
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of the same name, the professional and personal lives of the students and staff are examined. Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?
First Aired: 3/9/2006
Languages: English
Created by: Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick
Type: Scripted
Companies: Shed Productions, Wall to Wall, Rope Ladder Fiction, BBC
Countries: United Kingdom
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.
Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Drama series set in a failing secondary school.

Adam Thomas
Donte Charles

Neil Fitzmaurice
Neil Guthrie

Shauna Shim
Valerie Chambers
Jo Coffey
Wendy Whitwell
Scarlett Thomas
Izzy Charles
Liam Scholes
Noel McManus
Summer Violet Bird
Tonya Walters
Chiamaka Ulebor
Shola Aku

Saira Choudhry
Nisha Chandra

Danny Murphy
Luca Smith

Miya Ocego
Lois Taylor-Brown
James Baxter
Joe Casey

War breaks out in the playground after the closure of a local private school leads to an influx of middle-class pupils at Waterloo Road.
New head teacher Karen Fisher sets out to revolutionise Waterloo Road but her steely exterior masks a dark personal tragedy which threatens to derail her leadership.

A gang war breaks out at Waterloo Road, threatening to derail Michael's efforts to turn the school around, and Josh struggles with an escalating drug problem which is masking a more serious illness.

Waterloo Road benefactor Lorraine wants a return on her investment but super head Michael insists that you can't make money from education. Will Lorraine listen, or is the school heading for disaster?

Christine settles in as head of Waterloo Road but quickly finds new deputy Simon is after her job. As well as unruly students and her drink problem, old friend George is not all he seems.

New head Vaughan Fitzgerald arrives with his partner Allie and her two children. When his two teenage sons from a previous marriage arrive unexpectedly to live with them, it all gets very complicated.

Riots, scandals, fractured families and familiar faces - Waterloo Road is back with a new term and a whole new attitude. Who said education was easy?

Affairs, scandals, blackmail and many, many headteachers. Who said education was easy?

With a swathe of long-term refusers descending on Waterloo Road, the balance of peace and harmony rests on thin ice.
Waterloo Road sees a changing of the guard with new head Steve Savage.

New head, Dame Stella Drake, ushers in a new era at Waterloo Road.

Headteacher Stella is forced to navigate a fresh set of challenges.

Deputy Darius holds the keys to the kingdom. How far will he go to hold on to that power?
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