Third episode of Series 13.
Synopsis[]
It's a big day for Kelly Jo as she presents her work on her Jamaican heritage to the whole school, as well as trying to work out who she is and where she is going. Dean's support leaves a lot to be desired. Whilst proving to be a thorn in Kelly Jo's side, Libby masterminds a plan to get Amy out of her family home. Meanwhile, Nicky and Donte are presented with a fresh set of challenges, and their situation raises an intriguing topic of discussion.
On a day when the school is celebrating all things Jamaican, Joe and Lindon find themselves in charge when Kim takes a personal day to be with Andrew. Joe suggests Donte and Nicky join the life skills initiative as teachers, running cooking and DIY classes. When they are discussing the matter in private, Nicky is taken aback when Donte unexpectedly kisses her. Realising he might have crossed a line, Donte later tries to apologise, but Nicky reciprocates the earlier kiss.
Libby finds it hard to settle in, and continues to try to manipulate the adults around her, playing them off against each other. Her first target is Amy, and she plans to remove her as a lodger in her house by spreading lies about her to Coral.
Kelly Jo's voyage of self-discovery continues with a new hairstyle and a podcast about her Jamaican roots. Debs regales her with memories of David, Kelly Jo's father, but is uncertain if he was actually Jamaican. Upset that her podcast could be factually incorrect and full of self-doubt, Kelly Jo confesses to Lindon that she is now unsure of her own identity. During one of her Q&A sessions, she loses her self-control when Libby continually hints that Kelly Jo might be pregnant, having spotted her in the toilets earlier in the day with a pregnancy testing kit. Eventually, she lets slip to Dean that she might be pregnant, and goes to take the test. When she returns with the result, she finds Dean gone. Later, she tells him he is off the hook, despite the fact that the test had indicated a positive result.
Cast[]
Staff[]
- James Baxter as Joe Casey
- Vincent Jerome as Lindon King
- Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie
- Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker
- Katherine Pearce as Amy Spratt
- Adam Thomas as Donte Charles
- Ryan Clayton as Mike Rutherford
- Kym Marsh as Nicky Walters
- Shauna Shim as Valerie Chambers
- Tom Wells as Marc Todd (First appearance)
Students[]
- Noah Valentine as Preston Walters
- Adam Ali as Kai Sharif
- Zak Sutcliffe as Schuey Weever
- Summer Bird as Tonya Walters
- Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku
- Francesco Piacentini-Smith as Dean Weever
- Maisey Robinson as Portia Weever
- Alicia Forde as Kelly Jo Rafferty
- Zanele Nyoni as Jess Clarke (Final appearance)
- Priyasasha Kumari as Samia Choudhry
- Liam Scholes as Noel McManus
- Hattie Dynevor as Libby Guthrie
- Tillie Amartey as Stace Neville
