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I was the one who stole all that stuff, not Preston. Will I go to prison?

It's likely it'll be a conditional caution. And what about Schuey?

I'll be dealing with him separately, but he has left the premises.

Dad's not going to be happy.

You should go.

But I didn't push her. She's my little girl.

You can't ask me to choose.

I've got cancer.

I'm not asking you to be brave for me.

I'm asking you to live with me in the uncertainty.

Donte?

Mika.

I'm here to see my niece.

I'm going to get off. I think I might be late tonight, though.

I...

Uh, what are you doing?

This is the last day before the school is brought into the trust.

I intend to be there for it.

OK, what part of rest and recuperate are you not getting?

Chemo is going well. I'm on a good week.

I'm no use to anyone sat at home watching TV. Watching TV.

What do you think Serena Michelle's job is?

She is ACTING CEO, and I don't want her to forget it.

Right, OK. So, you don't think that I can handle her.

It's not your job to handle her.

I'd just feel happier if I was across it.

Have you seen my phone?

I don't know what's going on with your hair, either of you.

I take it you're not going back to Dubai, then.

Her and Simon have broken up.

Maybe if you called once in a while, you'd actually know that.

His loss.

If he wants to be a stranger to his son, that's up to him.

Me and Babba are in Leeds now.

Just as well, with this one on the phone in a state.

What do you mean, in a state?

She's not very happy with you, is she?

And I can't say I blame her.

Right, OK. You two need to go.

Five minutes since she lost her mum, and her house isn't her own.

I am here, you know?

Oh, I know. And I know what you're here for, too.

You what? Mika, what are you talking about?

You think she doesn't know you two are seeing each other?

You and him?! DONTE SIGHS

Mum, that is hanging.

Ugh!

You got a lot in common, to be fair.

Both got saggy bits, for a start.

Hey! Hey!

That's not funny. That's not even funny.

Grim.

NICKY: Cheers for that.

They seem nice. What do you expect?

And, look, if you're in that much of a state,

why don't you tell me how you're feeling?

SCOFFING: What would YOU have done about it?

I would have explained that it just happened and...

She's come in here, and just dumped all her problems on us,

and you can't even see it!

Tommy's forgotten! I'm forgotten!

And my mum's forgotten!

Tommy, come on. Izzy...

Tommy... Look, no-one's forgotten about.

Don't give me that.

Don't give me that. You weren't even at Chlo's funeral.

I was eight months pregnant.

I had to watch online,

including the part where you didn't even do the speech yourself.

I was a mess, all right? I still am!

Then you should understand how your daughter feels.

I know what it's like to lose a mum young. It's devastating.

Yeah, and what's that got to do with me and Nicky?

You've got her living with you, and her kids.

Her son's got mental health problems and her daughter's on the rob.

I've heard all about it.

Nicky is a good person!

Yeah, she's got problems with her kids, but who hasn't?

Oh, and who cares how it affects your own two?

You don't get it.

Izzy wants them out, and you need to listen to her.

I would not have come to school for the last day of term

after what you've been through.

Attendance rewards after school. Free pizza.

I am not missing out on that just cos it was Miss Walker's fault

I was off. You're dead brave. I'd be traumatised.

I must have blanked some of it out. I think I lost consciousness.

I didn't realise my arm was all bent out of shape.

It's not right, that. Wait, backwards, like...

Eh?

And she's still in school?

She should be in jail.

You should be in jail!

CHANTING: Jail, jail, jail!

STACE LAUGHS

The CCTV angle isn't clear,

and if anybody saw the fall, they're not admitting to it.

So, it's my word against hers?

Yes. And given your...

..mostly good record...

Mostly?

We're giving you the benefit of the doubt.

And what about the false accusation?

Surely there's a case for exclusion.

I don't want her in my class.

I know that. Understood.

And I'll make sure that doesn't happen.

So, what, she's going to the behavioural unit?

Given the rumours and the rubbish that the pupils are coming out with,

we think it's best that you be taken out of mainstream for a while.

CORAL LAUGHS WRYLY

So, I'M going to the behavioural unit?

There will be a teacher to help supervise,

just in case you run into any problems.

Oh, I get a baby-sitter, too.

Why am I the one being punished?

I have done nothing wrong.

Andrew, I wasn't expecting to see you.

Thought I'd lend a hand. Great.

Although, I'm not sure what you can do.

I'm just meeting department heads.

But while I have you both, I've made some headway

on potential alternative sites within the trust.

I thought that was on pause.

Well, it was, but then when I saw the state of the building,

I pushed a little harder.

That's excellent progress.

That's wonderful news. Thank you.

Well, we're still in review.

What would really help our case, though, is if we have a look

at the general intake. Is it structured in a way that allows us

to fully utilise a new building?

What's your take?

Well, let's look at attendance.

We have worked really hard to increase attendance this year.

Well, I asked Wendy to pull some stats, and there is a year 11

that hasn't shown his face for a week.

Schumacher Weever, yeah.

I don't need to tell you how that would impact the school's progress

and attainment scores.

So, what would you do, then? Off-roll him?

Obviously, that's illegal.

I'm saying he might benefit from alternative off-site provision,

and so might some of the other students.

OK, Schuey has his problems - I'm not going to deny that -

but I've had an insight into his home life,

and the one thing he doesn't need is isolation.

What is the point in investing in a new site

if you're going to waste resources on underachieving pupils?

Hmm?

You have to take a pragmatic view.

It's an interesting position. Thank you.

Right, I have a meeting with Miss Chambers.

So, can we get back to this later on?

Uh, yeah. Great. Thank you.

Thank you.

An interesting position?

Who's had my mug?

It quite clearly says "Mr Guthrie's mug" on it.

What...

Oh, erm...

Listen, whatever has happened, we still need to work together, so...

What happened is your daughter fell down the stairs.

Yeah, well, I don't know what to believe.

So, you're merely considering the possibility

that I would assault a child.

I just don't believe that she would lie to my face.

Not about this. So, I'm lying to cover my backside?

Well, you have got form.

Here, I found it.

What?

You said yourself you were open to a new approach.

That's why you're becoming an academy.

At the cost of a kid's future?

It's about a safe space.

Some of these kids don't have anywhere else,

and I think that Schuey's one of those.

What happened to you handling Serena Michelle?

She's only saying what I would in her position.

We've given these kids every opportunity,

but at a certain point, they have to help themselves, too.

I'm going to call Pete Weever,

tell him that Schuey is on his last chance.

Great.

But you have to be realistic, as well as...

KNOCK ON DOOR Uh...

Problem. Supply cover for Coral didn't show,

and the agency can't get us replacement at short notice.

OK, uh...

You're going to have to combine classes.

Unless there's a... experienced English teacher in the school,

twiddling his thumbs.

I'm actually here on trust business, so...

Well, you seem quite happy with the way that Serena Michelle

is conducting trust business.

Yeah, but...

Teach? I mean...

..actually teach?

Well, it seems better than sitting at home, watching TV.

Good. Thanks, Joe.

No problem.

Oh, what fun.

DOOR SHUTS

BELL RINGS

Come on, man. I just want to borrow it.

As if I'm going to give you my pizza voucher.

All right. Well, I only want to see it then.

You could have seen it if you'd come to school more.

I've got ailments, me.

Things between my toes and that, it's a bit... Ugh. Fine.

Look. Right.

I'll give you back. No, no! I'll give it you back!

You're out of order - do you know that?!

Me? First off, keeping it to yourself.

Second off, getting your auntie onto us

like she's Childline or summat.

Maybe that's cos she doesn't want to watch my dad get taken advantage of!

Advantage?!

The only one taking advantage is your dad.

No wonder he was so keen to offer a room.

No, Izzy, stop. Guys, stop!

Uh, you two!

Oh, looks expensive. Both of you... That isn't mine.

Nope. You're coming with me.

Just so I know...

..how big of an arc are you in, like, one to ten?

Like, 20 billion.

And I don't blame you.

I wish I'd never met Libby Guthrie.

Dean, I'm trying to do my work.

It weren't even that good.

I were kissing her and realised she really looks like her dad.

DEAN LAUGHS

I'm not laughing. I'm not.

It was her that came after me.

I only went along with it cos I were mashed.

Is that true?

Yeah, I regretted it right away.

Look, I know it were bad, Kells,

but surely it's not worth throwing away what we've got.

Cos what we've got is...

DEAN HISSES

What's that?

Sizzling, innit?

Sounds more like a lilo deflating.

Sizzling like you, babes.

Mm, I'll have to think.

All right.

Well, will you have thought about it by the end of school?

Cos we're all going to go and gate-crash the attendance party.

I'll have to think.

That is your reward for being such a good boy

and coming to school every single day.

Free pizza at the van after school.

It almost makes up for Mr King's joke of the day.

Almost.

THEY LAUGH

I don't think it does, though!

Kai!

Congratulations.

You got the scholarship. Really?

You nailed your application!

Well, I mean, if anyone is going to write a good "about me" section...

Oh, shut up.

..it would be him! Yeah.

You've just got to accept the offer online,

and then there's a couple of things for your parents to fill out, but...

Oh! Berlin, baby!

What's this?

Erm... There's quite a lot to talk about, so come and find me later

and I'll fill you in, yeah?

Berlin?

Yeah, I've been meaning to tell you, but you've just had so much

going on at home and I didn't want to stress you out.

In case I relapse, yeah?

You could have just told me, Kai.

I've never seen it before!

Oh, so 50 quid's worth of make-up just jumped into your bag

by itself, did it?

Can you just admit it now so we can get out of here?

You know what she called you, don't you? Oh...!

I said you're only with my dad for one reason,

and that's definitely not cos you care about him.

Izzy! Hey!

I know this is hard for you, but you don't get to bad mouth me like that.

Yeah, all right, I'll deal with this.

Izzy, out.

You're on litter duty for the rest of the day, OK?

But Dad... Don't "Dad" me. Out now.

Oh, my...

Tonya, we are trying to help you here, but you've got to be honest.

Come on, where did it come from? I don't know.

Did somebody make you steal it?

If you are covering for him again...

I've not seen Schuey.

I've not spoke to Schuey.

Phone.

Phone!

Oh.

Well, funny he's made it into your call history,

considering you haven't spoken to him.

It was just to tell him that it was all his own fault.

He didn't take any of my calls, anyway. It's just voicemail.

Give your head a wobble, Tonya.

So, you'll have to speak to Sergeant Rutherford, again,

then you'll have another interview down at the station.

The allegation will be added to your report, and it may influence

their decision to caution or charge you.

In regards to school, seeing as though this is a second offence,

then that does give us cause to put Tonya into the behavioural unit.

No. No way!

The alternative is exclusion.

I haven't done anything!

I haven't, Mum!

I'll tell you what the real problem is, shall I?

That Schuey Weever was allowed in this school in the first place.

How come he's allowed anywhere near my daughter?

I will deal with Schuey appropriately.

Oh, don't worry. I'll deal with it myself.

Nicky!

Tonya, wait here.

Nicky! What are you doing? I'm going round there.

I'm going to make that little rat stay away from her.

Mum!

Shall I just put the kettle on?

Don't start that, Wendy!

I'm going to speak to Schuey's dad.

I'm going to make him sign a new behavioural contract.

Listen, there's only one language people like that understand,

and it's not behaviour contracts.

I will deal with Schuey. I'll go and speak to him today.

Oh, right. And then he's out, is he?

I will deal with him. All right?

Yeah, and we all know what that means, don't we, eh?

More talk, more understanding. Zero action.

Right, uh, I will be about half an hour.

OK. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Right, come on.

Get your stuff. I'll show you around the BU.

Right, well, what is this thing, anyways?

Erm...

Underprivileged students.

Uh, broaden your horizons.

Improve your prospects. Yada, yada, yada.

Right, so it's a great opportunity.

Yeah.

Well, you have to go, obviously.

I don't have to do anything.

We'll still talk. We can Facetime.

Mm, not the same.

I'll be all right.

KAI SIGHS

I don't want to go.

You have to.

It's not my kind of thing, anyway.

A bunch of pretentious, beautiful people. It's just too much.

Kai, that is SO you.

I only applied cos I didn't want people to think I was boring.

So I went for it.

I didn't even think I would get it.

Of course you got it.

BELL RINGS

Your heart's mint.

I don't want to go.

You can't not go cos of me.

Huh? KAI LAUGHS

Can your ego get any bigger?

What?

There are other reasons to stay, you know.

The chicken shop in town?

You don't get that in Berlin.

Though I actually think you can get that in Berlin.

Can't get you in Berlin.

Oi! Get out here now!

Nicky! Come on!

Either of you! Come on!

What are you doing here?

What am I doing? I'm making sure something gets done.

I'm going to tell him exactly what I'm going to do to him

if I see him at school. OK. Right, yeah, you need to go.

Come on! You need to go! You are that far away from a formal warning, do you unders...

Wait, wait, wait. Wait. MUFFLED KNOCKING

What's that?

Somebody's in there!

What? Hello?

All right, just... just, uh, stay calm.

I'm going to get some help.

Fire Service, please.

Schuey!

What the hell?

You know, all this could have been avoided if you just told me

how you were feeling. It should have been obvious.

Nicky's not replacing your mum.

No-one could, Iz.

She just makes me happy.

SARCASTICALLY: Aw. Good for you.

OK.

You got some apologising to do.

Me? What about Tonya?

Tonya is in the BU.

How long for?

Why are you so bothered?

Cos why do you want someone in the house like that?

Because she needs a place to live.

Why does it have to be us?

She's obviously still hanging out with Schuey, and you don't mind?

What if he starts coming around to the house?

What about Tommy?

Dad, she's obviously not going to change.

You need to get them out now.

Listen, I don't NEED to do anything. Dad...

Look, it's my house, and I decide who lives there.

Well, you know what? It's them or me.

What you talking about?

I will go live with Auntie Mika.

I will go to Leeds.

That is not happening. No, it will.

And you know why? Cos that's what my mum would have wanted,

and you don't got a say on that.

Here, that's all I've got.

I need to get you to the hospital.

No, no... No.

How do you even get in there?

Just my mate having a laugh.

Right, OK, so that is what I'm going to say to the police, is it?

I'm going to tell them that your mate put you there?

Right. Well, it weren't my mate, then.

So, who was it?

Schuey, was it your dad? No.

No.

How long were you in there?

Schuey, how long?

Only a bit.

Well, you look like you were in there all night.

Listen, you shouldn't even be here.

All right? Your family grassed.

Police came to our door.

And that's on you.

Is that why your dad put you in there, because the police came?

My dad did nothing.

All right.

OK, no hospital, but you have got to come to the school with me.

I am not leaving you here.

Fine.

Let's get going. Come on.

All right. Well, I've got someone waiting for me.

You start work on the gate, yeah, and I'll be out there in five.

Yeah? All right.

You got that, Rolf?

Hey.

Thought I'd come and see what sort of school trusts YOU

to keep it up and running.

Yeah, funny.

Look, I've got a gate that needs fixing.

And before you start, it's not my fault, all right?

It's his.

And he has a tea break every time he takes a screw out.

MIKA LAUGHS

Look, I...

..might have gone off the handle a bit at you this morning.

I was just so wound up about what Izzy said. Yeah.

Well, thanks for telling everyone my business.

Izzy already knew, so don't blame me. Whatever.

You know, Izzy's threatening to come and live with you now.

How serious is it with this Nicky?

DONTE SIGHS

It was fun.

You know, it was actually fun, Mika.

Until you stuck your oar in it.

What do you think Chlo would say?

I don't know.

I'd like to think that she'd be happy for us.

MIKA PUFFS

Fine, she'd probably claw her eyes out if she had half the chance.

But Chlo's not here, is she?

No-one is saying you're not allowed to move on.

But you've got her living with you, her two kids, as well.

You're expecting Tommy and Izzy to put up with that?

They just need time to get used to one another, that's all.

Well, according to this text from Izzy, the youngest one just picked

a fight with her, and then got caught with a load of stolen goods.

Is that the sort of thing you're expecting them to get used to?

Yeah, all right.

I'm sure you like Nicky.

I'm sure she's got her... good qualities.

But can't you put the brakes on?

You might be ready for a whole new family - but are the kids?

DONTE EXHALES

I'll come back at the end of the day, see Izzy.

Maybe, by then, you can decide what's most important.

So, looking again at our writing techniques.

Miss, I shouldn't even be in here.

CLASS LAUGHS

Doesn't that make you special?

Let's focus, please.

I know it's the last day of term.

And, believe me, I don't want to be here either.

Alliteration - what is it?

Tonya.

She shoved some student downstairs.

CLASS LAUGHS

That's sibilance, actually.

Libby, I don't suppose you've got an essay for me?

Uh, she's been through a trauma.

True that, miss.

If I were starting my essay now,

I'd argue that Miss Walker should lose her job and be arrested.

CLASS LAUGHS

Do you think she did it, miss?

What I think doesn't matter.

Come on, miss.

But do you, though?

Libby, essay.

Why We Should All Slow Down On Fast Fashion.

This is very good.

I worked really hard on it, like, really hard.

Well done.

Right...

Hey, Rolf, this gate ain't going to fix itself you know, mate.

Nick.

Whoa.

Hey.

What is it? NICKY SNIFFLES

I just can't believe the way some people treat their own kids.

What's happened?

If I ever see his dad, I'll lock him in the boot

and I'll throw the key away.

Nicky, what are you talking about?

Don't get me wrong, right, the way he carries on,

there is no excuse for that.

But reasons...

There's always a reason.

You just...sometimes don't want to see it.

Yeah, well, there's always going to be kids growing up like that.

Why do you think he acts the way he does?

If it's not for attention.

And why does Tonya?

Cos she's not getting any attention, is she, cos of me and you?

And don't tell me you haven't thought the same.

Because look at the way Izzy's behaving.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

And I'm really grateful for you letting us stay.

But...

I know.

BELL RINGS

No Kai?

Uh, he had to finish some art thing before the end of term.

I heard about his scholarship.

Amazing.

He's not going.

Why not?

Well, he just thinks it's not really for him.

Oh, come on.

I've not seen one of them looks since we were dating.

Mm.

There's only one thing that would stop Kai from doing

something outrageous - and I'm looking at him.

Well, I told him he should go.

But did you say it so that he'd believe it?

I promise, there is a time where I thought me and you were forever.

And there were a time where I thought...

..me and Danny were.

Sometimes life will get in the way.

But do you want him to remember you as his first great love,

or the ex that stopped him from living his best life?

Hmm?

PRESTON SIGHS

Well, I don't think he could go even if I told him to.

So, you need to say whatever you have to.

You got this.

I'll be one minute. OK?

Right, I've called social services, Jamilah's on her way.

How are you doing? Well, he can't go home, obviously.

My worry is that he knows what to say.

He knows exactly how to say it and...

MUFFLED: ..social services might decide they need more evidence.

..that he got in there of his own accord.

And a verbal disclosure, Kim, isn't everything, but without...

MUFFLED CONVERSATION

BELL RINGS

Notice Neptune, though, taming a seahorse, thought a rarity,

which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me.

CLASS CHATTER

Well, year 11, it's been a while since I read to a class,

but I don't remember them being this rapt.

Yes?

Do we have a thought over here?

Erm... Erm...

Right. Are you, like, Miss Campbell's boyfriend or what?

CLASS LAUGH

I was hoping for something on Browning's use of monologue.

And are you the one who's got, like, cancer, sir?

We're talking about poetry.

Yeah, but it's, like, the last day or term, innit? So...

Yes. I am the one who's got cancer.

Are you going to be all right, sir?

I'm OK at the moment, thank you.

So, like, what you doing here, then?

Cos, like, if I didn't know how long I had left...

Kells.

Mm-mm.

Sorry. No, it's fine.

Uh, I hope I've got a long time left.

Yeah, I know.

But, like, don't you want to do something that, like, you enjoy?

I enjoy work.

It gives me a sense of purpose.

Like, makes you feel important?

ANDREW LAUGHS

Well, erm...

I think if I didn't do it, important things might not happen.

Well, they'd just get someone else in.

CLASS LAUGHS

They might struggle to, to find someone with my skill set

and experience.

But you're just supply. CLASS LAUGHS

Kells. What?

He is.

Sir, I lost someone really close to me, and if he were here,

then there's, like, a million things I would want for him,

but none of them to do with work.

What about your books or your poetry? You must love them.

Very much.

Or, like, erm...

Like, creating a really sick castle on Minecraft.

Not so much.

Or like, dancing.

Or learning Mandarin.

LAUGHING: Or, like, burping the whole of Mr Brightside.

Watch this! THEY ALL LAUGH

Don't you dare! Kells, I'm telling you.

Sir, get her away from me, please.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Uh, if this is about the biscuit kitty,

I put in three months last time.

No, actually. I came to show you this.

It's Libby's essay.

It's extremely good.

Oh, nice to be able to be getting a bit of praise for once.

Yeah, it's plagiarised, obviously.

You can always tell. You know that.

And I've checked. It's, like, the second model essay that comes up.

Right.

I will speak to her.

No, see, my point is, she stood there telling me

how hard she's had worked on it, lying through her teeth.

Seems to come as easily to her as, say, falling down the stairs.

Why can't you see what everyone else can? She's walking all over you.

OK.

Thank you for bringing this to me.

You're losing all respect.

You've already lost a roommate AND a girlfriend.

And I get it, yeah, you're terrified of upsetting her

in case she jumps on the next flight back to New Zealand.

But she has got you exactly where she wants you.

I do not need you telling me how to raise my daughter, thank you.

Maybe you do.

Maybe you really do.

She's bouncing herself all over the place, from one side

of the globe to the other, trying to get somebody to parent her.

Stop trying to be this dad that she wants,

and be the dad that she needs.

Well, for me, it's like, travel.

I kind of feel like I sort of owe it to Danny to travel

and see as many places as I can before I die cos, well,

Danny never saw past the chippy on Bolton Road, bless him.

CLASS LAUGHS

I want to, erm...

I want to stop thinking about the things I don't like about myself,

and think about the things that I do like. Cos, like, getting past that,

that, like, gives me a sense of purpose thing.

Well, here's one for the positive list, Kelly-Jo.

I've very much enjoyed your insights during today's lesson.

And you somehow managed to talk your way out of discussing any poetry.

CLASS LAUGHS

Yeah, you know what? I take it all back. I'm banging, me.

What about you, though, sir?

Oh, I thought we'd got off that subject.

Oh, come on. We've given you loads, and all we've got out of you

is coming into work.

Yeah, and I don't get that, still.

There must be something. What gets you up in the morning?

OK. Since it's the last few minutes,

and with any luck I'll never have to teach any of you ever again.

CLASS LAUGHS

What gets me up in the morning? OK, erm...

The top of a hill I haven't climbed yet.

Chilli so hot I can barely eat it.

My friends.

Dickens.

Ravel's violin sonatas.

Madonna's Like a Prayer.

Beaches.

Sunshine.

Miss Campbell's smile.

Aw! Aw!

Sir, I'm so happy you said that last bit,

cos the beginning was boring.

THEY ALL LAUGH

So, when are you going to get married?

Yeah, I think the bell is about to go, so...

Why not, sir? What's stopping you?

She's probably got more sense.

Or you just haven't asked her yet.

Well, perhaps the time has never been quite right.

Sir, I'm not being funny, but...

..you have got cancer.

Like, when's the time ever going to be more right?

I don't know. Just something to think about.

BELL RINGS

PUPILS CHATTER

All right, it's 50p a voucher.

It's a slice of pizza for 50p. You can't go wrong.

Is that...?

Is that my pizza voucher photocopied?

Here, have it back.

Actually, actually, take three.

They're meant to be an attendance award.

Hey, how is that fair?

It's not your fault if you get sick.

They should be done on effort.

Saying that, probably wouldn't get one of them either!

There's 30p for you.

Hey.

Hey, uh...

There's a couple for you, free of charge.

Have you thought about it yet?

Kells?

What was that about?

Nothing.

What? Nothing? Right.

I saw you talking to him.

Yeah, and?

I mean, if it wasn't me, it could have been anyone.

How can you trust someone that does that to you?

You deserve so much better.

Thank you. I'll take a note.

And, I mean, if he really loved you,

he wouldn't have looked at me, would he?

Libby, with me.

I've got geography. Not now you haven't.

Bye, Libby.

Is this going to be long, cos... Sit down.

I told you, I've got geography.

Is that meant to be funny?

Well, people are certainly laughing at me.

Now, why don't you tell me again - what happened on the stairs?

Has Miss Walker talked to you?

Cos you will believe anything she tells you.

She's got you wrapped round her little finger.

And I'm not staying to hear this cos I've... Sit down!

You've lied to me. I know you've lied.

You can't say that.

You walked out on Mum cos she wouldn't stand for any

of your nonsense, and I've put up with it way too long.

I've stood by while you try to wreck Miss Splatt's career.

Now Miss Walker's.

Probably mine, too.

And I just let that go, because I wanted to be a proper dad to you.

I wanted to be your friend.

And now I realise, those two things just don't go together.

Fine. You hate me that much, I'll go back to New Zealand.

I've already looked into it.

Tomorrow, there's a flight at 2pm. Shall I book it now?

Dad, please.

I can't go back.

Please.

I'll do anything.

If you want to stay here...

..things are going to change.

You're going to toe the line.

You're going to do what you're told.

And you're going to take responsibility for your actions.

Now, one more time.

The truth.

NICKY SNIFFLES

SHE WEEPS

Nicky, are you there?

It's about the attendance party.

SHE EXHALES

Schuey, if you don't want to talk to me, that's OK.

It just makes it hard for me to help you if you don't.

Look, I tell you what.

Let's forget about the boot.

Let's talk about home.

What about your sister? How is she?

Sorry. Mr Weever is on his way in.

What? All right.

Can you excuse me? Schuey! You called my dad?

Schuey! Schuey... Come on, sit down...

Don't worry, Rolf. I fixed it, yeah?

Yeah. Just get a cup of tea. Put your feet up.

Oh, thanks very much. All right? Yeah. Thank you.

Schuey! Schuey! Wait!

Schuey!

Hey, hey, hey! Schuey! Hey, it's all right.

Oi! Oi! Calm down.

Hey, hey, hey. Where you going? Hey, hey. It's all right.

It's all right. Calm down. I need you to come back inside.

I just want to go home. No, I know. I know, but I can't.

I can't allow that. OK? Thank you.

You all right? Yeah, yeah. Good, good.

I can't allow it.

OK?

You know what?

You remind me of another student.

He had a difficult time at home.

Violent.

And do you know what I wish?

I wish that the first time he had tried to leave this school,

I had stopped him, and I had said, "I can help you."

Told him that he could trust me.

SCHUEY BREATHES UNEVENLY

Where is he now?

He isn't... He isn't anywhere now.

I can help you.

Trust me.

Trust... Yeah.

Come on.

Just ignore him.

You go inside, and I will deal with this. You can trust me.

OK? Schuey!

Schuey! Move, now!

WALKIE-TALKIE BEEPS

Mike. Mike can I get you to the playground, please?

You don't need to bolt off like that. It's going to be all right.

Come on, Schuey. We'll get you inside.

Schuey!

That's my son! You can't keep me away from him!

Oi! Where do you think you're going? Hey, don't you touch me!

Oi, get back behind the gate, then I won't have to!

Hey, I know who you are. Your brat son.

You brought police to my door.

You what? You want to learn how to control your kids.

Yeah? I know what you did to your kid, you scum bag.

Now back off.

Dad! No, no...!

Come on, get up, you little rat! Schuey, come on!

You're dead. Locking your kid in the boot?

Yeah, you better run.

Are you OK? I'm fine.

It's all right.

It's OK.

TYRES SKID

ENGINE REVS

Dad!

Donte!

TYRES SCREECH

Nicky!

No...

No, no, no... No, no. Izzy!

Izzy, Izzy! No.

No.

Hey, hey.

Nicky, no, no. Don't try and move, all right? Stay there.

That's it.

We need an ambulance to the playground.

What were you thinking? Thank you.

Wendy, Wendy. Lockdown.

THEY GRUNT

You're OK, OK? It's all right.

Peter Weever, I am arresting on you on suspicion of attempted murder.

You do not have to say anything...

SIREN WAILS

Something's going down.

That pizza man better be unharmed.

Did you get the vouchers off Caz?

I think you should go.

To Berlin. You should go. Oh...

Pres, not this again.

I want you to go.

Ouch.

Make a boy feel wanted, why don't you?

I'm not going to be someone that you resent when you think back.

Think back?

Nothing's going to make me leave you behind.

But I don't want that.

What's that supposed to mean?

I-I mean...

Maybe it's for the best.

PRESTON STAMMERS

Maybe it... it's not really working.

I just think all this has made me realise something

that I already knew, that...

I need a boyfriend, Kai.

Not someone that...that's worrying about me all the time,

not a counsellor, or a nurse, or...

That's what I am to you?

It's more about what I am to you.

Preston... Don't make me spell it out.

Maybe I couldn't see the real you, after all.

PRESTON BREATHES UNEVENLY

SIRENS WAIL

Keep taking breaths. I thought my dad...my dad was...

I know. Rest.

Like Mum all over again...!

And that it was going to be my fault...!

How could it be?

Cos I put the make-up in Tonya's bag...!

What are you talking about?

It was the stuff you got me for my birthday...!

Oh, Iz.

I thought if she got caught one more time, that would have been it.

Dad would have had enough, got rid of Nicky and the lot of them...!

You really want them out that bad?

It's not that I hate her.

I hate that she's not Mum.

I want Mum...!

I know, Iz.

But you've got me, you've always got me.

IZZY SOBS

I can't tell you nothing.

Not without ruining my sister's life.

Your dad's been arrested, Schuey.

Look, you and your sister, you're going to go into care.

And I know that might seem scary,

but it's the right thing to do if it means that she's safe.

You, too.

But I can't keep you safe if you don't talk to me.

It's me who gets my dad like that.

It's never her.

Like what, Schuey?

SCHUEY INHALES

Well, that's not straight.

For goodness' sake...

DOOR OPENS

NEIL CLEARS THROAT

Uh, sorry to interrupt, Miss Walker.

Can Libby have a word?

Well?

Libby.

I'm sorry I said you pushed me.

I beg your pardon?

You didn't push me.

What was that?

You didn't push me.

And why did you accuse me, Libby?

Cos I was scared you were going to tell people

that I'd taken the charity money.

So, you lied?

Even though it meant ruining my career?

I...I thought that people would feel sorry for me.

I appreciate your apology.

Unfortunately, it won't change what people think.

Thanks to you, my reputation is in shreds.

Sorry.

SIREN WAILS

Perfect end to a perfect day, this.

"Oh, yeah, your mum's been ran over."

She'll be all right.

What's happened?

They're still not letting us see her.

Is she going to be all right?

Yeah.

Yeah, she's going to be fine. OK?

Hey, don't worry.

MIKA: Do you mind?

No, yeah. Of course. Oh, it's just...

It's just all coming back to me.

Come here.

I know. I know it is.

It's hard enough going to the same school where it happened.

I have to see that place every day.

Hey...

I know, and I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for saying those things about Nicky.

If it wasn't for her... No, no, no.

Look, you've got nothing to be sorry for, OK?

It's going to be all right. No, it's not, though.

Just having her in the same house reminds me that my mum's not there,

and I just can't do it any more. Dad, I can't do it.

OK. We'll find a way to make it work, yeah?

I've already spoken to Nicky, and...

I can't stop you and Tommy from being happy, Dad.

It's not fair.

Then I don't know what we can do.

No. No, it's not happening.

Auntie Mika said I can stay with her for a bit.

No. No, no. Look, I can't let you do that, all right?

Just for a little while.

Just while she gets her head together.

Izzy, come on.

Your mum, she wouldn't want me and you...

She'd want us to be happy, Dad.

Is the dinner lady OK?

We're just waiting on the hospital to give us news.

I'm sorry you've had to deal with that.

But you can take comfort in the fact that the boy's on the right path -

even though he's still at this school.

Yeah, but that's the point.

I am not prepared to sacrifice an individual pupil's need for stats.

If I hadn't have got Schuey back into school,

none of this would have come to light.

Its not something we can bend on.

Yeah, but now we know what the conditions of his life

at home are like. I'm sorry.

But it changes nothing.

PHONE RINGS

Yeah.

Mm-hm. God...

If kids like Schuey Weever aren't what we're here for,

then what are we here for? What's the point?

Yoo-hoo. Reminder.

You said you'd show your face at the attendance rewards evening.

It's happening now. Great.

Yeah, we can go and celebrate all the kids that Serena Michelle wants to kick out.

Do you know, I blamed myself.

But it's just like Danny. It...

It doesn't matter what I do.

There's always someone higher up who's just there ready,

ready to pull the rug out from underneath me. It's...

It's like I just can't get headway.

It's like I'm banging my head against the wall.

And do you know who suffers? It's the pupils!

It's the pupils that suffer!

You're right.

If you were left to make your own decisions, we might see real change.

You don't need me, or anyone else, holding you back.

Thank you.

So...

I've decided to step back from work.

Permanently.

Today has been...

..illuminating.

I might even go back into the classroom.

What?

Which, of course, creates a job vacancy for trust CEO.

Oh, Serena Michelle. Brilliant.

No.

BELL RINGS

I know this is a lot to ask.

But, erm...

If you want to listen to me talk about how much of a fool I am,

at great length...

..well, maybe we could, uh...

..grab a garden centre coffee over the holidays?

I don't know, Neil.

I've got vouchers on my loyalty card.

Seem a shame to waste them.

Oh.

Spoiling me.

We'll see.

Libby.

You're not careful, next time I'll do it for real.

SHE SIGHS CONTENTEDLY

Mum?

Are you OK? Are you all right?

Oh, you should see the other fella.

Ow! All right.

What were you thinking?

You're daft, you, you know that?

Lucky for you, I am daft.

Otherwise you'd have been roadkill, wouldn't you?

NICKY WINCES

Come on in. The more, the merrier.

Kid, are you all right?

We'd have brought flowers, but they won't let you.

Sod the flowers. Where's the booze at?

Izzy.

Tonya, I'm sorry...

..for putting make-up in your bag.

You did what?

Easy.

Is she going in the BU now, or what?

She can't go in the BU.

Cos...

Because...

Well, she needs to go away for a little while.

We might not have your mum...

..but we have the next best thing, don't we?

No, Donte. We...

We can't kick Izzy out of her own home.

No, it's OK. Yeah.

Yeah, it's going to be fine.

Cos Leeds isn't too far away, is it?

Yeah, and we'll see you every weekend.

You just need a little break, don't you?

Yeah.

Come here.

DONTE SNIFFLES

It's going to be all right.

I don't know what the future looks like...

..but I want you in it.

All of you.

Wait, wait.

Oi, oi! You're not meant to have a voucher.

I've got one, though. It's fake. Fake!

Give...! Give me that!

Can we all form an orderly queue, please?!

Fake!

Miss Chambers! Val!

This is not working for me.

Definitely not meant to have a badge.

Hey. Go on, give us a sec.

So? So?

What you thinking?

You know what Libby did?

Yeah? She made out like she did me a favour.

She what?

Mm-hm. Like, I can't trust you.

You mustn't love me. All this.

She's off her head, man.

Yeah.

She probably just did it to spite me, right? Yeah.

What a cow.

Oh, well she is right, though.

Oh?

I don't care what she did.

You could have just said no, yeah?

Yeah, I've told you already. I thought I'd explained it all.

Yeah, and you'll do it again and again and again.

I won't. And I deserve so much better.

I won't.

I guess that's that. Kells, please...

Hey, mate.

Still got me, yeah?

Yeah.

Hey, do you want to see me kick myself in the head again?

Yeah. Go on.

Right, you ready?

Ah!

I thought this was for those with 90% attendance.

I'm turning a blind eye.

They're in school, and school's finished, right?

That is a win. Yeah.

I'm going back in. Wish me luck.

Just, hey, go easy on the pizza, you, right?

Save some for everybody else.

Honestly.

Slices are going down like a homesick mole.

THEY LAUGH

You might need to polish up your CV.

Looks like there might be an opening for new head teacher here.

Hey...

You can't leave. Kim.

Who said anything about me leaving?

It's fine. Hey, miss.

We had your boyfriend today.

Do you mean Mr Treneman? Yeah.

Yeah. How was he?

Yeah, awesome. We did, like, no work.

Right. Well, straight back to teacher training for him, then, hey?

Yeah, well, where is he, though? Cos he said he'd be here, miss.

Andrew?

PHONE BUZZES

Hey, Tommy.

We'll see you soon.

Andrew.

You're OK. Of course.

I thought you'd never get here.

What you doing?

Your year 11s and I had a chat about what's important in life.

Right. It's usually which Man United player they fancy.

I think I worked it out.

That road trip that we always said we'd do.

Let's do it.

Start on the east coast, head south,

back up, and then head west.

I've got it all planned out.

You've done all this?

Well, I had a little help.

GIRLS CHEER

Ah-ha!

I didn't quite finish Vegas.

What's so special about Vegas?

Well, that's where I'm hoping that Elvis will marry us.

I'm doing it. I'm doing it. I'm doing it.

No. I'm doing it. No. I'm doing it.

I mean, I-I don't mean no.

KIM LAUGHS

Well?

Yes.

GIRLS CHEER

Get a room!

Oi, guess what?

They're getting married! They're getting married!

No. Yeah! Oh, my God!

Congratulations!

They're getting married!

Yo! One between two.

One between two.

There's tables that needs turning

And I just wanna be the best I can

But I'm not sure if I'm the man you sold

Oh no

But I

I would run for you

Even if I broke in two

Yeah I

I would die for you

Just to try and carry you home

Just to try and carry you home.

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