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- What have we got here?

- A student me, and my college crush, my tutor.

We had one weekend together.

- They're not going to get their GCSE grades unless they put in

some hard work.

I heard you making as many mistakes as they did.

- Your mum won't be coming home today.

The police are saying that your dad's been murdered.

They're charging her.

- Kim, I think you are the most fantastic woman I have ever met.

- You want to come back to my place?

- Josh! Wait there. Why have you been sending me these? - You're my real dad.

- Morning, Jo.

- Good morning, Steph how are you today?

- Oh, you know me... "Carp dee-em"

and all that.

Are you OK?

- Yeah, yeah, absolutely. Just wanted to check in on my troops.

- Well, this is one little soldier you don't have to worry about.

New leaf turned over, nose to the grindstone.

- Really glad to hear that. See you later.

- See you later.

- Woah!

Gerroff! You're nearly as bad as that bloke in the Copabanana. - Cop a banana!

- You know what I mean.

- Em, Mum's bail hearing's in the paper today, so whatever anyone says just ignore it, OK?

- But... - Mum's going to be home by the end of the day.

That's all that matters. - Yeah?

- Yeah! By tea time, she'll be back where she belongs.

And so will we, no more aunt Julie. See, that's more like it!

- Hello. - Morning.

- Morning. How are we?

Kim. - Max. - Senior management in ten?

- Mm-hm, yeah.

- Lindsay James? We've had her aunt on this morning.

Apparently she hasn't exactly been a delight at home so I said we'd keep an eye on her.

- Ok. Let's check with the subject teachers.

Make sure we're not missing anything.

- Hey. - Morning.

- Well, you can't go on like this, Tom.

- It just doesn't make any sense.

I mean, why would you make up something like that?

- Maybe he's not. - But he has to be. It was only the once, we were really careful.

- What I mean is, he's got no reason to lie, has he?

He's going on what he's been told. Everything he knows about you is from his mum.

If anyone's lying...

- Anyhow, we'll find out soon enough. I'm going to go and see her today.

- Yeah? - I'm free all afternoon.

I'll nip off then.

- Well, if you're really dreading it, I could come with you?

- Cos that wouldn't be awkward at all, would it?

- # Been there, done that, messed around

# I'm having fun, don't put me down

# I'll never let you sweep me off my feet.. # - Students.

They don't get up till lunchtime.

And just because you give your number to a boy, doesn't mean

he'll ring you. - I know.

- Have you two not been home? - What for?

- My parents think I was at her house and her parents think she was at mine.

- Are you still drunk? - I should

hope so, the amount we put away.

- I'm fine, but Slammer Queen over there...

- Ey, shut up you.

- Ms Campbell. - Mr Tyler.

Max. We're in school. - This isn't school.

This is my office.

- Your office?

- It's one of the perks of the job. KNOCKING

Come. - Morning.

- Hey, Chris. How's tricks?

- Yeah, great. Hi, Kim. - Hiya.

- Ah, Rachel, right.

Well, we'll get straight to it. If we're serious about exam results and improving our league table positions,

we need every single teacher at the top of their game.

A single standard of excellence across the school.

- Which has always been our aim.

- What we really need is a one-off across-the-board assessment by all heads of department. Starting today.

- Can we do that?

- Absolutely. No time like the present.

Shall we?

- Don't you think this might backfire, huh? Some of the staff may feel it shows a lack of trust.

- I've talked to Jo Lipsett. She's ready to start today.

- What - you've already set this up?

- The results in her department are certainly below what we're after, considering her exemplary record.

- The staff who are being assessed, do they know about it?

- No. We want to see how they teach from day to day

and if they're good enough - and why wouldn't they be - there's no problem.

Morning, everyone.

As you all know, years seven and nine are out on field trips today.

- Hey. - So this gives us the perfect

opportunity to start our new staff-wide teacher assessment.

You are all going to be monitored in class by your head of department, starting today.

GASPS AND MURMURS

- Why don't you just install CCTV and be done with it?

George Orwell, eat your heart out.

- Think of it as a clean slate.

New school, new standards, new start.

We'll let you know more as and when.

If you have any questions, Rachel will be happy to answer them.

Departmental Heads, I'd like an update at the end of play. - Today?

- Yes, Tom, if that's not too much trouble.

- That's all I need. - Don't worry about it. It's window dressing.

Executive head flexing his muscles?

- Look, it'd be fine if they didn't expect you to do any actual teaching.

- Are you ready for the off, Steph? - What do you mean?

- The assessment Mr Tyler was just talking about? Yours starts this morning, first period.

- But... - Don't worry, just act like I'm not there I'm not there.

Anyway, I'm very keen to see this new leaf you've turned over.

- # I'm just a little bit caught in the middle

# Life is a maze and love is a riddle

# I don't know where to go

# Can't do it alone, I've tried

# And I don't know why... #

Hiya!

That went well.

- No way.

This is you when it was just us two... And then "Oh, my god. Boys!"

- I wasn't! Unlike you, I swear you were eyeballing a fire extinguisher.

- Careful!

What's going on?

- Nothing. - Nothing?

You stink of alcohol. Where have you been?

- Nowhere. We're just tired. From studying.

- Yeah, right, and I'm Beyonce.

Look, you two'd better sort yourselves out.

I am not having you coming into my lesson letting me down in front of

the Head of Modern Languages. OK?

Go on.

It's good, in't it? Anyway, I'm going to get off now, so I'll talk to you at lunch time.

- See you. - See you in a bit.

All right, mate.

- How do you do it?

Get them to notice you like that?

- All right! Have you got someone in mind?

- No, no, not at all. To be honest, I was just wondering. You know, for future reference.

- Oh, right, yeah. Course. The future.

- So, come on then - what's the secret?

- Well, obviously, good looks help. To be honest, mate, yours won't.

- Thank you. - Don't worry about it.

But the next thing a girl wants is a guy who makes 'em laugh.

Works every time, I'm telling you.

Look at Johnny Vegas.

See you then, mate.

- BELL RINGS

J'adore la mer.

HALTINGLY:

Tous les jours je viens...

a la plage et regarde la maree monter.

- Tres bien, Denzil,

mais comme pensent les autres?

Very good, Denzil,

but what do the others think?

Anyone? OK, what was the passage about?

Denzil?

- First it was about a dog, then it was about a boy who falls in love with his mother?

- Not quite. But a good try.

Anyone else? Em.

- It's about a man describing how he loves the sea.

- Thank you, Em.

La mer, the sea, la mere, the mother. Anything else?

OK, read your worksheets and answer the questions carefully and take your time.

They're, um...very slow this morning.

- Mmm.

- Oh, my God.

- I went to the place you got yours done, and asked for exactly the same.

- Hey, look at that.

It's... brilliant! - Really classy. - Yeah. It's Chinese for "loyalty".

Yeah, it's like... we're sisters or something.

Oh, God wouldn't it be cool if we all got one? Just like that?

- It doesn't hurt. Not really.

- Just think - it'd be something no one could ever, ever take away from us, no matter what...

- Absolutely.

- So, who's with us two then? Who's going to be next, eh?

- Me. - Hey... Good girl, Shuv! You see?

- What an unaccountable creature is that brother of mine, to send them to the house as an inn!

Ha! ha!

I don't wonder at his impudence.

- Oh, come on! Who's reading The Maid?

- What? - Danielle, it's not like you.

Look, if you can't be bothered to read aloud,

at least do us the courtesy of trying to stay on the right page.

We wouldn't want to waste our Head of Department's time, would we?

Right, someone else read it. Triona?

- Just get a grip. Stop being such a lightweight, yeah?

- Hi, my name's Philip Ryan, OK, that's Phil.

Ip. Never Phil, because...

Hi, my name's Philip, that's Philip.

That's terrible.

- You were coasting there, Steph.

It's like you dug out some old worksheet that you've been using since you qualified.

In subsequent lessons I want to see...

- Subsequent lessons?

- What I want to see is a sharper focus,

a clear command of the syllabus, and a little bit of classroom control.

If an exercise isn't working, then you make it work

or you just try something else, you don't blame the kids.

You're there to teach them, Steph. You have to give them what they need to learn.

- OK, got it.

- Look, I'm here to help you...

all right - I am not here to try and catch you out.

Why don't you give me your lesson plans beforehand, and I can help you

get them into shape. - Lesson plans?

Won't that ruin the surprise?

- KNOCKING

Jo?

How's it going?

- OK. I'm just getting started really.

- Don't be afraid to come down on her hard.

She's exactly the kind of teacher that's been holding this place back.

- Hang on a minute. Aren't I the one doing the assessment?

- Yes, yes, but you said yourself, Steph's a poor performer, with questionable attitude.

This would be the perfect opportunity to...

- Look, I would feel much happier having this conversation after

I've actually assessed her. Yeah?

- You're right. All I'm saying is that if we send out a clear message to the others,

she'd be the perfect place to start.

PRINTER WHIRS

TEACHER TALKS QUIETLY

- Girls, today, eh, Bolton?

- I know. Shocking.

I dunno why you bother with them clubs. They're a rip off.

- Maybe we like them...

because guys like you don't go there.

- Yeah, you're right, I don't go to 'em...

cos they're full of girls like you getting sleazed up by greasy older guys.

- He has got a point though.

I mean, why do you go those places when you've got talent right here?

- Oh, leave it out, will you?

I'm close enough to puking as it is.

- Hair of the dog's what you need.

It works every time. - We're in school if you haven't noticed. - So?

- Problem, Paul?

- Erm, yes, sir, the retort stand, it keeps slipping.

- Ah, yeah. Cupboard down there, box on the left.

- No way!

- I dunno how you can be so calm.

Look at all this and I don't even know when I'm being assessed yet!

- Oh, Helen, when you've been doing this job as long as I have,

it takes more than some assessment to get the wind up you. I'm prepared.

- Is that all?

We had to have a lesson plan for every class at John Foster's.

- Normally, you see, I do my work up here but if Mr Tyler wants us to write it down then...

- I know he can be a bit severe, but he is a pretty inspirational leader.

- Really?

So was Mussolini.

- I'm not sure I've ever seen you plan a lesson before.

- And you still haven't, Tom. I went on the computer and found some old B.Ed. student coursework.

- Steph! When the kids copy stuff off the web, it sticks out a mile.

- That's because they're kids. You're talking to someone who does know her arse from their elbow.

I'm a teacher, Tom. I'm going to be able to tell a decent lesson plan when I see one.

- KNOCKING

Right, get on with your work. I just need a word with Ms Mason.

- What are you doing?

- You wanted hair of the dog...

Ethanol - the chemical name for alcohol.

Your cocktail awaits, madam...

- I'm not drinking chemicals. - Der! Everything is a chemical!

And this is alcohol.

No? OK.

- Yeah!

It's not bad man, not bad at all.

- No way - I'm not drinking that! - Give it here.

Now who's the lightweight?

- So their work isn't slipping, nor acting up in class?

- No. - It's a difficult time for the family.

- Lindsay has always been great at science. She gets stuck right in.

Emily's struggling a bit, but no great change there.

- So no downturn in performance at all?

- No, they're both really hard workers.

- Oh, that's really good to know. Great. Thanks, Chris.

- Oh, Rachel.

Look, before, with Max.

I know he can be abrasive at times,

but I've never seen him fail to get results.

- Results, right.

You see, the problem is, I like a school where the teachers can

concentrate on the kids themselves,

you know, not just the grades they can deliver.

- Like the James girls.

- Exactly, yeah. Thank you.

- And have you noticed right, these kids on TV, these teenagers, and they look fantastic,

they've got brilliant hair, lovely clothes, very glamorous,...

But in reality, they just look like me.

- Are you doing stand up?

- Em, no... that's not what I'm doing.

- Oh, so it must be rap.

- Did you want something?

- It's nothing to be ashamed of.

I love stand up. Come on. Let's hear some.

- No. No way.

- Come on. I can give you feedback.

- No. - Go on, just one tiny little joke,

one teensy weensy... - Just get out!

- OK, there's no need to be like that.

- Ros...

Stupid...

- Oooh.. Oi oi!

- Shut up. Have some of this.

- Nah. I want that... whatsit...

a hairy dog! - Oh, just drink some

of this so we don't get busted!

- Don't want to.

- Right, well, you're on your own.

- Ey, is everything OK?

- There's only one Ms Haydock! - Sshhh!

- What's going on? She's in a

worse state than she was before.

- I don't understand. - Well, she can't walk around like this. She'll be excluded. - We're in your class next.

- No, you're not. There is no way she can come into my class. I'm being inspected.

I cannot believe that you've picked today of all days.

I was hoping that you two were going to dazzle Ms Lipsett with your brilliance.

Now there's more chance of her knocking her out with her breath.

Right quick - get her in there. Get her a glass of water and she can sleep it off.

And listen - if anybody finds her, we never had this conversation.

And you, young lady, I want you on top form for period four. Get her in. - Thanks Miss.

- I don't wanna go in here.

- Roll up, roll up, come on. £1.50. There you go. £1.50, by the way.

Get it while you can cos it's going fast. - £.1.50 a pop.

- I've only got a quid.

- Don't worry about it, just keep it between you and me.

- Is that the stuff you gave Danielle?

- Yeah, yeah, are you after some and all?

- You're selling it? - Course.

- You can't.

Danielle's hammered out of her mind!

- Der, that's what alcohol does to people! It's good stuff though.

- But it's not like normal alcohol.

Danielle only swigged it a few times and she's mashed! - Yeah?

- If it does that to her, what d'you think it's gonna do to these?

- They know what they're buying.

What they do with it, that's up to them, innit?

- Till they get busted, and they find out you nicked it.

You're going to get us all excluded, you div.

- You said it was alcohol, man.

- It is, it's just, er, just a bit stronger. Or summat.

- What, you don't know?

- Why's this down to me? You do science too.

- Don't sell any more, OK? I don't want that Tyler

on my back again.

Hiya. - Hey Bolton. - Have you got that bottle I sold you earlier?

- Look, I told you I'd get the money. - I need it back. You can have your quid.

- Do you not think I can handle it?

- Something like that, just give it here.

- What are you going to do if I don't? - Sam, I ain't got time for this...

- Watch it! What are.. What's that? Give me..

- Bien.

Maintenant nous allons...ah... examiner la... explanation de la piece.

- Why are we doing this, miss?

- You might not find this challenging, Karla, but just because you don't doesn't mean...

- But it's not challenging, that's the problem.

The grammar's basic, the vocab is a GCSE standard

and the piece itself feels like it's come from a really old textbook.

- Really? Well, maybe you should swap places with me, Karla.

- Why, miss? You're the teacher. It's just that this isn't teaching us anything.

- Well, best let me be the judge of that, eh? Aleesha?

Aleesha!

- What?

- I think you'll find the word you're looking for is "pardon".

Or more appropriately "Pardon".

Is something distracting you, Aleesha?

Something that perhaps you'd like to share with us?

- No, sorry, miss. - Good, then I'd like you to read section B, please?

- Le weekend, je fais beaucoup de sports...

- TEXT MESSAGE ALERT

I don't quite believe this - bootlegging in a school?

- It's a first for me too.

- So it's two of Waterloo Road's finest is it, Paul Langley and my old friend Bolton Smilie...

- I told you not to sell any more, you idiot.

- Look, we're raking it in. What's your problem? - You two. Here.

Now.

- I'll see you out front, yeah?

And remember, no uniform, otherwise he won't do it.

- Hey Linds - you all right? Yeah.

Mum was wondering if you and Em wanted to come for your tea after school?

- Oh, thanks, but I'm seeing my mum tonight. It's her hearing today.

She's coming home. - They've released her?

- Well, we've not heard anything yet but erm, yeah, she'll be out later today, for deffo.

- Some other time then. Yeah?

- Yeah, sure.

Stupid cow.

- Ethanol? Selling legitimate alcohol would be bad enough,

but ethanol? - OK, who have you sold this to?

- I dunno. - Not good enough.

- I don't know everyone in the school, you know.

- Do you have any idea how dangerous this is?

- Right, I think that we need to go from class to class before someone drinks this stuff.

- We need a more direct approach.

Joyce, will you phone the fire service, tell them it's a false alarm?

FIRE BELL RINGS

Out!

- OK, everyone, leave your things and leave

the building calmly and quietly.

No running. - Ey, Miss Dillon,

this way please.

Saved by the bell, eh? I don't know what was worse, the outdated plan...

or the lifeless way you delivered it.

Anyone would've think you hadn't written it yourself.

- Hm, would they indeed?

- The liquid being peddled by these two is poisonous.

Drinking even a small amount could make you seriously ill.

Anyone who bought some should come forward now.

- We need to collect every last drop of this stuff, guys, so no one gets hurt.

- OK.

You leave us no choice.

Members of staff will search your pockets.

They'll then go inside and search each and every schoolbag, every locker...

There's no hiding place.

- Well done, kids. You're doing the right thing there.

- Mr Budgen,

I'll leave you in charge to take down the names and collect all the contraband.

SHE MOUTHS

Steph? How's the assessment going?

Should be a walk in the park for a seasoned pro like you?

- Yeah, yeah, it is. Can you just...?

- Steph?

- Danielle...

Danielle?

Danielle.

Danielle!

Danielle!

- I just thought you should know I'm going to go and see your mum, today.

- So you've finally decided to accept the truth, then?

- Look Josh, I don't know why your mum's told you what she did, but it just isn't true.

It can't be.

- Oh, so mum's a liar, now?

That what you're saying? - No..

Mistaken, maybe.

- So not only do you just walk away and leave us,

you then have the nerve to blame us, just to cover your own arse.

- Josh! - Just leave me alone.

- Josh!

- Danielle!

- Steph? Steph, what is going on?

- Danielle.

I think she's drunk some of that stuff.

- What do you say that?

- THUMP

- Oh my God, Danielle!

Let me do this, Rachel.

Out of the way!

- Don't tell me this has something to do with ethanol. - I think it has.

- Oh, no, this is my fault.

- Danielle. - Right, come on. - No, we're fine.

- Steph's going to take her to hospital. - Shouldn't we wait

for an ambulance?

- No. Any delay'll just increase the damage.

- This just gets better and better.

- Danielle... - Shush!

- I'm going with her. - No you're not. You've done enough.

- Oh, please wait. - Girls, there's nothing to see. Inside, thank you. All of you, now.

- Ethanol?

Where did she get hold of that?

- She stole it, from school.

- What concentration was it? And how much did she have?

- I can't imagine it was a lot. - It doesn't have to be, with ethanol.

If you could find out how much she had that'd be great. - Can't you just pump her stomach?

- No point. By now she'll have absorbed it all into her system.

All we can do is keep an eye on her, monitor the damage and hope for the best.

- I've never heard anything like it.

An illicit alcohol ring here in school. - I can think of worse things.

- Like what? - Knives. Guns. Drugs.

- Should be this place's motto.

- Alcohol IS a drug.

- Yeah, but this was ethanol...

which they stole, well, which I let them steal from my classroom.

- Don't know why they bothered...

tastes like shoe polish and gives you a splitting headache.

- But they were selling it as alcohol, weren't they?

Cos that's what the kids wanted.

- I can't believe you're defending them.

- Well, I'm not, but the kids will be drinking,

whether they're buying it from Paul Langley or from a supermarket or nicking it from home.

- And you think that's all right, do you? - No,

but us just saying they shouldn't, doesn't achieve anything.

It doesn't doesn't teach them the dangers or how to drink safely.

It just makes us feel like we've done our bit when all we're really doing is washing our hands of it.

- Danielle, can you hear me, Danielle?

Danielle, can you hear me?

- I don't know. They're saying she might have hypoglycaemia

and other horrible things.

No!

Anyway, I need the information off the ethanol bottle.

Yeah.

- Well, just let us know as soon as you hear anything.

Oh, thank you, Steph.

- Well? - It's not good.

Being monitored,

but I'm just going to have to sit and wait.

- Steph clearly knew something.

why else charge into the building like a demented bison?

- Well, under the circumstances, it's a good job she did.

- Oh, my God. Danielle.

- Not now.

- Em, come here.

They're not letting her out. - What?

- I'm sorry. I was sure they'd release her but...

She's got to go back to jail.

- What about us? Maybe if we tell them how much we miss her?

You said she'd get out, Lindsay.

This isn't right. I want to see Mum. - We can't...

not till after the trial.

- What?

- She's not allowed to speak to us, cos we're witnesses, some crap like that.

- What if they find her guilty?

- Em, that's not going to happen.

- How do you know?

You said she'd be home tonight,

cooking us dinner by the time we got back from school.

- Em, Em, you've got to stop this... please.

Be brave, yeah?

Mum'd hate to see you like this.

That's it. Good girl.

Look, you've got to trust me. Everything is going to be OK.

It's just some stupid judge.

You've got to stay strong, yeah?

Do you have any idea what you've done?

You've risked the wellbeing of other pupils' lives for your own personal gain,

you've flouted several school rules,

lowered the tone of school life and to top it all, you've broken the law.

Do you think this is funny?

Danielle Harker's in hospital because of you.

- Look, she didn't have to drink what we offered her.

We didn't force people to buy our stuff.

They were queuing up for it.

Supply and demand, innit?

- Show some respect! - Max.

- Just because there's a demand,

doesn't make it OK for you to supply.

What you two did was wholly unacceptable. Yes? - Yes, sir.

- Now obviously, we don't know the full extent of

the damage you've done to Danielle, but rest assured, gentlemen, I intend

to make an example of you both.

Have you got a problem with that?

- No, sir.

- That sort of dumb insolence drives me mad. - Clearly.

- My mum says your mum must've been really frightened to do what she did.

- Thanks.

It's mad, isn't it?

Any time I try to talk about it, Lindsay just tells me, "Don't worry,

"cos Mum'll definitely be let out at the trial."

- Well, she can't know that. There's always a risk.

- That's what I keep saying, but it's always "Shut up, Em" and "Be brave, Em".

- My mum says that you should never bottle things up,

because the longer you do, the more upset it'll cause, and that'll just make the problem even worse.

- That's all right for you,

but who can I talk to?

- There are people that understand, though.

- I think she's perked up a bit.

- That's just the rehydration.

Doesn't mean she's out of the woods yet.

- Ow! - If you're big enough to get yourself in this state, you're big enough to take a pinprick.

- She's been poisoned. - Course she has! It's never their fault, is it?

I'm sorry - the amount of time we have to allocate to the likes of her.

Stupid teenagers, all messed up.

Looks like she's one of the lucky ones.

Whatever she drank today, on top of last night's binge...

it could have caused some real damage.

I'll check on her again in a little while.

- KNOCKING

Hang on.

- I just wanted to show you the ideas that I've had for

an alcohol awareness programme -

see what you think.

- I don't think we really want anyone coming in and catching us like this, do we?

Today of all days?

- Ah right, so it's fine for you to come and grab me as and when...

- No, I don't mean... it's just the day I'm having, I wouldn't want to give anyone more ammunition.

- You mean Rachel?

- I knew you'd notice.

She's been on my case all day...

arguing every point, jumping down my throat.

- And you warming your cheeks in her seat is the best way

to make friends, is it?

- Ok, so we both agree that I'm not her favourite person.

All I'm saying is that Rachel wouldn't understand what we have.

And I know how this could look from the outside.

I wouldn't want anyone thinking this is just some cheap fling.

Because it's not...

I don't think it is.

- No, neither do I.

- For the record,

trying to keep my hands off you during the day

will be a pretty tall order.

- Well, your medal's in the post.

- Or you could just have dinner with me tonight?

- Maybe.

- It's no big deal. It's just a tattoo. - But...

- Stop being such a baby.

- You do know tattoos are against school rules, don't you?

Is that the same as Lindsay James's?

How lame is that? - It's not lame.

It's Chinese for loyalty.

- So what you crying for?

Did Lindsay make you do that?

- No...course not. I just... I'm not sure about it. You know.

- So if Lindsay told you to jump off a cliff, would you do that and all?

- Lindsay didn't do anything, OK?

- Well, we both know that's crap.

She's done plenty.

- Philip.

- Look, I'm sorry about earlier, OK? I shouldn't have kicked off at you like that.

- OK. Well, I'm sorry for whatever it was I did that made you so worked up.

- Nah, it wasn't you. I was just...

- It's just you're the last person I thought'd be doing stand up.

- Thanks. - Cos you're quiet. Shy.

- Well, that's just it, isn't it?

You know if I've got to be really awkward and figure out what I'm going to say before I say it to one person,

then it's not much of a step to being in front of a crowd.

I mean, it's no more difficult. In theory.

- Better get practising, then. If you lose it like you did today in front of an audience...

- I won't.

At least, I hope not. - Well, don't, because normal Philip's pretty funny, but mad, shouty Philip?

Not so much. - Right, so that's normal Philip, funny, mad shouty Philip, not so funny?

- Yeah. That's pretty much it.

- Well, guess I'll have to BEAR THAT IN MIND!

I've just proved your point, haven't I? - Mm-hm.

- # I'm just a little bit caught in the middle... # See ya.

# Life is a maze and love is a riddle... #

- OK everyone, remember I need your course work in by the end of next week, OK?

Quickly and quietly.

Hey, Michaela, what is it? - It's...tricky.

- Take your time.

- Well... someone I know, yeah,

they've been forced to do something, like, something really bad

and I'm not a usually a grass, but this isn't right.

- So this tattoo is completely your own idea?

- Why would you want to get the same tattoo as these two, Siobhan?

- To show friendship for each other.

- Tattoos are illegal at your age.

Don't force your own stupidity onto others.

- And are you the only three with this tattoo?

- Well, if we see or hear of any more, I will hold you three, responsible, OK? Do you understand?

- What? So it's our fault, if someone decides to copy us?

- Lindsay, we know what's going on here.

- Oh, dear,

in trouble, are we?

- Campbell not like your little tattoos, then?

- Girls. - Don't worry. You'll get yours.

- Ready when you are.

- I suspect that's not the last we're going to hear of that little issue.

- Mmm.

Kim, are you free tonight? For a drink?

It's just that I want to talk something through with you.

- Sure, yeah. I had something on but it can wait.

- Are you sure? - Absolutely.

- That's brilliant, OK, see you later.

- I don't, I don't remember, I don't remember much of anything.

Bits of last night, bits of school, but...

- The main thing is you're gonna be OK.

- Yeah, right. My dad? School?

- Well, you'll have to deal with that as and when.

For a while it was looking really serious, Danielle.

Why did you do it?

- Cos it's fun.

- I've had fun, Danielle, and believe me, it doesn't end up like this.

You're a bright girl. You don't need me to tell you

this is not right.

You have got off very lightly this time, but you've got to be more careful.

Being that drunk, anything could have happened to you...

and I'm not saying don't have fun. God knows, I'd be the last person to say that to you.

Anyway, I'm going to get back to the school and let them know you're through the worst.

- Ms Haydock? - Mm-hm?

- Thanks. For, you know...

- I'm just glad you're going to be OK.

So they're going to keep her in overnight, just to make sure,

but they don't think there's any permanent damage. - That's something, I suppose.

- And I've told her that's no way to behave.

Staying out all night, coming in to school half cut... so don't worry about that.

- But we ARE worried that you saw her in that state, and after she'd drunk the ethanol,

and you did nothing about it.

- Aleesha told us everything.

- That amounts to professional misconduct.

- Danielle is a good kid.

I didn't want her getting into trouble for letting

her hair down once in a while.

- That delay could have resulted in her getting seriously ill. Or worse.

- I know! And if I could turn back the clock and do things

differently, I would,

but the main thing is that she's OK.

I can't believe you're getting your knickers in a twist because I didn't stick to the bloody rules. - Steph!

- The rules are there to protect the children and so are the staff.

- I was trying to help her.

- But you're her teacher, you're not her mate.

- Exactly.

Her mates were making it worse. You could have nipped it in the bud, couldn't you?

If you'd reported Danielle when you first saw her, there is no way she'd have ended up in hospital.

- What she needed from you was protection, Steph, you know, a mature response.

If you'd acted like a teacher in the first place, none of this

would have happened.

- It's my fault.

Anyone else, this wouldn't have happened.

But it was me. - Aw, Steph.

Steph, don't.

- There she is.

- No. Her.

No one makes my little sister cry.

- I didn't. I didn't, it was you that she was upset about.

- If you so much as look at her again,

you'll get worse than this, you understand?

Breathe a word and your life's over. Yeah? Finished.

- SHE SOBS

- You can keep that and all.

Em.

EM!

- You OK?

- Does it matter?

- Steph.

- No, seriously,

you two were right.

There's me being all pally with the kids, thinking that that's what it's all about,

then look what happens to them when I try to help them. Look at Danielle?

Maxine?

From where I'm sitting, everything I touch just turns to crap.

- I'm sorry, Steph.

I know you've had a difficult day,

and I wish that deep down

I could say that I can see a really good teacher, but it's not true.

I like you, I do, I really like you, but

at the moment, I don't think you're up to teaching in my department.

- So what, you're going to sack me me? - No.

But if you want to stay,

I want to see some real commitment.

Proper hard work, yeah?

Yeah?

There you go then.

- What's this?

- After today's events, we all think you'd benefit from some retraining.

- What? You're sending me back to college?

- Mm-hm. Part-time.

Think of it as a refresher course.

- Do I have to? - Yeah.

- The boys? Definite exclusion.

- Temporary exclusion.

- Aleesha and Danielle?

- Should be dealt with through pastoral care.

Look, whatever happened today Max, you can't just punish alcohol out

of these kids' lives, can you?

Let's use Danielle as an example.

You saw how shaken up Aleesha was...

this is a perfect opportunity to make an issue of the problem.

- Fine... Kim's a safe pair of hands.

Steph Haydock, on the other hand, I would happily sack in a heartbeat.

Heaven knows we've got enough cause to.

- And I would rather we didn't.

- Jo Lipsett's already been bending my ear.

She's happy to take on responsibility for Steph, but on a last chance basis.

Quite a roll call, that.

Waterloo Road's very own Dirty Dozen.

- What was it you were saying this morning, Max?...

Your brave speech in the staff room - a clean slate, new school, new standards?

Did you actually mean any of that? - Of course I did.

- Then maybe you ought to implement it, starting with yourself, because while you insist on seeing

the old Waterloo Road as the source of every problem that we have here, this place does not stand a chance.

- Sorry, but...

you really need to see this.

- Here you go.

- Here she is.

- Who did this?

- She won't say... so just...

- I don't believe this is happening.

- It seems that we're not alone in seeing a divide between the schools.

- Karla, whoever did this to you will be very, very sorry.

- Shall we go and get you cleaned up?

Chris, can you...?

- I have to say, I will be glad to get out of this place this evening.

- Yeah, um, I'm not going to be able to make it tonight. - Oh.

- It's just something's come up, a friend in need, that kind of thing.

- Well, that's a shame.

- But maybe another time...

- Yes, sure, sure.

- Not quite the answer I was looking for.

Anyway back to here we were.

The character of Teresa, actually changes the rest of the play. It is such an important point.

Just excuse me a minute.

Oh, my God.

Tom Clarkson.

- He just seems that he's incapable of accepting anything that he doesn't fully agree with.

- I don't know if that's fair.

- He can be so divisive.

Everything's us and them with him.

It's my way, it's my school, it's my teachers, you know.

And he humiliated me in front of the staff with that assessment thing.

He cuts me out of the loop at every single chance he gets.

- But do you not think that you would have always found it difficult...

anyone coming in as the executive head?

- Sure, yeah, yeah,

yeah, there might be an element of that,

but you know, this feels like a coup.

It feels...

it feels like he's trying to take the school from me.

Anyway, where would we be without these things to try us?

All this stuff he's coming out with. I mean, it's like he's obsessed.

I don't know where he's getting it from.

He said you told him, but why would you...? - I did.

- But why? - Because it's true, Tom.

You're his father.

- What?

- Biologically.

- But I can't be.

We took precautions.

How can you be sure? You can't have had tests done.

- There's nobody else it could have been.

I didn't make a habit of it, you know.

Can you not see it? His eyes...

- I don't believe you. Why didn't you tell me?

- You were a student.

It was a one-night stand.

Look, I know, I should have said something.

I can see that now, but...

we were never going to have a life together. Be realistic.

- But why did you lie to Josh, then?

- I didn't. - You told him that I abandoned him, that I walked away.

- No, I told him that you were too young and you couldn't handle it.

I was going to tell him the truth, when he was old enough

but he just seemed to accept it.

- What? That I'm some heartless git that left him in the lurch?

You should have told us both the truth when he came to the school!

- How did I know you worked there? - You lied to him and you lied to me.

- I didn't mean any harm,

it was just an accident.

- That you let carry on for fourteen years?

What, all this time, I've had a son, and not known about it?

I can't handle this.

- Drive safely. - Take care. - See you later.

- Ms Campbell?

- Mr Tyler. Often lurk about in pub car parks, do you?

- Ah, I just happened to be passing.

How was Rachel?

You didn't tell her about.. - No, no of course not.

Anyway, what am I going to say?

This is all so furtive, even I don't know what's going on.

- I'm just being careful, maintaining that balance between personal and professional.

- Ah right, is that what it is, is it?

- Of course. I'm surprised, a woman with your obvious talents, struggling with something as simple as that.

- My obvious talents?

- I can explain them to you if required, over a bottle of wine.

- I thought you'd have seen enough booze for one day?

- At school.

But does this look like school to you?

- No, Mr Tyler it does not. - Well, then...

- Tom. Look, I just wanted to say sorry for the way this has happened.

- Well, that makes everything OK, then, doesn't it?

- Oh, Tom, I know this is horrible for you,

but you've got to believe I never meant to hurt you in any way.

Please, don't hurt Josh.

Whatever's happened, however badly I've got this wrong,

it doesn't change the fact that he's your son.

You can't just walk away. - Well, that's rich.

First I don't deserve to know, and now you're telling me I can't walk away?

Make up your mind.

- Josh came looking for you.

He obviously feels he needs something that I can't give him.

- Until ten minutes ago,

Josh was just another kid I taught.

One among hundreds.

He means nothing to me.

You can't rewrite the last 14 years.

- Don't say that.

- Look, I've nothing against the kid, but there's nothing there.

Because of you. You chose to deny him a father.

Not him, not me... you!

- Tom...

Josh is completely blameless in this.

Look, I know you're angry, you've got every right to be, but please, I am begging you...

He's your son.

Tom.

- The start of the Tyler revolution. - Has Rachel seen this?

- I want every teacher's future plans on my desk within a week.

- You are bringing independent school ideas to a state comprehensive. We don't do things like that here, Max.

- Lindsay James needs to learn that if she goes against one of us,

she gets it back, ten times worse.

- You don't know Luke. You don't know anything about him or what he's been through. None of us do.

Oi, Luke!!

- It's my car, it's my car, out the way.

Stop the car.

- Max! Are you all right?

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