Jess Clarke is a student at Waterloo Road High School.
She first appears in Series 13 Episode 1 as one of a group of students who have poor attendance records. Kim Campbell asks her what student stole the minibus, but Jess refuses to tell her. She later becomes friends with Kelly Jo Rafferty after being paired up with her as part of the school's mentoring scheme in Series 13 Episode 2, with Jess commenting that they were only paired together because "we're black, innit". According to Kelly Jo, Jess "knows all the black hair shops in Manchester", and Jess inspires her to take interest in her presumed Jamaican heritage.