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- Why don't you go to the doctor? - I don't believe in pills. - Well, you should.

- It's my first scan. - Well, I'll come.

- Are you sure? - Yeah.

- I'm warning you, you stay away from my son.

- Oooh, I'm quaking.

- I'm worried that you might be suffering from depression.

- I'm not depressed.

- Chris, this is, er.. Stephanie, my girlfriend.

- It didn't really work out as I planned with John and he's kicked me out.

- I'm ashamed of you for the very first time, and I don't like it,

and I don't like you very much.

- I won't be back until after midnight so get yourself some fish and chips or something, yeah? Seen my keys?

- They're on the side. - There's one for you.

Right, keys, phone, briefcase, tux.

There's money in the jar,

if you need it. Have a good day.

- Bye then.

- Ros. Hiya.

Did you get my texts last night?

- Yes, sorry, I'll catch you later, yeah?

- All right.

OK.

- You're not still ignoring him, are you?

- I wish he'd leave, then I wouldn't have to put up with his ugly mug.

- Well, you were the one that snogged that ugly mugs face off!

- Doesn't mean I want to see him laughing about me now.

- Ey, it's moves like that make a girl want to fall straight back into bed.

- Good grief.

- What?

Tweedy knickers. - Sorry, am I making a scene? I wouldn't want the kids to give you a hard time.

- Listen, you can't teach them anything they don't already know.

- And the other kid's situation? - Chris will not be able to resist

my charms for very much longer.

- They were certainly the first thing I noticed. - Hey!

- So, Camilla Hayes will be arriving in about an hour.

Are we all sorted? - Yeah, kids are really excited.

I bought them with the promise of sharing St Mary's Grammar School's swimming pool.

Oh, and I bribed the senior girls with the prospect of public school jocks on tap.

- Are you feeling nervous, by any chance?

- I think I can hold the fort for eight hours.

Oh, and we need to keep an eye on Finn Sharkey today.

- He gave Chris's car a makeover last week with a can of paint.

- You pull him in over it?

- There's no point, he'd only deny it and I've got no proof.

Plus I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of rising to it.

But I don't want a repeat performances in front of our VIP.

She's already got have her own preconceptions about Waterloo Road.

- Chris, I don't think you need to worry about Camilla. You know,

Rachel has forged good relations.

- Yeah, and I don't want to undo all that by looking like a bunch of monkeys while she's not here.

- I've got plenty to show her.

Football at break, basketball after lunch. I mean, she won't be able to fault our enthusiasm.

- I want 'em to see more than our sports department, you know,

show off a bit, our APU scheme, emotional health drive, healthy eating.

- If you think that's relevant? - It'd

be great if we can tie up this sports partnership in Rachel's absence.

St Mary's have got the best facilities in the area.

So, I want to try and really impress her today, OK?

- Mm-hm.

- A quest for brownie points?

- He's going to be insufferable. Good job Rachel's only away for one day.

- Oi, you didn't look like that when I left you. Tuck your shirt in. - Tuck your gut in.

- Oi. Less of the lip. And don't forget footie at break.

- God, you're such a nagging woman.

- Hey, it's arrived! - Nice one. - Me and Finn are doing it after school.

- You in? - I dunno. - Come on. It's gonna be such a great trip!

Morning, Ros. How are things?

- Great, thanks. Are we still on for our session later?

- Of course, wouldn't dream of cancelling.

See you. - Hiya. - Hi.

- Is she packing her bags for Oxbridge yet?

- Oh, do you know what, it makes such a change to teach someone that actually wants to learn.

- You seem to be putting the time in.

Puts me and Philip to shame.

- Think I'm putting too much pressure on her? - Philip's a skiver. So am I.

Works out fine for both of us.

- Morning, all. As you know, Rachel's away today, so I'm picking up the reins.

We've got Camilla Hayes, Head of St Mary's Grammar, visiting to discuss a possible sports partnership here.

- And if all goes to plan, we'll be

the first state school in the area to get our paws on their facilities.

- Yes, so I'd like to really impress her, pull out all the stops

and display ourselves in the best possible light, please.

- He's keen, isn't he?

If I didn't know better, I'd think someone wants to make an impression as head teacher material.

- When will Rachel be back?

- She's back tonight.

- Ooh, tonight, eh?

You seem very aware of her schedule. Something happening there, is it?

It's about time.

- Here we go, a nice cup of char for our lord and master.

Set you up for your big day in the hot seat. - Thanks, Steph.

- No problem.

You're going to have a busy day, you need a bit of looking after.

- I'm fine. Really.

- Well, here to help - that's my motto du jour.

He'll crack eventually.

This resentful step-son malarkey can't go on forever.

Not now that I'm being all things maternal.

- Yeah, I think what Chris needs today are enthusiastic teachers,

not so much of the doting mums. Just, you know, don't go overboard.

- So, man? What happened? - Did you do it?

- It's none of your business, OK? - How many times?

- I don't kiss and tell, all right. - What are you getting all cagey for?

- I'm not getting cagey.

I'm a gentleman.

- He didn't do it, did he? - He didn't do it. - No.

- Josh.

A word.

Look, go on, I won't keep him long.

Listen, I need you to do me a favour today.

Mr Mead and I have got a VIP coming in. We're keen to impress her.

- Right, what's that got to do with me? - Finn's your mate.

I need you to keep him in line for me. - Why Finn?

- We want everything to go smoothly.

No trouble making. So you keep an eye on him, yeah?

If anything goes wrong, Mr Mead's going to string him up.

- OK.

- Good lad. - All right. See you. - See you.

- OK, today, we're going to be doing some Warhol-inspired drawings. - Sorry I'm late, Miss.

- OK, Josh, sit yourself down. If everyone can go and get some paper out of the drawers, please.

- What did daddy want?

- Mead's told him about the car. He still not said anything to you?

- He can't prove anything. We can do whatever we want.

- Yeah, well, Dad reckons you'd better keep your nose clean.

- I reckon we do it at break.

- Won't we get found out?

- Why will we? The trip only lasts ten minutes and Josh can be the sitter. - A what?

- A sitter, make sure you don't do anything stupid.

Oh, and, Siobhan, you can video it, we'll watch it back after.

- I'm not sure, I've got that footie demo at break.

- Are you daddy's little girl or what?

- No.

- Then strap on a pair! You're letting Clarkson rule your life, and it's well boring.

- No, it's not. - Is your table actually going to join us?

- Yeah, Miss, I was just telling Finn how Lou Reed was good mates with Warhol.

I was listening to Velvet Underground last night with my dad, over beers.

- OK, Josh.

- We was well hammered. - Josh!

- What? We were!

- It's not exactly appropriate in class, is it? Thank you.

- KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

Camilla!

It's so good of you to come.

- I have to admit to being quite intrigued about the place.

- Well, I'm looking forward to showing you what we're all about.

- Well, of course, I'm aware of the headlines.

This school single-handedly keeps the Rochdale Observer in business.

- He says it'll be like floating.

We'll be like in this other world.

Together. It'll going to be so...

- Lame? Dangerous?

- Romantic.

We'll be so connected.

- Thought you were meant to be keeping your head down this term?

- I am.

I was.

You don't understand, Shuv.

I really love him.

- Can't you really love him without getting off your face?

It's horrible to watch you like this cos of some boy.

- Then don't come, Shuv.

- I'll come.

But only to call the ambulance when you're tripping off your Swede.

- Camilla, I'd like to introduce our head of pastoral care, Kim Campbell.

Kim's been working with Rachel on spearheading our emotional health initiative.

And... - Hi, Steph Haydock. Modern Languages. - Good to meet you.

- And a keen sportswoman.

Oh, yes, Camilla, we're all into sport here.

All of us teachers pitch in.

Myself I'm into athletics, javelin, shot... - Really?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, although we don't actually have a shot, we use, erm...

we use bricks, but what we lack in equipment, we make up for in ingenuity.

- Look, I'm sorry, Camilla. Steph, can I just have a word?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Excuse me.

- What are you doing?

- Well, I'm helping you. I'm selling the school.

- Steph! Bricks?

- I just want to get involved.

- Why? You hate anything physical.

Don't even think it, Grantly.

- I believe in these kids, Chris.

And what you're doing with the APU,

and the sports and everything,

you're just letting those kids know they can be anything they want to be.

And I think that's, you know, I think that's admirable.

- What was all that about?

- Mother-son bonding.

Heartening to watch. She'll be taking you for a happy meal next.

- You seem to have very loyal staff. Kim's just been telling me how good you've been for the school.

- Kim's the real unsung hero, she's doing a brilliant job in pastoral care, and she keeps me in line too.

- Yeah, what he means is that I nag him.

- What's up mate? Worried about skiving footie? - Nah. I'm my own boss, me. I do what I want.

- What would your dad do if he saw what you were doing now?

Give you lines? "I must not get high at school," times a thousand. - Nah, he wouldn't care, he'd be sweet.

- Good job, cos he's coming now. - What?

- HE CLUCKS LIKE A CHICKEN

- This is lame. I'm going.

- Looks like you're gonna have to video, mate.

Right, are you ready?

Time to fly, babes.

- Lots of interest here. Good to see the girls getting involved.

- Oh, our under 18 girls have been up there with the best of them for the last three years.

- Didn't they win the league a couple of years back?

- Yeah, they did. It's a shame people aren't more interested

in those kind of headlines, eh?

Sam, have you seen Josh? - Not since class.

LAUGHTER

- I've already had calls from concerned parents who've got wind of the partnership,

they want reassurance the pupils won't be mixing.

- Well, some of our kids come from tough backgrounds.

I mean, they're more interested in petty crime than anything sporty.

But, well, it's our job to refocus their interests.

- It's good to see you're

tackling their problems head on.

- What's happening?

We think it's important for our students to let off a bit of steam, especially our sixth formers.

All ties in with our emotional health campaign. And it doesn't harm their university application either.

- How's it going?

- Good.

- No Josh?

- Nah, caught up.

- I wanted to have a word with you about him anyway, it's nothing big.

It's just I think he's having a bit of an etiquette see-saw. - What?

- Well, aspects of his home life and his school life colliding

and I'm not sure he knows how to deal with it.

- And what's brought this on? - He's been talking about you in class.

Just, y'know,

stuff that you're doing at home.

Listening to music, drinking...

- Have you got a problem with me giving Josh the odd can?

- I just...I think he's treating you like a mate.

I'm worried that he's confusing his boundaries.

- I know my own son, Kim, thank you. Pick it up!

- HE BLOWS WHISTLE

Finn!

HE BABBLES

SHE SCREAMS

- Settle down, please.

Looks like we're a few short this morning. Anyone seen Josh?

Finn Sharkey? Amy Porter?

Siobhan? - Don't know, sir.

- Right, well, we'll just have to start without them. Their loss.

Much Ado About Nothing.

Books out, please.

- Lasagne. The recipe and ingredients are on the table in front of you.

You know where to find your utensils.

You will be under exam conditions... - Miss, we've not got an exam today.

- The only person who you will speak to is me.

You may begin.

- CLATTERING

- Denzil Kelly! Are you in a performance of Stomp?

Take that out your mouth and be quiet!

I want quiet.

- LAUGHTER

- That was...that was horrible.

- It was mad, weren't it? My arms and legs turned to like water.

Gushing water!

- Yeah, that was great.

- Aren't you staying to do some more?

- Are you? - Damn right.

You sticking round, Josh?

- It's my dad's class, innit? - So?

- Yeah, I'm in.

- Nah, I think I'll pass,

still feeling a bit gone.

- It's not just your AS Levels that you need to focus on.

You need to give your personal statements a bit of consideration too. Between now and writing them,

think about getting some relevant work experience so you can mention it in your speeches.

- How am I supposed to cram in school, work experience,

school council, and still find time to read a broadsheet every day?

- Managing your time needn't be oppressive.

You should be aiming to do two hours of study after school.

It's really important for you to factor in breaks, you know, give yourself...

- I think the legs, bums and tums class is next door, Steph. - Any questions?

Er, yes, Miss Haydock?

- Yes, I'd just like to add that maybe each department could put on

a fun, relaxation type of evening for the mentees.

We at Modern Foreign Languages are going to put on a French film night.

You know, Avec Le Pain, Le Fromage...

- Le Vin.

- It's a great idea.

- Seriously though if anybody is feeling a bit stressed, then sport's a good option.

You know, bit of fresh air, get those endorphins pumping.

- Is that how everyone used to speak then? With poems and stuff? - No.

It's a device that Shakespeare uses to suggest a person's class,

so he'd use poetry for the upper classes and prose for the lower.

- Sorry we're late, sir. - Where the hell

have you lot been? Sit down now!

The lesson's nearly over!

- Sorry, sir.

- See me afterwards, the three of you.

But everybody uses iambic pentameter in their everyday language without realising it.

So, for example, "Can you tell me where the nearest loo is?"

Can you/tell me/where the/nearest/ loo is. Which is as iambic as,

"A horse/a horse/ my kingdom/for a horse."

So what I want you to do is write out four iambic sentences of your own, please.

Yes, Josh?

Josh! - Is he trying to dance or something? - He's rubbish if he is. - Stop playing silly beggars now.

- He didn't have any more than us, did he?

I don't know. Just keep quiet, yeah? And you.

- Is he OK, sir? - It's like he's off his head.

- ALARM BEEPS LAUGHING

- Denzil! That is burned to a crisp!

- It says, "Leave to brown."

- D'you know it also says, "Don't leave it unattended while you chat with your mates"! - Everything OK?

- Well, apart from teaching Italian cuisine to a bunch of delinquent

pyromaniacs, yeah, yeah, it's OK.

- OK.

Why don't you take a break? Just go to the staffroom, grab a coffee and

I'll take care of this for now.

- No, listen, I can manage.

- Ruby, I don't think you can. Seriously, just go and take a break.

- Erm...

OK, thank you.

- We try and encourage our kids to take an interest in how a healthy diet can improve their sporting performance.

Ah, Camilla, I'd like you to meet Adam Fleet.

Adam's our Head Chef, and he's usually found in the kitchens.

- I'm also the Healthy School Coordinator, so I'm taking this class on energy foods,

if you care to stick around? - I'd love to. - Excellent.

OK, so, hands up who eats fruit every day? No?

You're all rubbish. Look here.

Oranges, pineapples. You can't tell me that doesn't look great.

Better than, say, a bar of chocolate?

OK, point taken. But they're better for you than chocolate.

Anyone seen a tennis player eating a banana halfway through a match?

Anyone seen one tucking into a box of choccies?

No, that's because bananas have lots of slow release energy, which keeps

you running faster for longer.

But if you don't like fruit and you don't want to carry this to

your big game, what's an easier way?

- Fruit salad?

- Maybe, Denzil. Yeah.

- PHONE VIBRATES

- Or how about smoothies? Anyone like smoothies?

Let's make smoothies.

- BELL RINGS

- What's going on?

- Dunno.

- Don't ask me.

Me and Amy were off by ourselves.

- Yeah, it's true.

I've not seen Finn since art.

- You two, get out. Detention tomorrow night for being late.

So, you don't turn up for football at break,

despite the fact that I specifically asked you to be there.

You can barely be bothered to turn up to my lesson and when you do you behave like a demented conductor.

You're not leaving here until you tell me what's going on.

Are you stoned?

- I smoked something at break.

- You what?

What kind of something?

- It's like cannabis.

It is legal. - So are cigarettes, so is alcohol!

You're a 15-year-old schoolboy.

You think because it's legal it isn't dangerous, it's not

going to hurt you? Are you stupid?

- What's going to happen?

- What do you think's going to happen to you?

You're going to be reported to the head.

- What? That's not fair. No-one else's dad would do that. They'd just ground 'em.

- You did it in school, Josh. That makes it a school issue.

I can't protect you here.

I have given you chance after chance...

and this is how you repay me?

What do you think your mother will say? Think she'll let you

stay with me when she finds out?

- I didn't think that you'd kick off this bad. I thought we were mates.

- The thing about mates, Josh, is that you can trust them.

But it appears that I can't trust you.

I defended you to Kim, one of my colleagues, and you go and do this.

You're an embarrassment! I've reached the end of the line with you.

You have really, really let me down. Now, get out!

- I've finished the book.

- Wow, Ros, that's really impressive. I only lent it to you yesterday.

Did you stay up all night? - I got really into it.

I'm free tonight, if you want to have a session to discuss it?

- Do you not want to give yourself a night off?

Look, Ros, I know you're ambitious, OK, but you are doing so well.

If you want to take a breather occasionally, it is not going

to wreck your chances.

- I know that.

- And I also think that it's really important

we strike the right balance between your work and your down time.

OK? So I just think we can afford to ease off on you a bit.

Go find Philip.

Eat some junk food, watch some rubbish telly.

Give that big brain of yours a rest.

OK?

- Adult kids are always harder to win over.

I'm trying, I am, but I can hardly take him ten pin bowling.

I just, really, really want this to work.

- I don't know if I've ever heard you talk about someone like this before.

Oliver obviously means something to you.

- He's funny, generous, kind... - You've fallen for him.

- He's different.

Just cos he's sensitive doesn't mean he's not all man in the... - So... this is our pastoral care office.

Kim, I've been telling Camilla all about our emotional health campaign.

Thought you might like to talk her through the various initiatives in a bit more detail?

- Yeah, yeah, course. - Great.

Shall we leave them to it, Steph? - Yeah.

- You're as discreet as page three.

- I like what you've done.

Put all your rubbish in there, get the strawberries and grapes

and... OK, get on with that.

So, um...

are you feeling any better?

- Oh, well, you know...

- Ruby, look, I, er...

..I wasn't snooping.

Look, I know it's none of my business and I don't want to interfere,

but if you need to talk to anyone about anything?

- No, thank you. - I'm not here to judge. I just can't help noticing that you have been on edge recently.

Things pretty crappy, eh?

No chance of a reconciliation with John?

Can you speak to him about it?

- Not when I'm on these, no.

These are why he's chucked me out.

He thinks I've got a problem. That I'm like some sort of junkie.

He just doesn't understand. - Do you have a problem?

- No! - Should you be teaching on these?

- Oh, well, you sound like him now.

They are prescription.

You know, half the staffroom could be on these for all you know.

Adam... Adam, is this is in confidence?

Cos I couldn't bear it if anybody knew.

You know, everybody would be walking on eggshells and thinking like John does.

Rachel would just love having

something else to shove in my face.

- Come on, Rachel's not like that. She'd just be concerned about you.

- Listen, I've had enough run-ins with Rachel, trust me. I know her pretty well.

Um...

..Adam, will you keep it quiet?

You know,

will you keep it quiet, please? - I'm not lying to anyone.

- No, you don't have to lie, but, just, you know, don't gossip.

- OK, look, erm,

I didn't see anything, yeah? - OK, thank you. - Come on.

- KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

- Hiya, Chris.

There's been an incident.

- What is it? - Josh has been smoking.

- Right. - At break.

Legal cannabis.

- Oh, no, I don't believe this.

- I know it's a let down, but no-one's hurt.

- If Camilla hears about this, it'll confirm every single rumour that she's heard about the school.

Not to mention making me look like the village idiot.

- I'm not thrilled about it either, Chris. How does it make me look?

- I wanted to give Rachel an unblemished copy book tomorrow.

- Maybe you still can?

- Oh, no, we can't bury this. No way.

- No, I would never normally suggest it, but the ramifications of this

are massive for me and Josh.

For all of us. Look, he's been an idiot.

- I know that some of our kids might do stuff like this in their own time,

but when I last checked it was against the rules to get off your face on morning break on anything!

Legal or not, it's dangerous.

- Chris, if Josh's mum finds out about this, she's going to hit the roof.

She might stop me seeing him.

Chris.

- All right. But if Josh steps out of line again... - He won't.

He won't, I promise. Thank you.

- All right, mate? What happened with your dad? - He knows.

- What? Did you tell him?

- No, well, kinda, yeah.

But I didn't tell him about you.

- Did he lose it? - Yeah, a bit.

- Why? I thought you two were just like mates? - I'm sick of him.

- D'you know what? My dad's the same.

Better off on your own, I reckon.

- Josh.

I want you to sit next to me.

Alone.

You've proved I need to keep an eye on you. Get your lunch. Quickly. Mine's the curry.

- See? Under. The. Thumb.

- Finn, can I take the stuff?

Nice one.

- Are you not eating?

- Er, Josh is just getting me a curry.

- There was some resistance to the healthy eating regime to begin with,

but all the students are behind it now. - Here you go. - Sit down there where I can see you.

- Is everything all right, Mr Clarkson?

- Yeah, everything's fine.

Josh is my son.

- Just raring to go, aren't you, Tom?

We're going to show you the basketball team later, it's been a real hit.

- What are you doing later?

Thought you might want to

catch a film. - I've got a session with Miss Lipsett tonight,

so some other night though, yeah?

- Look, y'know, I'll stay too.

We can do something after. Least that way I'll get to see you.

- I'll be quite tired afterwards.

- Can't you take the night off? I've hardly seen you since the APU started.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- Well, I haven't, and I do like to...

..see my girlfriend every now and then.

Feels like Miss Lipsett sees you more than I do.

- Don't be stupid.

- Hiya. Well, I think it's safe to say I won't be winning Mother Of The Year anytime soon.

I know you told me to keep trying, but I'm beginning to think those wicked step-mothers get a bad press.

- Steph.

- Tom.

Tom, she needs to go to hospital.

- There's-there's blood.

- Right, I'll get my car keys, and meet you out the front, OK?

- There's something wrong with the baby, isn't there? - Listen to me, it's going to be fine.

Excuse me, please.

Chris.

Sorry. Kim's had to go to hospital.

- Why, what's happened?

- She's been bleeding.

Tom's taken her. - OK.

- This happened to my cousin. She almost lost her baby.

- You don't know it's that.

Stay calm.

- SHOUTING

We only started this term, but they're really coming on.

- All ready for halftime? - Oh, you're a star. Thanks, Ruby.

SHOUTING

Easy, Sam! She can't keep her hands off you, mate. - You skid mark.

- All right, it was an accident.

Cut it out!

- Leave it, Sam.

- What's your problem? - What's my problem?! Like you don't know.

- No, I don't know, Kelly! - Well, that's it, I'm just another Kelly?

Just a scuzzer you can't be seen with, let alone kiss me.

- You kissed her?!

WHISTLE BLOWS

All right, that's enough, let's have a free throw from the side, please.

- Shut up, man!

- Discipline has always been a problem here and I was so shocked.

- Thank you, Ruby. No school is without its issues, as I'm sure you'll agree.

Waterloo Road has a very clear code of conduct,

the pupils know what's acceptable and what isn't.

- Stay away from me, yeah?

- Don't you mean, don't embarrass me in front of your mates?

- WHISTLE BLOWS

OK, that's half-time.

- Too good for you anyways.

- Five minutes.

I just think they're getting a bit rowdy, that's all.

- You Kelly's are all the same. I mean, look at you.

- A smoothie will calm them down.

WHOA!

Oi!

You two, cooler now!

Right everyone inside, get changed.

Sorry about that, Camilla, it's just high spirits.

CHATTERING

- Sit down and shut up.

- Sir, this is PSHE, you know, safer sex.

We've got Miss Campbell. I think you've got the wrong room.

- I can assure you I've got the right room, Lauren.

- Have you ever even had it, sir?

- Take your feet off the desk!

Right let's just have a look at these leaflets, shall we?

- Where's Miss Campbell, sir?

- She's had to go to the hospital.

- There's nothing wrong with the baby, is there? - Did an ambulance come? I didn't hear one.

- No. Mr Clarkson kindly offered to escort her.

- What? Did he drive, sir?

- No, Josh, he jumped on his magic carpet.

Protecting yourself and your partner.

- Budgen's going red.

- PHONE RINGS

- D'you want me to get that?

Tom.

- Not in class, Stevenson.

As well you know. - But, sir. - And don't even think about back-chat.

Stevenson. Where do you...?

Well, one down, 24 to go.

Erm...ffffluids...

- Oi!

Josh Stevenson. Get back here.

I'll be having a word with your dad.

- Oh, it was Josh. Do you want me to call him back?

- No.

- I bet he's heard you've gone to the hospital and he's got

the wrong end of the stick.

- Sam? I didn't realise why you were upset with me.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to lead you on.

- You wasn't leading me on. You meant it

until we get back and you can't be seen to be going after the school

knacker. - Mate... - We're not mates.

- They're good kids, really. I want to assure you that incident was not indicative of what goes on here. - No?

- No. Despite what Mrs Fry said, we don't have a discipline problem here.

- We'd call an assault between two pupils a problem and so would their parents.

I need to be able to reassure them that the Waterloo Road students

will follow St Mary's code of conduct on our premises.

I mean, what you call "high spirits", we call "fighting", we take a very dim view.

- Believe me, we don't put up... - Sir, call Miss Campbell. - Josh! Why aren't you in class?

- Call Miss Campbell and tell her to stop my dad from driving, he isn't safe. - What do you mean?

- I spiked his dinner. - Spiked a teacher? - It'll be kicking in now.

- Hello? - Kim, it's Chris.

Are you at the hospital? - No, we're

just about to go over Bank bridge.

Tom! Tom!

- SCREECHING SCREAMING

Kim?

Kim!

- What's happened?

- Ambulance. You are going to tell me everything.

- Tom.

Tom?

Tom!

Tom!

- OK, yes.

Thank you.

The drugs,

is there any left?

They might need it at the hospital, Josh.

- Finn brought it in and we both tried it. - Right.

Wait here. As soon as I hear anything from the hospital,

I'll get Joyce to drive you there.

- Is my dad all right? - I really hope so.

Finn Sharkey. Outside now.

- Mr Mead. How good of you to drop by in such dramatic fashion.

- What if they kick you out? - Finn wouldn't grass me up.

- Two down and 23 to go.

- I should've known you'd be involved.

- In what?

- Don't play games with me, Finn.

- I'm not playing anything, sir.

- You've got some good mates, I'll give you that.

Josh Stevenson's covered for you.

Said you weren't involved in spiking Mr Clarkson.

Tell me, what does it take to command loyalty like that? - I didn't spike Mr Clarkson.

- Stop lying, Finn.

Josh told me about the drugs.

- Yeah! I smoked some at break! That's it!

- This has got you written all over it. Pathetic and irresponsible. - I don't

know what you're talking about?

What's happened? Is he OK?

- He and Miss Campbell are in hospital,

their car went off the road.

Give me the drugs.

Get to the cooler. I'm calling your parents.

What's his name, love?

- Tom. - Can you tell me what happened?

- I don't know.

He wasn't... he wasn't speeding...and...

we-we just...we veered off. I don't know what happened.

- I can't feel a pulse... may be tension pneumothorax.

- HE GASPS

- Oh, Tom!

- We have a pulse.

- Oh, my baby.

I was bleeding earlier.

- Kim. We have to get Tom out, OK?

And then we'll get you both to hospital. Get you sorted out properly, yeah?

OK?

- Are you the only one here?

- Um...

would appear so.

- Steph, I need your help.

Tom and Kim have been in a car accident.

They're on the way to the hospital. - No.

- Can you find Camilla for me and make sure she's OK and pass on my apologies. - Yeah, of course.

It was only a bump they've had though?

- I don't know. - Chris, what about the baby? - As soon as I hear

anything, I'll let you know.

Let's get him to resus, please. I want a chest drain and X-ray. - We're going to take you for a scan, Kim.

- The minute he comes round, I need to know. Anything happens at all, you have to tell me. - OK.

- Christopher does extend his apologies and will obviously be here with you as soon as he can.

- Mmm, after he's brushed some more of this school's issues under the carpets, no doubt.

I'm not daft, I'm aware that he's been giving me a false sell.

- So what you're saying that Chris has tried too hard to impress you?

- I don't want to enter a relationship with a school that can't be honest

about what's going on.

- This school does have problems.

We lots of kids from deprived backgrounds, so we discipline them,

then we try to re-engage them, be it in sport or wherever else

their talent lies.

It's about giving them something to aim for. - I've seen that, but...

- Christopher is one of the most honest people I know.

If he has tried to hide a few things from you, it's because he believes in our pupils

and he wants you to do the same.

He knows that mud sticks.

- KNOCK AT DOOR

Come in.

Ah, Mr Sharkey, please have a seat.

We've met before. I taught Finn at Forest Hill. - Oh, right.

So what's he done this time then?

- Your son has admitted to smoking

drugs on school premises today. - What?

- Yes, it was a legal high.

- Legal?

So why am I here exactly?

- Well, these drugs can be very dangerous.

The government are about to make some of them illegal and with good cause,

but frankly I'm stunned that you're not more concerned.

The school has a very firm policy on drug use. - So implement it.

You don't need me here for that,

do you?

- Well, we find it most effective to work with the parents on issues like this,

especially when we think it's part of a larger behavioural problem.

Where the parents are willing, that is.

- I know Waterloo Road has had its problems before.

If this school is unable to deal with Finn, say so.

- Finn...

..could you wait outside a moment?

Mr Sharkey, I understand that it's easier to blame the school in situations like this.

But Waterloo Road has very clear rules and I think it would benefit your son

if together we could figure out why Finn keeps trying to test these.

It may be part of a larger problem that we need to address.

- No problem I know of.

Finn.

Come in here and tell Mr Mead that you won't do it again.

- I won't sir. - I'm afraid as a school we have to take action.

- Ah, right.

So you're excluding him?

- No.

I think the structure and the discipline we have here is exactly what Finn needs.

He'll attend drug awareness classes and he'll be on internal exclusion for the rest of the week.

- Fine, do whatever you want to do.

Sounds like you've got it all in hand.

- Sir...

I really didn't know he was gonna spike Mr Clarkson.

- I'll see you tomorrow, Finn.

How'd it go?

- Dad, um, this is Amy. I told you about her.

My girlfriend?

- Nice to meet you, Amy. Look, I've got to go.

Stay out of trouble. See you tomorrow.

- Your dad is well cool!

- Yeah? - Yeah. Doesn't he give you a hard time about anything?

- Not really, no.

- I'm so jealous.

LAUGHING

- Oh, hi. - Hey. - Are you coming out for pizza later? We're all going.

- Sorry, I can't.

- What? We're going to stuff our faces, get some beers.

- Yeah, then Bolton and Paul will start throwing crusts around and get us thrown out.

- Sounds good. Some other time, yeah?

- Man! Choosing homework over sex. That must burn your innards.

- You must be so good at it, mate, cos she keeps coming back for more. Not.

- He's getting more than either of you two. - No way, man, no way!

- Smilie, you couldn't pull a flaming curtain. - OOH!

She totally wants you, mate. - Just admit it, Leesh.

You're mad about me!

- KNOCK AT DOOR

How's Camilla? - She's fine, she's just

having a coffee in the staff room.

Any news?

- No, Tom's still in theatre, and they're looking over Kim now.

- They'll be fine.

Both of them.

If that baby's half as stubborn as its mother, then you've got nowt to worry about.

- Trust me to let this happen when I'm in charge. Kim could be...

They both could be...

This is my fault. - How is it your fault?

You didn't spike Tom, you didn't tell him to drive Kim?

You were in the dark, just like the rest of us.

Chris, you're not doing anybody any good sitting here fretting.

Why don't you sort Camilla out, then you can get off to the hospital.

- Yeah.

Thanks.

- Thanks.

The doctors know you're here, so they're going to come and chat to you in a while. - Are you OK?

- Yeah, so's the baby.

They've said that I can go home actually, but I can stay with you for a while if you like.

- Is my dad OK?

- I don't know, Josh.

- Yeah, but he will be, won't he?

He's going to be all right?

- I've got to ask you...

..why?

What were you thinking?

- I was mad at him. He was going to kick me out, send me back to my mum's.

I didn't know that he was going to drive. I didn't know you was...

I'm sorry.

I'm really, really sorry, miss.

- All right.

- Josh Stevenson?

Would you like to follow me?

- Are you not coming, Miss? - No, you go, you go and talk to your dad, all right?

You'll be fine. You tell him to get better from me, OK?

- Your dad's still very ill. He had a collapsed lung, but he's responding well now.

We're hopeful he's going to be fine.

- I'm really, really sorry, Dad.

I've been thinking.

Well, you're going to need someone to help you out.

I'll get the shopping in, take you to the loo and that.

I love you, Dad.

Please don't send me away.

- Josh...

..you're not going anywhere. - Really?

I promise I won't do drugs or anything,

and I'll tidy and I'll take the rubbish out and everything.

As long as we can be mates again.

- Mates,

but father and son first, eh?

I make the rules and you follow 'em.

- OK.

- The first rule,

you're grounded...

..for a year.

- Camilla.

I am so sorry.

As you know, we had an incident today.

Sparked by some of our students messing around with...

legal highs.

The students in question will be dealt with.

We don't tolerate any kind of drugs use at this school, despite what you might have heard.

- What I've heard? - Sorry?

- I'm aware of Waterloo Road's weaknesses, as well its strengths.

I just worry that you only see the weaknesses, or more specifically how they're seen by outsiders like me.

- I just wanted to create a good impression. - In doing that, you

pretend the school has no problems,

which makes me wonder what else I'm not being told.

When I first arrived at St Mary's the school had a huge drugs problem.

The previous head refused to tackle it, so it just grew and grew.

I need to see the real Waterloo Road.

We need to know what we're dealing with, tackle any problems head on,

openly, as they arise.

- You're right.

You need to be able to trust us.

- Yes.

- Well, you can now, 100%.

- As Steph assures me.

I'll send over the paperwork for the partnership tomorrow.

- Thank you.

- Hello.

I'm not disturbing you, am I?

- God no. Any distraction welcomed. It's not the most exciting part of the job.

- D'you need a hand? - I couldn't possibly inflict it on you. Are you not heading home?

- Well, no, I'm not in a rush. Steph's house isn't quite home.

I just came by to say... thank you for today.

You know, for stepping in and for...you know.

- I'm not happy about it, Ruby, but you know I figure you need

a friend right now, that's all.

- I didn't realise how much I was bottling it all up, you know, and

it felt so good just to offload.

Because, er, you know,

I am feeling a little bit lost at the moment,

you know, without a home and...John.

Because, I mean, he's just always been there.

We were childhood sweethearts, you know? - Oh, right.

- I can't rely on a man any more - I've got to stand on my own two court shoes. - You'll be fine.

Honestly, you'll be fine.

You'll be grand. Chin up, yeah? - Yes, yes.

Thank you. Night night. - Night.

- Hiya. - Hiya.

- I thought you might need a lift home.

- Thank you, yeah. - I got you these.

- They're lovely, cheers.

- Well, I figured you could do with a bit of pampering.

You freaked me out back there.

The thought of you being hurt.

You had me scared, Kim.

- Yeah, I mean, think of that extra workload, eh?

- No, I wasn't thinking of the extra workload, I was thinking of you.

- You're a good mate.

- Mate?

- Chris, I... - Yeah, no, that's fine, sorry. You too.

Well, come on, let's get you home.

Fine. We're just friends, I accept it.

BELL RINGS

- What are you doing? - Oh!

Who the hell do you think you are? I have a reputation at this school

and I do not appreciate it being put at risk by some silly schoolgirl with an overactive imagination.

- Thank you for making me look this small in front of my colleague.

- You know when you offered me extra French lessons, did you mean extra French lessons?

- Anna, this is Kim. Anna's... - I'm his date for the evening.

- I don't believe I have a choice,

I'll have to suspend you.

- Rachel, are you kidding me? Come on! - I want you to be me wife.

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