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Dwayne Jackson is a student at Waterloo Road High School and the brother of Zayne Jackson. He is a friend of Tonya Walters. Joe Casey and Mike Rutherford are his foster parents. Dwayne and Zayne have lived with four foster families since being taken away from their birth mother.

Series 11[]

Dwayne helps Tonya dig up Neil Guthrie's garden when she suspects he buried his wife there, though her theories are ultimately proven wrong as Neil reveals his wife is not dead.

Series 12[]

In Series 12 Dwayne runs away from school and stows away in the luggage compartment of a coach heading to Birmingham after injuring Myles Massey in a fight during a football match and punching a police officer. Mike and his police colleagues eventually track Dwayne down, having passed out due to heat in the luggage compartment, and get him to hospital.

Later in the series, Dwayne and Zayne's birth mother Lisa Jackson turns up wanting to have contact with them. Dwayne wants to stay with his mother, but Zayne wants to stay with Joe and Mike after Myles drips poison in his ear to stir up trouble. Ultimately they stay with Joe and Mike but still see Lisa sometimes.

Towards the end of the series, Dwayne is the first to find Preston Walters unresponsive after his cardiac arrest after Myles found him and ran on without getting help. Myles is also the first to call Myles out for not helping Preston.

Series 13[]

Dwayne in Series 13, is merely being seen briefly in the background a few times, and when he defends Mike against Schuey Weever calling him a paedo after what happened with Shola. It is shown that Dwayne may harbour some feelings for Tonya.

Series 14[]

In Series 14 Episode 5, Dwayne's bike is stolen by Schuey and Boz Osbourne. He realises it was them when he later catches them with his bike light, but they deny everything. Mike later recovers the bike, which indeed is missing its bike light.

In Series 14 Episode 7, Dwayne admits to Tonya that he has a crush on her and they kiss in a cupboard in Nisha Chandra's classroom after a group of kids who are aware of their feelings for each other grab them and shut them in there. Dwayne and Tonya's relationship is short-lived however, as she immediately dumps him when she finds out that he let slip to the police about Preston punching Boz a few weeks earlier, leading to his wrongful arrest for Boz's murder.

Series 15[]

Quotes[]

  • "No." (first line)

  • "Drake Lane. Went by there a couple of days ago. Number 12, I think it was. Bottling it? I mean, you know where he lives, you know he'll be out. What more do you need, detective?"

  • "As if it wasn't bad enough with Joe here, now I've got Mike in full uniform driving us to school in a cop car. I'm a deputy head's kid, I'm a fed's kid, it's like there's this target on my back."

  • Dwayne: "Do you actually think I feel good being fostered by a fed? Do you get that? Do you get it?!"
  • Mike: "I didn't make you hit a police officer, one of my colleagues! You could be looking at charges, Dwayne!"

  • Tonya: "Just give them a chance to calm down. My mum's always saying she's gonna throw me out, but she never does."
  • Dwayne: "She can't, Tonya. They can."

  • "Do you know how many foster families we've been with since we got taken away from Mum? Four, Tonya. You know how many times it were my fault we were kicked out?"

  • "No, it's too late. I've called Mum, we're gonna meet her, and there is noting you can do about it!"

  • "I don't wanna hurt you. I know how much you've done for us. You gave us a proper home, and we've been dead happy. It's just, that's my mum. You know, she ain't perfect, but I can't give up on her when she's trying."

  • "I look out for you, Zayne! He's only looking out for himself, he's a liar, a user, and he's not right in the head!" (about Myles)

  • "Preston...in the woods, he...he collapsed, Miss, he's...he's not breathing, Miss."

  • "Oi, Myles. Why didn't you help Preston? You were ahead of us. So you musta seen him and ran on."

  • Dwayne: "No, I know, I mean...I'm just...I'm sorry that it's happening to you. I'd hate to be a girl."
  • Tonya: "You wouldn't last five minutes with this pain. I've seen you scream over a paper cut."

  • Schuey: "I reckon you owe us an apology."
  • Boz: "Yeah."
  • Dwayne: "See, I w-I would, but...it is funny how there's no light on it, isn't it?"

  • "I may have told the police that Preston hit Boz. But I've been tryna tell you all day...sort of."
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