Brenda Brears made her only appearance in Series 1 Episode 7. She was the mother of gay student Rory Brears. She was portrayed by Sherry Baines.
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Brenda's son, Rory, is openly gay and as a result was subjected to a number of homophobic bullying attacks during his time at the school.
Grantly Budgen finds Lewis in possession of Rory's magazines and takes the matter to headteacher, Jack Rimmer and calls in Rory's mother, Brenda Brears. Brenda is outraged that nothing has been done about Lewis' bullying and joins Rory in gaining signatures on his petition to stop homophobic bullying.
The LEA inspector thinks the petition is a really good idea and backs the movement whole heartedly. Lewis sees this and headbutts Rory in full view of Kim Campbell, leaving Rory's mother threatening to withdraw Rory from school. This is quickly averted as Lewis Seddon is excluded.