rushed to hospital and lies in a coma,prompting Tom to put himself forward as a kidney donor.
S8.E24 ∙ Tan-Tastic
Sonya visits her mother,Alzheimers sufferer Maureen in her care home and is upset when she calls her Lorraine. Things get worse when Ndale tells her the kiss was a one-off and he really loves Audrey (who later accepts his marriage proposal) and her attempt to peddle beauty products to pupils ends in disaster. She gives notice but Audrey - unaware of what happened with Ndale - talks her out of it and ultimately she accepts that she would rather be herself than try to emulate her sister.After Lorraine visits Maureen,who tells her that,although she is confused over Sonya's identity,she appreciates her regular visits,the sisters reconcile. Tom's son Josh returns to give a talk,seemingly in the money but actually in debt with his credit cards. He is initially disapproving of his father's offer to help Grantly until Maggie reminds him that Grantly would otherwise be dead and agrees to accept his father's advice over clearing his debts. Malone steps up his demands on Connor,who has foolishly bought a van with money borrowed from Barry Barry, and which Malone torches whilst threatening Imogen.
S8.E25 ∙ Love Hurts
Dynasty stays over with Kevin but they get a rude awakening when Malone breaks in and threatens Kevin. To spare her new boyfriend being beaten up Dynasty reluctantly returns to Malone but is very unhappy. Michael pays off Connor's debt but Malone breaks into the house and discovers Connor's marriage certificate . New science teacher - and vegan - Esther Fairclough strikes a chord with Lula as both are into animal rights. However Lula organizes a protest which gets into trouble before Esther tells her that Lorraine has money invested in a local laboratory which does animal testing. Audrey and Ndale announce their engagement. Everybody is happy for them except Sonya,who feels left out.
S8.E26 ∙ Revenge
Audrey asks Sonya to help organize her wedding to Ndale - unaware that Ndale has told Sonya he is only marrying Audrey to stay in the country. Lorraine tells Michael she wants drastic budget cuts and to make Waterloo Road a fee-paying school,shocking him when he sees that she intends to take in pupils from private schools. When he protests she replaces him as head with Nikki. Kevin realizes that Malone has put pressure on Dynasty to stay with him by forcing himself on her sexually. He persuades Connor,terrified that Malone will expose his marriage to Imogen,that they should form an unlikely alliance with Barry Barry to shoot Malone. However Dynasty confides in Christine that Malone raped her and he is arrested.
S8.E27 ∙ Sugar Mummy
Michael approaches the local council to take over and fund the school in the wake of Lorraine's plan to make it fee-paying,a move which causes a mass walk-out by staff. Chaos ensues. Newly-appointed head Nikki opposes Lorraine's view that Lula be suspended for protesting against the Nox pharmaceutical firm whilst Esther plots with Lula to tour the premises and find its weakness. Sarcastic supply teacher George Windsor annoys Lula and Nikki and Michael persuades the strikers to return to work. Sonya sends Audrey an anonymous note to reveal her fling with Ndale but Audrey still plans to go ahead with the wedding. However Maggie and Sonya learn that Ndale is already married and is using Audrey to bring his family to Britain. They inform Audrey and the wedding is cancelled ,her colleagues rallying round Audrey to cheer her. Christine is shocked to learn of Connor's marriage whilst the deranged Barry Barry over-reacts violently on hearing that Dynasty intends to move in with Kevin.
S8.E28 ∙ Journey's End
Director of education Robert Bain is impressed when Michael gives him a tour of the school but,as it is not in financial difficulties,refuses council funding. Michael tries to remind Lorraine how the school was successful in giving opportunity to bright pupils,herself included,whose parents could not afford fees but she is adamant in sticking to her plan,alienating staff,including Nikki who resigns as head. Eventually Nikki persuades Lorraine to accept the take-over,by which time Michael decides to leave the school,to applause from the students,and Christine is appointed head. Lula attempts to attack Lorraine,after being refused a place on the tour of Nox,leading to Esther admitting that she used Lula and also resigning. Meanwhile Carol Barry tries in vain to persuade Dynasty to move out of Kevin's flat and return to live with her.
S8.E29 ∙ Dirty Laundry
On Christine's first day as head teacher the obnoxious George Windsor,now a permanent staff member,ruffles feathers whilst Imogen's mother Sally,irate at her daughter's marriage,threatens to take her out of school. Half the sixth form absent themselves as Dynasty challenges her mother's attitude on a live TV discussion programme. Carol tries to whip up feelings against Kevin but when his unpleasant mother Daisy is brought in and it transpires that she threw her ten year old son out to make way for her boyfriend Carol is incensed and hits Daisy. Chaos ensues before Christine stops transmission and Carol finally welcomes Kevin to her family. Back at school an empowered Christine deals with rebellious parents and persuades Sally to let the young marrieds stay with her. Christine invites Nikki to be her deputy but they are surprised to learn that Simon Lowsley has been appointed by the education authority as part of the takeover deal. At the hospital Maggie is preparing to switch off Grantly's life support when he apparently comes out of his coma.
S8.E30 ∙ Hero
As Grantly is released from hospital the school prepares for a charity auction with proceeds going to kidney research. Grantly is reluctant to accept Tom's offer as a donor but changes his mind when Maggie threatens to leave him.Kyle Stack,discharged from a young offender unit,arrives at the school,claiming that he wants to complete his education. Christine and Tom vote to exclude him but Simon wants to give him a chance. Needless to say Barry Barry,believing himself to be a hard man and sensing a rival,picks a fight and Kyle runs away.On the evening of the auction,Kyle,feeling worthless,climbs onto the school roof and threatens to jump. Tom goes after him,which leads to somebody falling to his death.
S9.E1 ∙ Beyond the Call of Duty
The school is still mourning the death of Tom, especially Kasey, who builds her own shrine to him but is encouraged to move on with the promise of boxing lessons by Nikki. Malodorous twins Lenny and Lisa Brown are enrolled at the school by their elder brother Larry, their guardian while their mother is in psychiatric care. Audrey is shocked at the deterioration in their appearance since she knew them at a previous school and, against Christine's wishes, visits their house, where she finds Larry is selling drugs. She rings the police and he is arrested, the twins moving into the school-house. Amiable Lenny is pleased to be in a warm, clean home but his vengeful sister determines to get even with Audrey. New science teacher Sue Spark has difficulty keeping order in the classroom but Simon dare not own up that she is his girl-friend whilst George pushes to have Mandarin on the syllabus, thus employing his wife, Princess.
S9.E2 ∙ Sue Spark's Bad Day
Seizing on her inability to keep order pupils led by Rhiannon and Dynasty taunt Sue about being an air hostess and she ends up locked in a store cupboard as the fire alarm is set off. Anxious to keep their relationship secret Simon suggests she move to another school but Sue herself makes a deal with Barry Barry. George introduces his new Mandarin teaching assistant - and wife - Princess, who is a hit with the boys, especially Kevin, whilst vengeful Lisa Brown steals and hides Audrey's cat and Nikki continues to coach Kasey in boxing. Due to financial cut-backs several activities including the school's breakfast club are cancelled and Connor leads a walk-out in protest, as a result of which Christine threatens him and the whole class with exclusion.
S9.E3 ∙ The Madness of King Windsor
Simon plans the school's own version of 'The Apprentice', pitting girls against boys and financing it himself when Christine tries to cancel it due to budget cuts. The girls go in for selling cakes, the boys for selling unwanted household items donated. Barry Barry tries to sabotage the girls but Grantly comes to their aid and they win. Innocently believing Lisa has turned over a new leaf Audrey is blissfully unaware that Moira, a friend she has met online, is actually Lisa herself. Princess feels exploited by George and kisses Kevin when he comes to her house to collect junk. George sees them and hits Kevin but, realizing that it could cost the teacher his job, Kevin denies that it happened.
S9.E4 ∙ Text Rated
George discovers that Princess is planning to leave him to work in London. He tries to thwart her but Kevin helps her to escape. Given a make-over by Dynasty Rhiannon asks new boy Darren Hughes to an upcoming dance, sending a revealing picture of herself to his phone. Barry Barry bullies him into sending it online and Rhiannon is mortified but Dynasty organizes revenge by photographing Darren and Barry in the shower. Christine steps in, demanding all photos be deleted and announcing that any similar future action will involve the police. The dance goes ahead with Rhiannon making a triumphant entrance with her friends. Audrey discovers that her new Internet friend Moira is Lisa Brown, trying to scam money from her and decides to contact her ex-army grandfather.
S9.E5 ∙ Crossing the Line
George fails to show for work and Christine visits, finding him drunk and self-pitying, though she makes him attend school. He has a run-in with Connor, who, as punishment, is made to attend the Home Economics course where he does very well but Christine realizes that George's grasp of Mandarin is poor and sends him on an evening course. Barry Barry demands more money from Sue to help her keep order so she confesses everything to Simon, who threatens the boy whilst Dynasty, having finished with Kevin over his kiss with Princess, manages Kasey and gets her a fight. The Browns' estranged grandfather, Laurence, a former army sergeant major, arrives at the school after a message from Audrey and wins over the pupils with stories of his service experience. However a spiteful Lisa sees him as the enemy and steals his medals. Audrey persuades her to return them and, although Laurence leaves, it is on good terms with his grandchildren, who opt to stay at Waterloo Road.
S9.E6 ∙ Grantly's Perfect Poetry
Grantly makes a reluctant return to work and is asked to assume Tom's project to get the pupils to write a poem. He initially believes that Harley's excellent offering has been plagiarized but is genuinely sorry when he realizes his mistake. He also offers advice to Sue, whose lack of discipline has caused students to complain about her. Kacey takes on her first fight and loses. She feels dejected but Kevin leads the school in cheering for her, which gives her confidence to carry on. Even Barry Barry, who has won money on betting against her, offers his winnings for her future training and, after George has had a run in with the cleaners, Christine suggests a sponsored cleaning day by pupils to raise further funds for Kacey. Grantly delays his visit to the hospital for his transplant in order to award Harley his prize but unfortunately tragedy strikes and Grantly never makes it.
S9.E7 ∙ Lies Mothers Tell
The school turns out for Grantly's funeral, with Tariq turning up to pay his respects. The funeral over, Nikki has a difficult day. It takes a lot of persuasion for her to convince Carol Barry that Kasey should go to a boxing camp in Miami and then she has an unexpected visit from Eve, the daughter she has not seen in years and whose father told her Nikki was dead. Eve quickly sees that Nikki's maternal instincts are secondary to her professional outlook and is angry that she seems to be giving Kasey more attention than her own daughter, especially when Nikki rings Stuart, Eve's father to take her home. However, after Kasey has consoled Eve the parting takes place with the promise of more contact between mother and child. The sponsored clean goes awry when Dynasty mixes cleaning fluids and produces chlorine gas and Sue slips on a wet floor. Simon, bidding to become head, is happy to use this against Christine, who, as a result, sees Audrey's suggestion of a 'living history' week, built around World War II as an opportunity to impress the school board.
S9.E8 ∙ Don't Mention the War
Staff and pupils don 40s gear for the World War Two living history week, with austerity rations which annoys the kids. For authenticity the teachers organize a foraging expedition, where Kevin, helped by a military uniform and a Glenn Miller disc, wins back Dynasty. However the stupid Barry Barry and even dimmer side-kick Darren pick and eat magic mushrooms, requiring their hospital admission. Education officer - and Sue's father - Robert Bain arrives for his school inspection, which begins well. However Rhiannon faints after taking the austerity diet too seriously and a goat gets loose in the school. At least Christine manages to stop the pupils from eating the remaining mushrooms but Sue discovers that she is employing George aware that his Mandarin is not up to teaching standard, ammunition she gives Simon in his bid to become the permanent head. Robert is displeased with Christine but also berates Simon for being underhand and trying to score points of the headmistress. Battle lines are now drawn between Christine and Simon.
S9.E9 ∙ Father Figure
Charismatic supply teacher Frankie McGregor arrives and impresses Christine when he defends bullied Lenny Brown against gormless Darren Hughes. Obsessed with her wedding Sue exploits him to teach her class - as he reports to Christine. However Simon is suspicious and with good cause for, after the new teacher has taken Lenny fishing, it is discovered that he is an impostor, the depressed brother-in-law of the real Frankie. He is arrested but Lenny is disappointed to have lost a man who befriended him. Christine and Simon, having worked together to catch him, declare a truce but Simon is angry with Sue for her negligence. Nikki learns that Kacey's American trip will cost more than anticipated and organizes fund-raising, in which Carol Barry happily joins, a visit from Olympic boxer Nicola Adams being another boost. However Kacey's vile brother Barry Barry steals her training fund money.
S9.E10 ∙ Happy Ever After
On his wedding eve and with his interview imminent Simon is overwhelmed when he finds Robert has bought him and Sue a house, and he reacts badly to single parent Avril Mack's complaint that her son Stevie is being bullied for his stammer by a vicious girl gang. Christine bravely details her own domestic problems with Connor in an effort to find out underlying home difficulties with the Macks and Simon is sufficiently impressed by her candour and bravery that he stands down from the promotion, endorsing Christine, who - with unexpected support from Imogen's mother - wins the permanent head teacher post. The theft of Kacey's travel fund is discovered and Nikki prepares to make up the money herself but Kacey discovers that her rotten brother stole it and exposes him in front of the school, as a result of which Carol kicks him out and Kacey flies to the states as planned. Sue and Simon get married but decide to elope, leaving the other staff to enjoy their - and Christine's - celebration.
S9.E11 ∙ Bad Girl
As the new term starts staff and pupils alike are annoyed by the dramatic entry, staged by Simon as part of his positivity campaign, of hunky new gym teacher Hector Reid. Equally ostentatious is the arrival of Gabriella Wark, a very bright but extremely manipulative and precocious girl who has been expelled from her last two schools and antagonizes students and teachers. She immediately throws herself at Hector and, on learning that the last expulsion was for stalking a young male teacher, Christine is ready to exclude her but is prepared to give her another chance when she learns that Gabriella's cold father blames her for her sister's death. Elsewhere Nikki starts dating the newly-married Sue's sister Vix whilst Imogen is annoyed that Connor applied for a chef's job in London without telling her.
S9.E12 ∙ Sugar Daddy
Strapped for cash Carol Barry agrees to work for a day in the school kitchen. She robs Gabriella's purse but Dynasty retrieves it. Also working in the kitchen is Connor, thrilled to have been accepted for the London job. Christine initially believes he is wasting his talents but agrees to let him go after Maggie has told her it is what Connor wants. Divorced from Princess a lonely George asks Christine on a date but she prefers to remain friends. He goes to drown his sorrows in the pub where Carol works and, after punching the landlord who insulted her, he ends up back at her flat drinking. Meanwhile Nikki and Vix decide to get married.
S9.E13 ∙ Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Christine is left reeling at Conor's departure for London, and he himself seems to be giving her the brush off. Meanwhile, Simon tries to gain more support for his resilience education programme by putting on an afternoon of activities that will show the teachers just how much the kids engage with the new project. However, Christine is quick to bite as he forgets to clear it with her. Gabriella continues her ways of trouble and aims to drive a wedge between Dynasty and Imogen. After humiliating Dynasty and Imogen having hijacked her presentation, Imogen is swayed by Gabriella's kindness and accepts an invitation to a night out after school. Later, at Simon's assault course activity, Dynasty and Gabriella are made Team Captain's and Gabriella decides to let Dynasty win to give her a confidence boost, much to the dismay of Imogen and causing Dynasty to flip out in the changing rooms afterwards. Dynasty later confides in Kevin, revealing she hasn't been accepted to one her chosen university. After school, Gabriella and Imogen head to a bar, where Hector has also made plans to meet friends. Gabriella tries to coax Hector into buying her a drink and confessing her feelings for him, but after a firm cold shoulder from her P.E. teacher, Gabriella and Imogen head off to meet Rhiannon at a dingier bar. A shock reappearance from Barry Barry creates a distraction for Gabriella, leaving an intoxicated Imogen to help a paralytic Rhiannon. After trying to ask of Dynasty's help with no response, there is only one other person that could save the girls. After hard day of seeing off Conor, dealing with disruptive student's and making several attempts to contact her son, Christine gets a call off Imogen, leaving her rushing out down the corridor, whilst George and Carol hide behind closed blinds in romantic embrace.
S9.E14 ∙ Suspicious Minds
Lenny Brown becomes obsessed with the idea that local newsagent Mr Kowalski is running a vice ring and, having misinterpreted George's advice, persuades dumb Darren to help him thwart it - though of course he is proved wrong. George himself gets a surprise visit from his snobbish mother, who discovers - and exposes - his relationship with Carol, of whom she disapproves. George finally stands up to her and blasts her snobbery but later learns that she has died suddenly and looks to Carol for her support. Carol meanwhile refuses to allow Barry Barry and his ridiculous new hair cut back in her house whilst Gabriella continues to throw herself at Hector.
S9.E15 ∙ Out of Bounds
Nikki, the Lowsleys and Hector take a party of students on the 'resilience camp' weekend to hone initiative skills. Gabriella, still besotted with Hector, steals a boat and rows to the middle of a lake, where she rings him to come and save her. Hector is more interested in trying to seduce Nikki and has his phone switched off but eventually goes to Gabriella's aid. Nikki rings Christine, who cancels the weekend, making Gabriella even more unpopular with her peers, who take their revenge on her. Back at school Christine, who is struggling with her own feelings for George, is concerned about George's relationship with Carol, whom she feels is exploiting him but he writes off her concern as jealousy. Hector admits that he turned his phone off to prevent Christine ending the whole resilience project. Berated by the Lowsleys he feels sorry for himself and starts drinking. Nikki looks in on him and finally succumbs to his advances.
S9.E16 ∙ A Bolt from the Blue
As he is about to leave for Edinburgh to be interviewed for his university bursary Kevin collapses in class. He has had a stroke and requires an operation though he does pull through. Gabriella sees Nikki and Hector arrive at school together and reveals that they are having an affair. Nobody believes her - except Vix, who breaks up with Nikki as a result. Dynasty has an interview to join the police whilst Lula has an offer from Strathclyde university but there is bad news when her mother Cecile tells her that they face deportation. She goes to see Audrey, who determines to do all that she can to help her.
S9.E17 ∙ Nowhere to Run
Immigration officers arrive to deport the Tsibis, whose appeal has been turned down. Lula's mother is arrested but Lulas escapes to the school where George is standing in for Christine, who is visiting Connor. He believes Lula should give herself up but Audrey and Maggie lead the pupils in a campaign to let her stay, involving the press and local councillors, as well as a full demonstration on the school roof, during which Shaznay pretends to be Lula to buy time. However it is all in vain and Lula reluctantly leaves Waterloo Road. Meanwhile Gabriella publicly humiliates and ditches Barry Barry, who claims to be planning a 'big job' and Simon offers himself as go-between for Nikki with Vix. He also makes sure that Christine will hear how George failed to handle Lula's situation in the appropriate way. Carol is displeased when Dynasty informs her that she is applying for the police force.
S9.E18 ∙ Dynasty's Choice
Dynasty goes for her police interview, where she excels, but one of the panellists later informs her that she knows she is from a criminal family, which would seem to ruin her chances. However when she discovers that her brother is people trafficking she turns him in and, helped by Simon, gets a return interview. Audrey promises Harley she will help him try to contact Lula but is surprised by a gift from Gabriella. Meanwhile Christine returns and tears strips off George for mishandling Lula's situation. Discovering that daft Darren Hughes has been taking indecent photos in the girls' changing room she visits his mother in her shabby flat. The woman is clearly a prostitute who shows Christine the door and, in her frustration, Christine goes to a pub and starts drinking.
S9.E19 ∙ End of the Road
A severely hung over Christine wakes up in bed with a total stranger and, still drunk, crashes her car on the way to school. Fleeing the scene she misses a meeting to discuss Darren Hughes and makes a fool of herself in class. After initially lying to the police that her car was stolen she is arrested. As she leaves the school with them she tells Simon that she resigns and he can have her job. After Lula Skypes Audrey to say that she is safe and well Kacey returns from America in triumph. Simon asks her to give a talk, which annoys Gabriella, who was due to give a presentation and who humiliates Kevin in revenge. Vix refuses to get back with Nikki whilst Imogen contacts Connor to tell him of his mother's arrest.
S9.E20 ∙ New Highs, New Lows
As the term draws to a close Christine is summoned to the board of education and faces a possible ban from teaching altogether. Back at the school Simon is having terrible problems as acting head. Upstaged by Kasey again Gabriella has caused her to have an accident which jeopardizes her boxing future and when Mrs Wark comes to Waterloo Road Carol fights with her whilst Gabriella contrives to make it seem that Nikki assaulted her. However Christine takes charge of the situation, getting Gabriella to admit that her actions were to get her parents to notice and love her as she believes they still value her dead sister above her. Simon is so impressed he contacts the board and Christine's teaching career is saved. Vix comes to support Nikki and they move away together whilst Imogen gets a college place in London near to Connor and Dynasty is accepted for police training.
S10.E1 ∙ Home Sweet Home
With Christine demoted a new head teacher arrives - Vaughan Fitzgerald, with his partner, art teacher Allie Westbrook and her children Tiffany and Floyd. Soon afterwards Olga, the unstable wife he left for Allie, arrives with their sons Leo and Justin. She is about to enter a psychiatric unit and dumps the boys on Vaughan. Leo is affable but Justin is hostile towards his father, picking a fight with Floyd and though he apologizes he is insincere and makes it clear he does not want to be at Waterloo Road. Returning from their cruise George dumps the mercenary Carol who gets revenge by posting pictures of his being sick on the ship on the Internet. Darren Hughes' mother dies of a drug overdose and he moves into the school house, prompting Vaughan to propose that the school forges stronger links with the community.
S10.E2 ∙ One Good Turn
Vaughan encourages the students to offer their services to members of the community, a decision which leads Lisa and Shaznay to rob elderly Mr Carmichael of a vase which, unbeknown to them, contains his wife's ashes. He comes to the school insisting that they stole two thousand pounds but Vaughan realizes that he is as much a chancer as the girls. Simon's efforts to reconcile Floyd and Justin fail due to Justin's hate-filled recalcitrance and after a run-in with the boy George resigns, having scooped fifteen grand in compensation from the cruise company. Dynasty also leaves, to join the police, whilst Maggie discovers that Rhiannon, who had been a great comfort to Darren at his mother's funeral, is now having sex with him. She determines to put a stop to it.
S10.E3 ∙ Baby Boom
Allie starts a virtual baby scheme to teach pupils parenting skills but few of them take it seriously. One exception is Rhiannon, who confesses to the understanding Harley that she may be pregnant. Darren is less than sympathetic and, although the pregnancy test proves negative, she ends the relationship when she sees how shallow she is. She is consoled by Maggie, who suggests a career working with children. Carol stages a kitchen accident in the hopes of suing the school but is thwarted by Vaughan, who sacks her ,whilst Tiffany attempts to get through to Justin.
S10.E4 ∙ Pool Party
Gabriella Wark returns to school from therapy, a far gentler person, though she encounters general hostility from most of the staff and pupils, except Rhiannon and Allie's children, whom she invites to her house in her parents' absence. The vindictive Shaznay and Lisa alert dozens of students to the house and chaos ensues, with the two nasty girls trashing Gabriella's dead sister's room. A fight breaks out and Gabriella is knocked unconscious and falls into the swimming pool, from where she is rescued by Kacey. Sue and Hector are summoned and order the gate crashers to clear up the mess, appreciating that they have misjudged Gabriella, who is trying to improve, though they do end up kissing. So do Tiffany, who leaves the party early, and Justin, who has accompanied Vaughan and Leo to see Olga in hospital and wrongly assumes that his parents may reconcile.
S10.E5 ∙ Testing Times
Lenny Brown is studying hard for his mock exams but with no help from his controlling, idle sister and lacking self-confidence, he cracks up, spoiling his paper and having a panic attack. Matters are not helped when the projected exam grades are leaked, leading to a pupil walk-out led by Lisa but realizing that it is Lisa holding him back he returns to school to successfully resit his exam. Knowledge that Vaughan is paying Olga's medical bills causes another rift between Floyd and Justin. The latter is consoled by Tiffany, who ends up in bed with him whilst Hector pursues Sue to a health spa for further extra curricular activities.
S10.E6 ∙ Like Father Like Son
Justin steps in to help Mickey McArthur, a grubby boy he sees shop-lifting but the boy repays him by stealing his wallet so Justin goes after him, leading to a fight. However the realization that there is urban poverty on his doorstep inspires Justin to open a food bank at the school. Sonya is entering a short story competition but her trashy romance does not impress her colleagues so Christine suggests she write about something from experience. Meanwhile Kevin and Leo hack into the computer system of technology giant Wire Data and Floyd catches his sister kissing Justin. A love-lorn Hector invites himself to a dinner party the Lowsleys are giving for Vaughan and Allie but Sue asks him to leave.
S10.E7 ∙ A Tangled Web
Police descend on the school after Leo and Kevin have hacked into Wire Data's system, confiscating the computers and causing chaos. Company owner Jackson Whittaker arrives at the school and, after Kevin owns up, is set to prosecute, though Kevin has his own insurance policy which could land him a role in the organization. Under pressure from Floyd Tiffany tells her mother that she is sleeping with Justin whilst Christine is less than pleased to find her alcoholism the subject of Sonya's short story and Hector's advances lead Sue to suggest that she and Simon find work elsewhere.
S10.E8 ∙ Ties That Bind
Allie persuades Vaughan to send Justin to a boarding school to part him from Tiffany but, whilst pretending to cooperate, he plans to run away to London with her. Aware of how unrealistic this is she alerts Allie and refuses to go. When Vaughan relents of his decision Allie moves out, taking Tiffany with her. Gabriella believes Darren could model for her designer mother Amelia's fashion catalogue but Amelia chooses Rhiannon to represent the fuller figure. However Rhiannon feels she is being exploited and joins Gabriella and Darren in visiting elderly Grace instead. Hector takes advantage of Simon's absence on a job interview in Wales to declare his feelings for Sue - who this time responds .
S10.E9 ∙ Yesterday's Child
Justin lets fly at Allie for taking Tiffany away and demands Leo help him but Leo has his own problem when Mandy, to whom he spoke on the help-line, arrives at the school and persuades him to play truant and trash Justin's room. Vaughan is anxious when Audrey discovers that Mandy is not a school-girl but a fugitive from a psychiatric ward. However Leo calms her down and stops her self-harming and Vaughan realizes that he has neglected Leo in order for him to take Mandy on board. Discovering Sue's affair Simon attacks Hector in front of his class before resigning and demanding a divorce whilst Rhiannon and Darren put Grace in touch with her former ballroom dancing partner Ted.
S10.E10 ∙ The Final Straw
Sue realizes that Hector's plans for them are selfish and unrealistic and she drops him whilst Rhiannon and Darren successfully reunite Grace and Ted to lead a ballroom dancing display at the school. Vaughan hands Justin over to the police after the boy punches Allie but he gets bail, only to be met by Tiffany, who tells him that no longer has any interest in him after what he did. Allie has had enough and she and her children leave Waterloo Road though Vaughan has an even bigger bomb-shell on his hands when George Windsor reappears, asking for his job back and announcing that Waterloo Road is to be merged with the inferior Havelock High school.
S10.E11 ∙ A New Start
With the Lowsleys and Hector gone Vaughan brings in a new deputy, Lorna Hutchinson, and surly gym teacher Danny Spencer, with his protégé, budding cycle champion Dale Jackson, whose single-mindedness alienates the other boys. New pupils include kleptomaniac Kenzie Calhoun and Scott Fairchild, both having been excluded from several schools and both hating each other. Vaughan is shocked to find Olga has arrived as a supply teacher and there is worse to come when, thanks to Olga turning on the Tannoy, Vaughan 's conversation with Lorna regarding taking on problem pupils and the proposed merger with Havelock High is heard by the whole school. Kenzie's disruptive actions warrant a home visit from Lorna who discovers that she looks after her sick mother and both are dyslexic whilst the handsome Scott teams up with Bonnie Kincaid, a former ugly duckling who now has a very glamorous image but lacks confidence.
S10.E12 ∙ Scott's Bike Ride
Vaughan launches Waterloo Wheelers, a free bike loaning service but the obnoxious Scott Fairchild, thinking it funny, crashes Dale's expensive racing bike, which Kevin mends. After Scott has sabotaged other bikes Kevin challenges him to a race, which lands him in hospital though Kenzie tries to point out Scott's stupidity to him. To get parents on side against the merger Lorna suggests forming a PTA but both she and Christine go head to head as to who should run it though Christine steps down as Kenzie's literacy teacher as Lorna gets on better with her. Olga backs Kevin's desire to transfer to Havelock, which has superior computing facilities and an impressed Vaughan suggests she become full-time whilst Audrey comes into a mysterious cash windfall.
S10.E13 ∙ Lenny's Dilema
Two young teachers - both probationers - arrive at the school; the correct geography teacher Marco D'Oliveira and flippant Guy Braxton, whose subject is graphics and art and who has trouble keeping order. Kind-hearted Lenny defends new pupil Carrie Norton against his bullying sister Lisa and dumb friend Shaznay but is shocked to see Carrie and Guy kissing and tells Vaughan. Carrie's mother then comes to the school and what she has to say surprises everybody. Meanwhile Bonnie inadvertently betrays Kenzie's secret and Christine's attempt to get out of girls' nights with Audrey by claiming that she is dating George backfires on her.
S10.E14 ∙ Episode #10.14
Whilst Maggie comforts Sonya over her cancer scare the PTA meets to discuss the proposed merger with Havelock High, Carrie's mother supporting it and bringing her up against Christine and Lorna. Homeless Guy tries to keep secret the fact that he is dossing in the school but is thrown a life-line by an unexpected source. Olga and Marco lead a field trip where Marco's dull, authoritarian approach leads to a sit-down protest and, separated from the others Kenzie, angry at Bonnie's betrayal of her, takes great pleasure in telling Justin and Scott that Bonnie has slept with them both. However when Bonnie has an accident and falls down a cliff differences must be put aside to help her.
S10.E15 ∙ Episode #10.15
The PTA group, led by the hostile Steph Norton, arrives at the school and Vaughan is anxious to make a good impression to prevent it being merged with Havelock High. Sadly things do not go to plan as the evil Lisa sabotages Marco's science lesson, injuring Carrie, Leo, obsessed with a computer game, trashes the library when Vaughan challenges him and an erotic book - written by Audrey - is read out loud. Bonnie admits to Lorna that she is receiving malicious texts whilst Sonya gets the results of her cancer test, leading to a misunderstanding.
S10.E16 ∙ Episode #10.16
Dale is desperate for a place in the national cycling team, starving himself to be the correct weight but this proves disastrous when he takes his trial. Abdul is baffled when his father Hassan is evasive regarding the family background for Abdul's genetic science project. He initially suspects that he may have a genetic disorder but is appalled to learn that he was adopted and his father never told him. Kenzie leaves home after rowing with her mother and Scott is an unexpected peace-maker whilst Leo agrees to help Bonnie trace her stalker but uses her computer to play his game, causing Olga to step in. Sonya tries to rectify her situation but somehow fails to do so.
S10.E17 ∙ Episode #10.17
Abdul reconciles with his father, who explains that his adoption was hurried and not quite legal, in order to get him out of a filthy orphanage. They plan to go away together but before they can do so Abdul receives devastating news. Dale goes off the rails now that he is out of the cycling team, taking Maggie's car for a joy ride with a terrified Lenny as his passenger. Kenzie finds both Justin and Scott literally fighting over her and decides to dump them both whilst Bonnie's persecution continues and things get worse between Olga and Leo. Sonya and Guy get close but she has still to tell the truth about her illness.
S10.E18 ∙ Episode #10.18
Now aware that Hassan bought him illegally Abdul meets his real mother Yasmeen and is charmed by her though Leo encourages him to be sympathetic to the man who brought him up as his son. Ultimately Abdul's loyalties are tested as he must decide with which of the two he wants to live. Dale goes from bad to worse and Lenny is suspicious when Maggie's car is found crashed into a tree and shocked to find his sister in bed with Dale. After Maggie finds cannabis in Dale's possession he gets stoned and climbs onto the school roof but loyal Lenny rescues him and makes him see sense. Christine cheers a depressed Marco leading to a date whilst Lorna is shadowed by a mystery man and Bonnie finds an unexpected ally in George. Between them they track down her tormentor - or so they believe.
S10.E19 ∙ Episode #10.19
Justin is expelled for cyber-bullying Bonnie but Kenzie believes he is innocent and has her own suspicions as to the culprit, leading to an accusation, an act of selflessness and the truth finally coming out. Lorna's estranged husband Rob turns up, anxious for reconciliation. He has a PR company and offers to help prevent the merger through a press campaign. This includes high-lighting Sonia's supposed cancer and she reluctantly agrees but comes clean at the press conference. An angry Rob rounds her whilst the revelation does the resistance to the merger no good.
S10.E20 ∙ Episode #10.20
Christine is shocked to find that Vaughan, already admitting defeat, cannot be bothered to attend the public consultation and argue against the schools' merger, so she decides that the pupils do the presentation. Rob shows his true colours when it becomes apparent that he has no interest in saving the school, only trying to bully Lorna into a reconciliation and he is arrested after assaulting Marco and locking him in a cupboard with Kenzie, who is due to lead the presentation. At the same time Darren accidentally makes a discovery proving that the take-over is not as beneficial as it first appears and involves private interests. Eventually Leo persuades Vaughan to turn up and take to the stage whilst the pupils lock the audience in as they put their case to keep Waterloo Road independent. Hopefully they will succeed. . .
S11.E1 ∙ Episode #11.1
It's a new term but head Kim Campbell is forced into drastic changes. A fugitive in the school gives everyone a shock.
S11.E2 ∙ Episode #11.2
Waterloo Road is rocked by shocking news, while Danny lands himself in trouble. An old friend arrives to support Donte.
S11.E3 ∙ Episode #11.3
The Walters family deal with an unexpected crisis, pushing a stressed Preston to the brink, while Tonya and Izzy skip school.
S11.E4 ∙ Episode #11.4
It's Amy's big day, but a surprise visitor from her past and Kelly Jo's tumultuous behaviour threaten to ruin everything.
S11.E5 ∙ Episode #11.5
As Neil bonds with refugee Norullah, the year nines are busy digging up the truth about his personal life. An inquest triggers an emotional breakdown and confession from Coral.
S11.E6 ∙ Episode #11.6
Samia's day is derailed by the discovery of a group chat by the male students. Donte's angry outburst has repercussions across the school.
S11.E7 ∙ Episode #11.7
The past catches up with Danny at the end of term show. Meanwhile, Kim is left feeling hurt and betrayed by someone unexpected.
S12.E1 ∙ Episode #12.1
Dwayne continues to rebel as he clashes with a new pupil. Kim is rocked by a blast from the past.
S12.E2 ∙ Episode #12.2
A huge revelation from Kelly Jo causes huge ructions between Nicky and Debs.
S12.E4 ∙ Episode #12.4
Shola's behaviour causes a panic while, Kelly Jo's first day out of the BU doesn't get off to the best start.
S12.E5 ∙ Episode #12.5
Kim rallies the troops when a last-minute Ofsted inspection is sprung on the team.
S12.E6 ∙ Episode #12.6
Desperate times force Nicky to consider the unthinkable. Preston and Myles challenge each other.
S12.E7 ∙ Episode #12.7
It's the debut of Radio Waterloo Road, and as Danny uses the launch to rehabilitate himself, Myles has other ideas in mind.
