Darren Hughes is a pupil from the Class of 2014
He does everything that Barry Barry tells him to do and always gets into trouble.
He also ate Magic Mushrooms with Barry Barry in History Week when Simon Lowsley was suppose to be keeping an eye on his group in The forest.
Darren Hughes has also had a storyline with Rhiannon Salt where he had been taking indecent images of her. He later had a similar storyline were he was caught taking a picture up Rhianon's skirt.
In Series 10 Episode 1 he moved into the schoolhouse after his mum Sammy died of a drug overdose.
Personality
Darren is shown to be a backstabbing, arrogant misogynist who is constantly bullying other kids at Waterloo Road. He is frequently commented to be a bully towards Lenny Brown and Kacey Barry, showing that he is extremely narcissistic. Darren and Lenny become good friends. Darren and Barry ate magic mushroom when they went into the forest. He is also known to many pupils as a pervert as he is usually caught with indecent images on his mobile phone.