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The last thing that I need is for my name to be attached to a school

like Waterloo Road. But that's exactly why you need to do it.

This would be a chance to restore your reputation.

WHISTLE BLOWS Pause! Pause!

SHOUTING AND TYRES SCREECHING

Where's the car? Let me out!

What are you saying? That he's actually mine?

You can move in with me. What about Tommy and Izzy?

I expect you to respect our policies.

Now, if you can't do that, find another school.

You had a boyfriend in New Zealand? Girlfriend.

Oh, you're a lesbian? Not a fan of labels.

Neil, I'm pregnant.

I can go get you some ice if you need it that bad.

She's having the baby!

THEY GASP

SCREAMING

Oh, this is mad!

You're a controlling, lying narcissist.

Libby, I have to ask, has Jared ever hurt you? No.

You made me feel like I'm nothing.

Sometimes I need a bit of space.

Have all the space you want. Jared! HORN BLARES

TYRES SCREECH

It didn't feel like love, it felt like prison.

GLASS SHATTERS

Look what you made me do.

Where's Stella? Back stairwell.

It was my mum, Gemma Neville.

You're dead to me.

Schuey! Don't.

Are you secretly into bad boys? I'm into secret good boys.

# 117, your love, we praise. #

I've been listening to that one on repeat.

Give it a go yourself.

Stella Drake? Mr Rimmer? Just call me Jack.

I've always believed that schools should be a sanctuary.

But the school gate isn't a boundary any more, is it?

I'll take the job. Are you sure? No.

Wow.

I could not be more proud.

Thanks, Dad.

Everyone should feel safe here.

Can't believe you persuaded the school to do it.

After you.

# Kiss me in a dream scene

# Remember when we drove your car down the road?

# It was just like in the movies

# It was just like in the movies

# Could you be the rebel without a cause?

# Could you be the one that I'm falling for?

# Well, could you?

# Well, could you, baby? #

Pfft! What is it, Bring Your Grandkids To Work Day?

# Could you be the rebel without a cause?

# Could you be the one that I'm falling for?

# Well, could you?

# Well, could you, baby?

SHARP INHALATION

# Could you be the rebel without a cause?

# Could you be the one that I'm falling for?

# Well, could you?

# Well, could you, baby?

# You-ou-ou

# Me-e-e

# We're stealing the show-ow

# We're stealing the show-ow-ow

# You-ou-ou

# Me-e-e... #

CHATTER

This is proper lush, this.

Can I do a...? No. CAMERA CLICKS

And can you put that away, please?

Don't get used to it.

We'll probably be in a different school next week.

How many times do I have to say this, Ben?

This is not a temporary arrangement. HE SCOFFS

As long as your mum...

It's OK. You're allowed to say it.

"Sectioned".

You'll stay with me and we have to make this work.

Shut up! Beg your pardon?

This is so me. Like, this couldn't be more me.

Right. Well, I'm afraid that's been cast.

Well, yeah, but that's before I got here.

You're the headteacher, right?

You must be able to do something. Pull some strings?

We make this work by not expecting special treatment.

But I am special. You can ask the drama teacher at my last school.

I was Beauty AND the Beast.

True story. OK, Hope. We get it. You're the head teacher,

and we'll be treated like every other pupil you're not related to.

But don't expect me to play by the rules just cos I'm your grandson.

OK. Can you stop with the attitude, Ben?

Look, I know this is going to be difficult at first,

but if you want to fit in,

you're probably best that you don't stand out.

Yeah. Good luck with that.

Mic test. One, two. One, two.

# One, two, three and four

# Foot to the floor and we're kicking down doors

# Kicking down walls, fighting in brawls

# Toe-to-toe How the demon falls

# Their betrayal's a bed of nails

# Look to the heavens When all else fails

# Wolves in sheep's clothing... #

MUFFLED MUSIC

# Cross we bear Cross we wear

# Redemption, reinvention we find in prayer

# Man on a mission with a story to tell

# Got the head of the devil that he fights to hell. #

Bro! Come on, man.

Mate, that was proper, man! You smashed it right up, man.

And the performance in assembly later?

You're going to do it all over again. Yeah.

That was epic. Very impressive, lads.

What you doing? Why are you here?

You could have just watched the live stream.

Because, Schuey, that was amazing. You sounded so good.

All right, you lot, let's get you to where you need to be, please.

And quickly, please. No hanging around in corridors.

Bro, chill out, man. Nerves are good, all right?

If you ain't nervous, you ain't feeling it.

Cat Guthrie, give yourself a big pat on the back.

If Neil had his way, it'd be called the Cat Guthrie Rainbow Walkway.

You cannot blame a dad for being proud of his daughter, right?

This was her brainchild, this. Good morning.

Hiya. This is great, isn't it? Yeah.

This says that this school is inclusive.

All are welcome and everyone should feel safe here.

Pupils must feel comfortable talking to us.

Yeah, but do we feel comfortable talking to them, Stella?

Sorry to interrupt, but, er...

..I have no idea where I'm supposed to be going.

Ah, good morning, Jack. Hi. Hiya. Hiya.

I think we're done here.

Joseph, could you show Jack to his new office, please?

It's the old prayer room.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Follow me.

Mr Donovan.

Hey. Sorry. You got that "new starter" look about you.

Perky and excited? Yeah, that's some very strong coffee.

HE LAUGHS I'm sorry. Mr Charles. I teach PE.

Word in the staffroom is you came from Hyde Park Academy.

Well, I think you'll find our students are

a little bit more challenging. Ah, I'm always up for a challenge.

You must be if you've come from Hyde Park to Waterloo.

Yeah, well, I like to change things up.

And, um...

Well, a messy break-up was making the staffroom a little bit tense.

Yeah, I've been there, mate.

I am never dating a colleague ever again.

Shirt, please. Sorry, Sir.

Something tells me that this is definitely the school for you.

Really? Staffroom? Yes, please, mate.

Yeah? Come with me.

I'm not sure whether kids have grown or I've shrunk.

I don't remember 'em being that big a few years ago.

There's so many slogans. How could you not be inspired?

Slightly different to what's written in the toilets.

Ah! This is, er, your new home.

Somebody else's old home? Yeah. It's not your problem.

Um...

But, yeah, it might be someone else's.

I'll, um... I'll let you...

..get settled in.

Er...right.

And research that we got back from the trust

tells us that parents prefer non-religious schools.

So, in short, the emphasis is on getting bodies through the door.

OK. Secondly, um, as you all know, this morning,

er, we're setting aside lesson time

to focus on healthy relationship education.

Mistakes were made last term. What happened to Libby Guthrie

must never be repeated in this school again.

I missed things and I'm determined not to miss them again.

Thank you.

She's doing OK now.

She should be back in school soon.

A mother and a daughter? Mate, I had no idea, honestly.

When you're ready, Mr Charles. Sorry, er...

Look at you, eyeing the fresh meat.

Well, let's face it,

all the other meat round 'ere is well past its sell-by date.

This is Darius Donovan.

He will be joining us as our new creative arts teacher.

We teach creative arts?

Also known as the much-maligned "media studies".

THEY LAUGH

Not as maligned as PE, though.

I hope that you'll all make him feel very welcome

and help him should he need it.

And I will definitely need it.

THEY CHUCKLE

So sorry.

Showed Jack his new cage. Rawr!

This is Mr Casey. He's our deputy head.

Joseph, this is Darius Donovan, our new creative arts teacher. Hiya.

It's a pleasure. Sorry. That was...

And another not-so-new member of staff

that really deserves a mention is Marc Todd.

Marc has been shortlisted

for the North-West Teacher of the Year Award.

Wow. What's the prize if you win?

A year off.

THEY LAUGH

From everybody here, a sincere well done

and a round of embarrassing applause, I hope.

Yep, definitely embarrassing.

During his first week,

Mr Donovan will be shadowing experienced members of staff.

Oh! What have you done to deserve that?!

I'm looking forward to it. See how you do things around here.

Well, Neil can show you how to teach the Battle of Hastings

whilst kids take each other's eyes out for real.

EMBARRASSED LAUGHTER

And today, you have hit the jackpot,

because you will be shadowing our Teacher of the Year nominee.

Well, if you are going to learn, then you learn from the best.

BELL RINGS

So this is the school's updated behavioural policy.

There you go. You're welcome.

I'm Mr Donovan, and congratulations,

cos this year I am your form teacher.

So, if you have any problems at all,

we can discuss them here in form period

before your first lesson of the day.

What do you actually teach, Sir?

Well, I can't see any Bunsen burners.

So shall we say media studies? KIDS LAUGH

Yeah, and you can do all your jokes now,

cos I've heard every one of them before.

"Mickey Mouse subject", ha-ha-ha.

I LOVE Disney, me.

Oh, come on. It's an easy subject, though, to get a GCSE.

Well, no, it's not. If you study the media,

you're going to learn about narratives, agendas.

You're going to learn how stories are spun in the modern world.

SARCASTICALLY: Oh, wow. That's so exciting.

CHUCKLING

Well, let me give you an example question, then.

So, when we were sent to fight in Iraq,

would you say it was the media that pushed the narrative

of weapons of mass destruction?

When we were sent to fight?

What regiment were you in, Sir?

Er, I was with the Royal Marines.

Seriously?

You? You were in the Marines?

I was, yeah. I retrained as a teacher

when I was released from the service,

cos it's a much safer profession...

..on the whole. You look like you're going to be trouble.

CHUCKLING

So the, er...the prayer room - is that getting a new home as well?

No, there's not going to be a prayer room any more.

The trust wants us to cut out religion

to appeal to a wider group of parents.

OK, well, you might not want to hear this,

but you do realise that religion is still important to some pupils?

Like Schuey? Well, not just him.

I mean, there are other kids with different religions in this school.

I know, but the trust believes that this decision

will increase the numbers overall.

And these decisions that they're making, you're backing them?

Look, you're in danger of making this personal, Joseph.

When you walk into this place, any feelings that you have,

you have to leave them at the door.

Sorry. Is that what you're doing with Ben and Hope?

Well, I have to, because when they're here,

they're not family members. They're just pupils in this school.

Well...also...

..Schuey and Tyler are meant to be doing their thing in assembly.

All right, which is fine. Well, is it?

It's just...

..their thing is a rap with quite a few

not-so-subtle religious connotations in it.

I mean, it's not the Lord's Prayer, but...

Well, then you probably know what I'm going to say next.

If you need me to tell him...

No, no, no. I can, er... I can tell him the good news. Right.

# One, two, three, four. #

How do you think of these lyrics?

SHE LAUGHS

Yo. Yo!

Off. That's enough, ladies.

OK. So, I think most of us heard Mr Weever's work this morning,

and I'm sure I'm not the only one who was rather impressed.

Can we just get on with the lesson, please, Miss?

Well, it's funny, because my musical career began in church too.

Gospel music was a big inspiration for me.

Whoa-whoa-whoa. Rewind.

Did you just say church? Oh, my God, he's a choirboy. Wow.

It's nothing to be embarrassed about, Schuey.

Wait. So hang on. You're, like, a religious rapper?

Christian and rap? Is there even a word for that?

What's it called again...?

I think it's, um...

.."Crap".

LAUGHTER All right, that's enough.

Er, Miss, can I borrow Schuey for a moment?

Of course.

I don't think he's enjoying the limelight.

Bye! See ya!

Ladies, if you can't be respectful,

then I will remove you from the class.

Are you OK? Yeah, yeah.

What's up?

Well, there's no easy way to put this,

so I'm just going to have to come out with it. The, um...

The performance. Yeah. Yeah, I know. I get it.

Really? Yeah.

They want us to tone things down, don't they? Well, no worries.

We've got other stuff we can use, so it's all good.

No, it's not all good, mate.

They're actually pulling the assembly.

Yeah, I know, I know. I'm as angry as you are.

No, I'm not angry.

It's just, the trust, they...

Sir. It's fine.

Are we done? We're done.

So today's lesson will be slightly different.

Today, we're going to be concentrating solely on PSHE.

Like, seriously, are we back in Year Four or summat?

Sir, do we have to learn how to hold hands?

Or is it just sex?

No, it's not just sex, Izzy.

What are you even doing? A lesson we don't need to be doing.

We will be talking about healthy relationships.

Is this because of what happened to your daughter, Sir?

Well, it is to make sure that that kind of thing never happens again.

Pretty easy. Avoid weirdo controlling creeps.

We will also be talking about how to recognise the signs.

Oh, did you not see the signs, Sir?

That big mouth, why don't you just shut it?

Cat, pack it in. Who are you actually talking to? You.

I'm talking to you.

Ain't you got some stupid rainbow you need paint?

Oh, cos inclusion's stupid, is it?

If you're so desperate to be included, then, yeah, it is.

Right, cut it out!

Or you'll be paying a visit to Mrs Drake.

That is not a good start to the morning, is it?

BELL RINGS

HE SNEEZES

Bless you, Sir. Again.

Thank you, Declan. Again.

Are you OK, Sir? You look...ill as.

Nothing a little pick-me-up won't fix.

Come on, back to your work.

We had to do all this relationship stuff at my last school.

One time we had to do a trust fall.

A kid ended up with a fractured skull. True story.

Are you Miss Drake's grandkid?

Bet you get proper privileges.

Oh, yeah. Totally.

She's wrapped right round my middle finger.

Right. I just have to go and grab some more books.

I'll be two minutes.

Remember, Mr Donovan is observing, and he sees everything.

HE SNEEZES

Yeah, while you're out there, Sir,

do you want to bring back some masks for me and the class?

KIDS LAUGH

BELL RINGS

This is what cancelling feels like.

First they took away the prayer room

and now they're saying you can't do your performance.

Yeah, we're being censored cos we're Christian.

And we haven't even done anything wrong.

Schuey, you don't seem to care.

Yeah, I mean...

..what's the point?

Fighting back, sticking up for what you believe in.

We're being told that this is a more inclusive school,

but we're not being included.

Whatever.

You might be too embarrassed to do anything,

but I can't sit around and do nothing.

HE SNEEZES

God, I should've gone full hazmat suit today.

Here y'are, Mr Todd.

That should sort you out. A bit of vitamin C for you.

Thanks, I think.

Oh, here she is.

Waterloo Road's hardest-working teacher.

And Waterloo Road's hardest-working dinner lady.

Right. Um, I'm going to crack on.

Oh, I love Nicky.

I mean, that's what's so great about working at Waterloo Road, you know.

Nobody really looks down on the, um...

..the help.

"The help"?

Um...my mum was a dinner lady. Oh.

Oh, no. No.

Right, I didn't mean anything by it.

I mean, being a dinner lady, it's like...

My mum wasn't a dinner lady.

Oh! That is not even nearly funny.

Shadowing Mr Todd has made you mean.

How many times have you fell asleep in his lesson this morning?

Now, I think there's a bit of professional rivalry creeping in.

No. I just, you know,

like to think that my lessons offer something a bit different.

When I'm actually teaching what I get paid to teach.

Ah, you're not a fan of PSHE, then? No.

I'll be honest, in this day and age,

I actually think it's really important.

Really? Mm-hm.

Well, why don't you teach it for me, then?

With pleasure.

We'll just have to find a way to get you away from Teacher of the Year.

Yo.

Agnes is proper on my case, man. I haven't even done anything.

Maybe that's the point. What?

But maybe she's expecting too much.

If you are embarrassed... I'm not. Cos I was too, at first.

But I get it, mate. This is all pretty new to you.

OK. So me not kicking off about things -

that's the problem? That means I don't believe?

I'm not gonna lie.

It took me proper time to work it all out.

To realise who I really am.

Well, I know who I am.

I'm me. I'm Schuey Weever.

I'm a Christian.

And no-one gets in my face and tells me to quiet down.

Sounds to me like the fighter is back, man.

Mm.

Never went away.

BELL RINGS

DOOR OPENS

DOOR CLOSES

The chair is usually more comfortable.

It's not about comfort.

OK.

So, what is it about, then?

The school is trying to silence religion.

We won't let it.

"We"? Are there more of you under the desk?

So I'm guessing this is some form of protest, then.

And you can't stop me.

I know my rights.

When we used to protest,

most of us didn't know what we were protesting about.

It was just a chance to get out of lessons.

I'm protesting about God being silenced.

And I'm not moving.

OK.

Well, then, um...?

Agnes.

But my name doesn't matter.

I've got a meeting.

So for now, Agnes, I'll leave you to it.

To be continued.

OK. Given what we've just discussed,

I'd like you to write down ten of your needs,

without which you would not be happy.

Um... My phone? KIDS TITTER

Write them down.

But let's try and think outside of the phone box, OK?

Are you feeling better, sir?

I'm feeling a lot better. Thank you, Shola.

Aw. Your needs are important to us, sir.

So if you want to go and have a lie down, then, you know...

Again, I appreciate your concern.

But thanks to Mr Paracetamol and his good friend, Caffeine,

I am good to go.

Hmm.

DOOR OPENS

Sorry to interrupt, Mr Todd,

but I was just wondering if I could steal Mr Donovan.

Really?

Miss Chandra mentioned me talking to her class about

some of my experiences about how relationships

are forged in the Armed Forces.

Well, then, that's fine with me, as long as you've no objections.

Yeah, always happy to help.

Cheers.

You took your time. Thank you, Mr Todd.

So pin a little Post-it Note in your brain -

next Tuesday, first rehearsal for the musical.

Miss. So are you in charge of the musical?

Yes. It appears I did something terrible in a previous life.

And all the roles, they've been cast already?

They have indeed.

And I'd like to tell you, it was an easy process, but...

So put me in it.

I sing, I dance, I act, whatever. Do you want to see my running man?

Not right now, but thank you.

I was a king in my school Nativity.

All three of us were different Elvises.

That was stupid.

So what we're going to be doing today...

You know Mrs Drake's my nan. OTHER KIDS: Oooh!

I do. And you know she has been very firm

on not giving you or your brother preferential treatment.

Totally. And that's cool.

But maybe if you would just hear me sing.

Do you know The Pirates Of Penzance?

Is that a prequel?

Me and my mum knew all the songs off by heart.

Do not start to sing.

I'm well allergic to cringe.

# I am the very model of a modern Major-General

# I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral... # Please make it stop.

# I know the kings of England and I quote the fights historical... # Oh, my days. Zayne!

Boo! Declan, pack it in! # From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical. #

OK, that's enough.

And this can stop now.

Thank you for that impromptu display, Hope.

But there is a time and a place,

and neither of those are here or now.

Yeah, it's a proper no from me.

LAUGHTER

So...

..today we will be working on your compositions.

Sir! Sir! Sir, sir, sir. Yes?

Have you ever killed anyone? Ashton!

What?! Miss, you said we could ask anything.

And how does that relate to mutual respect and tolerance?

HE SNIGGERS

Sorry, do you want to offer something on the subject?

Me?

I've got nothing to offer no-one, mate.

It's not mate. It's Sir.

And in battle, it's imperative you respect your enemy.

Being in the army teaches you many things -

courage, discipline, integrity, loyalty.

BELL RINGS

OK. So, if you could close your books, please, class,

and leave them on your desk.

Great discussion.

Thank you.

I think that's a five-star review.

Is that from them or from you?

Let's just say I might have to use you again.

Already looking forward to being used again.

Let's get to work.

What the hell is that?

What does it look like?

"Not inclusive".

What are you even talking about?

We're talking the truth.

Aw. Did someone stop you doing your tragic little rap?

It wasn't tragic.

Nobody was going to stop you

doing your pretty little rainbow, were they?

Obviously you hate the rainbow.

Typical homophobe.

Sorry, but I'm homophobic because I believe in God?

No, you're homophobic because you're a bigot.

Whoa! You can't call him that.

I just did.

And who opened your mouth again, Dizzy?

You're good at calling people names, aren't you?

The "Be Kind Crew".

What's wrong with being kind?

Nothing. Just some people think it only applies to them.

Oh, here he is.

The head's grandson. Aw! You what?

You really think we wouldn't find out about that?

CAT SIGHS That is embarrassing.

Listen to it.

It just wants some attention.

"It"? Oh!

Sorry, are those not your preferred pronouns?

Oh, you've found God as well, have you?

You've been brainwashed too.

I haven't been brainwashed.

Yeah, because you'd have to have a brain to do that.

All we want is to be listened to.

For religion to be treated with a little bit of respect,

just like everything else is.

And you do that by painting on windows?

SHE SCOFFS Do you realise how lame that is?

You push us, we push back.

Cry more, angry little Jesus.

Quiet down, clown. You're pathetic.

This isn't about God.

This is about hate. Yeah. You hating on religion.

It's not even nearly the same.

You choose your religion.

You can't choose your sexuality.

SCHUEY SCOFFS Whatever.

There's time for your safe spaces,

your fancy little rainbows,

all that healthy relationship garbage this morning,

All while they take our prayer room.

After what happened to my sister? QUIETLY: Here we go.

Sorry, what was that?

I don't know, maybe if she was better at choosing boyfriends.

Seriously? You're sick.

Sorry, what is wrong with you all?

My sister was abused and you think that's funny?

You're actually laughing at that?

All of you, you're just a bunch of not-right Jesus freaks.

You need to stop talking.

You and your little maniacs

can bang on all you want about your silly Bible,

but no-one cares.

That's why no-one's listening to you.

You and your cult are pathetic.

What is he doing?

Keep going! LAUGHTER

Are you listening now? Hey!

Hey, what's going on?

Oi!

HE BLOWS WHISTLE That's enough. Break it up!

I told you, I'm not moving.

Hunger strike too, is it?

Lunchtime.

I must say,

the food is a lot better than it used to be.

What is it you actually teach?

I mean, you are a teacher, right?

Mr...

Mr Rimmer.

In a past life.

Now I'm a counsellor/therapist.

You really don't want to hear the whole title.

So that's what you do in here, therapy?

So, like, anyone that's got a problem,

they can come to you and you can solve it?

If only it were that simple.

My religion is my therapy.

And if I have questions, I'd come in here and find the answers in God.

You can still do that.

This space can be whatever you need it to be.

So you're playing God? Absolutely not.

I don't have the qualifications.

This thing that you're doing -

and I fully respect your right to do it -

but I'm just wondering, what is it you hope to achieve?

Well, sir, if someone took something from you,

something that really meant something to you,

would you be OK with it?

No, I wouldn't.

Right.

Well, this is just me saying that it's not OK.

And I don't really care if you think that it's stupid.

I don't. Or pointless.

If we don't stand for something, we stand for nothing.

I think you're right.

SHE CHUCKLES

Are you just saying that because you want your desk back?

Partly.

But I'm also saying it because I couldn't agree more.

I think you make a fair point. I think you make it well.

And I'm quite happy to take it to Mrs Drake.

OK.

Right, well,

you know you have to do it now, don't you, sir?

Because God's never not listening.

Hmm.

Oh, Jesus.

No way!

I literally just saw it.

Is that what I think it is?

Yeah. I thought I was seeing things.

One of the kids must have dropped it.

One of the kids? You think?

Well, don't you?

DOOR CLOSES

Hi, Mr Todd. Hi, Mr Todd.

STUDENTS CHATTER

Outside the staff toilets?

This is insane.

So what are you going to do now?

Speak to Stella, follow procedure.

We need to find out whose this is.

BELL RINGS

As I explained to your colleague earlier,

if I'd have wanted them to come tomorrow,

I would have ordered them for tomorrow, wouldn't I?

Marc! Well, it makes perfect sense to me.

Hang on. Marc, what exactly are you going to tell her?

I hate people. How can I help you? Can she spare five minutes?

No, actually, I'm afraid she can't.

She's... She's had to pop away and deal with something.

Maybe we should come back later.

Yes, yes, I'm still here.

I mean, we don't even know what it is yet.

Could just be kids messing about,

and then we're going to look really stupid.

Look, if you're going to put me on hold again,

at least provide some appropriate hold music.

I don't know. Have you got any thrash metal?

Come back in a bit, Marc.

I'm sure she'll find some time for her Teacher of the Year.

I'll catch up with her later.

You've been back one day.

One day! But this was all him, Miss.

Miss. You weren't listening to us, so we had to do something.

I'm not even going to listen to any point you're trying to make

until every little bit of that black paint is cleaned up.

But you're never going to listen.

I beg your pardon? You're a hypocrite.

You need to remember who you're talking to.

You bang on about how inclusive this place is, but it's not.

You've already picked a side. Don't test me, Ben. You'll lose.

Can't lose if you're not trying to win.

Fine. Detention.

LAUGHTER

Those involved will spend the rest of the day cleaning up this mess.

And after you finish,

we will be discussing further punishment.

Oh, can you take over, Joseph?

No problem.

Right. You heard what Mrs Drake said. You will be getting a call...

I know this is probably a really good time.

For what?

Another problem.

It's Hope.

Oh, I'm sorry, Wendy, but would you be bringing this

to my attention if she wasn't my granddaughter?

Well, she didn't turn up for her lessons,

and nobody's seen her, so I thought you might like to know.

Thank you.

Hey!

Now, that is a face of a teacher who's been here a few years,

not a few hours.

Oh, mate.

Do you know the expression caught between a rock and a hard place?

Oh, don't say that.

I knew I shouldn't have walked down this corridor.

Now, look, I know obviously

all schools deal with things differently.

Yeah, I know, but look, if you've got a problem,

then you meet it head-on. You know, you talk to SMT.

It's a pretty big problem.

I saw Mr Todd...

HE SIGHS

..with drugs.

What? I know.

The Teacher of the Year.

Are you actually being serious?

I saw them fall out of his pocket outside the toilets.

He sort of pretended he'd just found him, but...

..I was in his classroom this morning, and he was struggling.

And then, just like that, he's bouncing.

DONTE SIGHS

You can ask the kids.

DONTE SIGHS

Look, I might have got it wrong.

I mean, this is Marc Todd we're talking about.

Do you know what? Will you please just forget I said anything?

Look, I don't think I can.

You know, there's procedures in place.

You know, safeguarding.

I mean, I've got kids here.

Look, I'll tell you what.

I'll keep your name out of it...

..but this needs to be dealt with.

I just can't believe Marc would be so stupid.

Yeah, well, if I've learned anything,

people will always surprise you with just how stupid they can be.

Yeah.

DOOR OPENS

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

KNOCK ON DOOR

Hope.

I'll be honest, with a lot of years under my belt,

I know that toilets maybe aren't the best place to hide in a school.

And I'm not great at speaking through doors.

You should be in lessons.

SHE SIGHS

I know you just think I'm being stupid,

and I talk too much - a lot too much -

but the musical...

I can't keep repeating myself.

I cannot be seen to be giving you special treatment.

I know, but I'm not anything here. I'm nothing.

It's your first day, Hope!

Yeah, well, even if I make friends, what's the point?

They're all going to forget me when I'm at a different school.

You're going to be in this school for a long time.

Mum said that about my last school.

Look, I...I know how difficult things have been

for you and your brother.

We're bulletproof. That's what he says.

We've got each other and no-one else matters.

Even if Mum goes away for a bit, she always comes back.

And now you have me too.

Yeah, but here, you're just the head teacher.

You keep saying it.

And I'm OK when people laugh at me. Whatever. I don't even care.

They can't stop me from trying to be what I want to be, can they?

When I was your age, people tried telling me all the time

that I couldn't be what I wanted to be.

What did you want to be?

Wonder Woman.

Sadly, that role was taken,

so I became the next best thing - head teacher.

Life is about proving people wrong, Hope.

And when you do it, there is no better feeling in this world.

SHE SIGHS

Yeah, well, I'd better get to lesson.

Nobody likes a drama queen.

BELL RINGS

They came to me because they're worried about the situation.

Well, who exactly are they?

I'm sorry, but I promised that I'd keep their name out of it.

They were concerned that a teacher was using drugs in school.

So I'm supposed to conduct an investigation

based on a nameless source?

But if drugs have been brought into this school,

then I thought you should know.

Of course I need to know, but this is Marc.

Marc Todd! Yeah, I know.

I suppose you just never know who anyone really is.

No, you just see what they want you to see, right? Mm.

HE SIGHS

So? What happens next?

Well, an allegation's been made.

We'll have to follow school procedure.

Thank you.

# I get up

# I go out

# See my friends

# Blend in with the crowd

# Smile and wave

# Swirl around

# Like I've got it all figured out

# But I can't get my ... together

# I take pills, I don't get better

# Coming down under the pressure

# Maybe I'm just not that clever

# I can't get my ... together

# I take pills, I don't get better

# Lost my mind, but, uh, whatever

# I can't get my ... together. #

You all right?

Ah. They've put you on supervision duty too, I see.

Yep. My day just keeps getting better and better. Hm.

This is so unfair. They did this, not us.

Maybe if you didn't start stamping your feet

like an angry little activist.

Maybe if you hadn't started mouthing off for no reason.

Maybe if you did less talking and more cleaning,

you'd be done a lot quicker.

Yeah. You two obviously rubbed each other up the wrong way,

so perhaps you'd be better if you stayed out of each other's way.

Not being funny, but she's been winding me up all day.

Well, that's not a good start.

Living rent-free in her head, sir.

Making fun about PSHE.

Well, it is funny.

And childish.

It was like she was laughing about Libby.

Hold on. I didn't say anything about your sister.

She's been giving it the big "I am" all day because of a rainbow.

What's wrong with the rainbow?

Then she was on Schuey's side about his pathetic prayer room.

Well, I hate playing devil's advocate...

Oh, be careful, sir.

If you want to be an advocate to that fella,

you're probably on the wrong side already.

I'm just saying, you know, Schuey might have a point.

Yeah.

The wrong one.

KNOCK ON DOOR Come in.

Mr Todd is here.

Thank you. Er, Marc, if you'd like to take a seat, please.

I wanted to see you, actually.

I came to your office earlier.

Um...

Sorry, what are they doing here?

I thought it best that your union rep was present.

What?

Sorry, is this...is this a wind-up? Am I being recorded or something?

Marc, we've had a report that you've got drugs on you.

You're actually serious?

I need you to empty your pockets.

Well, that's why I came to see you.

Um... I found something outside the loos at lunch.

SHE SIGHS

Hang on...

You don't honestly think that that is mine?

Stella, come on.

I've spoken to LADO.

We have no choice but to suspend you, pending a full investigation.

What? You're serious?

I have to follow school procedure.

Stella, please! You know me!

I have to keep this formal. But...

This will go to the appropriate bodies now,

so we have to let the investigation run its course. What?

You'll be able to put your side of the story across during the inquiry.

I don't believe this.

So what happens now? Is someone going to escort me off the premises?

Given the severity of the accusation,

we have no option but to call the police.

The police? Marc, you were found with drugs on your person.

It would be the same for anyone.

Hey, you've missed a bit.

Whoa! LAUGHTER

Easy, tiger.

We need more water, sir.

Right, well, you know where the tap is.

Come on. Nice and quick.

You know, if you'd just talk to me...

And say what?

Well, how you're feeling.

If you talk about a problem, then you can work out a solution.

The solution is fighting back.

Standing up for what we believe in. That's what Agnes reckons.

Yeah, well, there are ways of doing things.

Sir, if someone was to say to you that you can't be you any more,

how would you feel?

Nobody is saying that you can't be you.

Yes, they are.

It's like I'd finally found something that made me feel...

What?

Forget about it. No. Feel what?

Like I'm not on my own any more.

But the thing is, nobody was consulted.

If the trust can just drop religion, then what else can it just drop? Mm.

Well, I'm afraid religion is a nuanced subject, Mr Charles.

Nuanced?

It means complicated.

Yeah, I know what it means, Iz!

Temper, temper.

Like father, like daughter.

Hold on a minute, I ain't got a temper.

If you had your way, you'd still be using the cane.

Oh! Calling me old-school, are you?

No, no, not old-school, just old, mate.

Ohh!

Well, sorry, we all can't be fit, young PE teachers.

Oh, I'm sorry, have you got a problem with PE now?

Ha-ha! It's physical education. It's the kind of subject

you give to people who can't teach proper subjects.

Oh! You're a history teacher.

Your job is remembering dates that no-one cares about. Heh.

Schuey's well aware of the disruption

his actions have caused today and he accepts his punishment.

You're on very thin ice, young man.

If anything like this ever happens again...

It won't. Will it?

Miss, when I'm in church,

I'm there and I feel...

..calm.

And for the first time in my life, my head ain't going crazy.

I just forget about everything else that's happened and...

I know I don't matter here...

Everyone matters in this school, Schuey.

..but it's like I've finally found something good.

And it felt like it was just taken away from me.

So I snapped, and I know I shouldn't have, and I am sorry.

Well, thank you for the apology.

With that in mind, I think it may be prudent

to review the guidelines on dismissing religion outright.

I don't know what that means. Just, just...

It means that I'll take a second look,

see if there's room for manoeuvre.

So...the assembly, the rap...?

That's not happening.

But outside of school time, whatever you believe,

feel free to sing it from the rooftops.

I've never touched drugs in my life.

It doesn't make sense.

I found it outside the toilets with Darius

and then suddenly I'm being pulled into Stella's office and suspended.

What?

I think he's thrown me under the bus.

No! Yeah. I'm serious, Nish.

I keep thinking, if they weren't my drugs, then...

Whoa, Marc, come on. That is a bit of a leap, that.

Are you sure you're not being paranoid?

No, I just picked them up before he could.

Yeah, but... If he'd have dropped them, then...

I mean, come on...

When we found them, he was trying to blame it on the kids.

It was weird, like something wasn't right with him.

It's his first day at work.

Maybe...maybe he can't believe what's happened.

No.

All right, listen, Marc...

You need to... You need to go home...

Listen. You need to go home, you need to talk to a lawyer,

your rep, yeah?

Look, look, you've done nothing wrong and you know the truth, yeah?

It's only the truth if the right people believe it.

Maybe you're right, but I'm telling you,

there is something not right about him.

Like, whatever we had going on, it wasn't that.

Seriously, could they be any more cringe?

This morning, that was my bad.

But I seriously wasn't laughing at your sister.

That almost sounded like an apology.

But what Tyler said...

..Schuey... Yeah, that was bang out of order.

I don't even care about religion. People can believe what they want.

I don't even know what I believe.

I know it sounds stupid, but...

..I think I have to believe in some sort of heaven

cos if I don't, then...

..then I won't ever see my mum again, and it's just like...

That doesn't sound stupid.

You know, they actually look like

they're not about to kill each other. Hm.

Well, I'm guessing Cat's backed down.

Well, she's actually quite mature.

She's old for her years, that one.

Hold on, are you saying that Izzy isn't?!

This doesn't mean we're friends.

IZZY SCOFFS Friends?

Oh, no, you had your big day.

You can go back to being a saddo now.

BELL RINGS

OK, thanks, guys. Get home safe.

You know, you really didn't need to come in.

Clean-up job and a detention? I'd say you got pretty lucky.

I'm sorry, it's just...

When I hear he's been in trouble, the alarm bells start to go.

Right. Well, lucky or not, it's... it's dealt with now, isn't it?

Is it? Oh, Mike.

What? He defaces a rainbow and that's not raising any flags?

Oh, come on.

Come on, this... this is not homophobic.

No, no, his religion was being challenged.

What? You... You don't believe that?

Oh, come on, he's only just found religion.

It could be something else next week, Joe.

No... If you talk to him properly...

Like you do.

No, I just... I listened to him, and so did Stella,

and today, right, he's just lashing out.

Yeah, the trouble with Schuey,

when he lashes out, he doesn't miss, does he?

I'll meet you outside.

Not exactly SAS, were you, sir?

Just googled you and it said you only worked

at some army recruitment centre.

I said I was in the Royal Marines. I didn't say which part.

What did you do? Give out free pens?

Ha!

And free advice.

Don't be silly enough to take everything at face value.

I did my years of service

and then I followed a different path.

It's funny you didn't mention that in class.

I didn't lie.

And as I said earlier, in this world, the aesthetic is everything.

The what?

MR DONOVAN SCOFFS The aesthetic. How things look.

Shiny and new and attractive.

Your generation should know all about that.

You write your own story in life, Ashton.

Go big...or go home.

There weren't too many Agnes Ecclestons

last time I was a teacher.

SHE CHUCKLES You met your match already?

Well, every day's a school day.

But what she was saying...

Is not without validity.

I've already taken steps to find somewhere else for the prayer room.

Proactive. Not reactive.

Well, sometimes it's good to hear what the kids are saying.

I suppose your next battle is with the trust.

I've made my decision.

They won't like me backtracking on religion,

but I'll find another way to increase the numbers.

I believe you. Mm.

I still can't believe what's just happened.

I've been suspended.

Oh, no. Seriously?

Yeah. So...

..you need to put it right.

You were there, Darius. You've got to tell them the truth.

Mm.

Sounds like it might be a bit late for that, though, don't it?

What?

I-I might never work again.

You've been shadowing me all day, acting like you're my mate,

and now you're going to stab me in the back?

Wow.

Bet you didn't see that coming, did you?

Suppose I won't be, er... shadowing you any more, will I?

HE SNIGGERS

Are you laughing at me?

God, no.

Marc, no.

How could anybody laugh at the Teacher of the Year?

Agnes!

Hey. I, er...did what you said.

I heard what you did.

Yeah, you wanted me to prove how much God meant to me.

Attacking things doesn't prove anything.

W-wait... You did a protest.

Peacefully.

I thought you'd be happy.

Well, I'm glad you found your voice, Schuey.

I'm just not happy with how you used it.

Well, I wasn't just standing up for me.

I was standing up for us.

I know.

And I love that.

I really do.

So you're not mad?

Judge not that ye not be judged.

You know whatever mad path you were on before?

You're on a different one now.

With me. Hm.

I'm in the musical. I still can't believe it.

Miss Chambers must have been impressed.

Yeah, obvs, but I thought you might have said something, too.

Oh, someone might have mentioned there was a small role going,

but, er, it won't be centre stage.

Yeah, but it's still on the stage.

Can we just go home?

Yes, but first, I would like to say something to you both.

Anything we haven't heard before?

It's fair to say that I'm a bit out of practice,

but I'm going to do my best to make this work.

But it's only going to work if we're all on the same page.

Me? I can't wait to read the rest of the book.

See what I did there? I do jokes too.

Maybe stick to the singing.

You're probably still not sure about me,

but I'm going to do everything in my power to prove you wrong -

that I'm not the monster you secretly think I am.

"Secretly"?

When it comes down to it, Ben,

it's only as temporary as you want it to be.

If you keep kicking back,

there's only so many detentions I can put you in.

It's up to you.

But do you really want to see your sister uprooted again?

Not now I'm in the musical. No way.

We both know how much this means to her.

You're good. So are you.

Maybe we've got more in common than you think.

Maybe.

BOOMING MUSIC IN DISTANCE

What the hell is that?

CHEERING

Yo, let me get some energy! Make some noise!

CHEERING

# One, two, three and four

# Foot to the floor and we're kicking down doors

# Kicking down walls, fighting in brawls

# Toe-to-toe And the demon falls

# They're betrayal's a bed of nails

# Look to the heavens... ..when all else fails.

# Vultures waiting, congregating

# Bones and meat They're salivating... #

CHEERING

# Eeny, meeny, miny, mo

# Bars of gold End of your rainbow

# Paint a flag, spray our tag Humble brag

# Letting off my crossbow. #

CHEERING

# Looking to the sky My feet are planted on the ground

# Talking to the Lord I know that Boz is with Him now

# I don't think about my father, but I hope I do him proud

# Now my heart is with the Father, I got armour, not a cloud. #

CHEERING

Thank you!

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