For the school the series was set at from Series 1 to Series 10, see Waterloo Road Comprehensive School


Waterloo Road High School (formerly named William Beswick High School) is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18.
The school was renamed to Waterloo Road High School in 2023 following student protests around the name of the school.
The school is located in Greater Manchester, and Dame Stella Drake currently serves as the school's headteacher. The school moved to a new site in 2024, due to becoming part of Lowry Community Academies academy trust.
Staff[]
Headteachers[]
- Kim Campbell (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Steve Savage (Series 14 Episode 2 - Series 14 Episode 8)
- Dame Stella Drake (Series 15 Episode 1 - present)
Acting Headteachers[]
- Joe Casey (Series 14 Episode 1)
Deputy Headteachers[]
- Lindon King (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Joe Casey (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Coral Walker (Series 14 Episode 4 - present)
Pastoral Care Lead[]
- Joe Casey (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8, Series 14 Episode 2 - present)
- Valerie Chambers (Series 14 Episode 1)
Humanities Department[]
- Neil Guthrie (Head of History; Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
English Department[]
- Coral Walker (Head of English, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Amy Spratt (English teacher, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Andrew Treneman (English teacher, Series 13 Episode 8)
Maths Department[]
- Nisha Chandra (Head of Maths, Series 14 Episode 1 - present)
- Marc Todd (Maths teacher, Series 13 Episode 4 - present)
Science Department[]
- Lindon King (Head of Science, Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
Language Department[]
- Joe Casey (Head of Languages, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
Drama and Music Department[]
- Valerie Chambers (Head of Drama and Music, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Amy Spratt (Drama teacher, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
Behavioural Unit[]
- Lindon King (Behaviour Lead, Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
Catering staff[]
- Nicky Walters (Canteen worker, Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Parveen (Kitchen assistant, Series 13 Episode 5)
Secretaries[]
- Wendy Whitwell (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
Caretakers & Cleaners[]
- Rolf Higgins (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Donte Charles (Series 11 Episode 4 - present)
- Debs Rafferty (Series 14 Episode 3 - present)
- Jamie Haines (Series 14 Episode 4 - present)
Other staff[]
- Jamilah Omar (Social worker) (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Mike Rutherford (Police officer) (Series 12 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Jas Sharma (TBA Teacher) (Series 15 - present)
Governors[]
- Ramesh Choudhry (Chair of governors, Series 12 Episode 1 - Series 12 Episode 7)
- Rose Massey (Parent governor, Series 12 Episode 1 - Series 12 Episode 7)
- Neil Guthrie (Teacher governor, Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
Union Representatives[]
- Valerie Chambers (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
Lowry Community Academies Staff[]
- Andrew Treneman (CEO, Series 13 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Serena Michelle Davies (CEO, Series 14 Episode 1 - present)
- Kim Campbell (Head of Innovations, Series 14 Episode 8 - present)
Pupils[]
Current[]
- Caz Williams (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Shola Aku (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Tonya Walters (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Dwayne Jackson (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Noel McManus (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Zayne Jackson (Series 11 Episode 1 - present)
- Millie Adebayo (Series 11 Episode 2 - present)
- Schuey Weever (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Stace Neville (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Portia Weever (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Mog Richardson (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Jess Clarke (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Declan Harding (Series 13 Episode 1 - present)
- Libby Guthrie (Series 13 Episode 2 - present)
- Lois Taylor-Brown (Series 14 Episode 1 - present)
- Aleena Qureshi (Series 14 Episode 1 - present)
- Forest Sumi (Series 14 Episode 3 - Present)
- Luca Smith (Series 14 Episode 5 - present)
- Jared Jones (Series 14 Episode 5 - present)
- Cat Guthrie (Series 15 - present)
- Ashton Stone (Series 15 - present)
- Agnes Eccleston (Series 15 - present)
Former[]
- Danny Lewis (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 12 Episode 7)
- Dean Weever (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 14 Episode 1)
- Izzy Charles (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Kai Sharif (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Samia Choudhry (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 13 Episode 8)
- Kelly Jo Rafferty (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 14 Episode 8)
- Preston Walters (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 14 Episode 8)
- Verity King (Series 11 Episode 1 - Series 12 Episode 7)
- Norullah Sayyid (Series 11 Episode 3 - Series 12 Episode 5)
- Jake West (Series 11 Episode 4 - Series 11 Episode 6)
- Steve Weever (Series 11 Episode 6 only)
- Myles Massey (Series 12 Episode 1 - Series 12 Episode 7)
- Boz Osbourne (Series 14 Episode 1 - Series 14 Episode 5)
- Billy Savage (Series 14 Episode 2 - Series 14 Episode 8)