Waterloo Road (series 14)
The series
The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at Waterloo Road.
It has stories such as the school changing into an academy, trolling, the cost-of-living crisis, gender politics, bullying, being a child in care, bereavement, menstruation, County lines drug trafficking, the arts vs academic performance, being deaf, and manslaughter.
Cast and characters
Main cast
- Jason Manford as Steve Savage; the new Headteacher of Waterloo Road, replacing Kim Campbell
- James Baxter as Joe Casey; Deputy Head and languages teacher
- Saira Choudhry as Nisha Chandra; Head of Maths
- Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell; PA to Headteacher
- Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie; History teacher
- Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker; Deputy Head and English teacher
- Kym Marsh as Nicky Walters; School canteen worker
- Katherine Pearce as Amy Spratt; Early career English and drama teacher
- Shauna Shim as Valerie Chambers; Music teacher
- Adam Thomas as Donte Charles; Site manager and supply PE teacher
Pupils
- Noah Valentine as Preston Walters
- Alicia Forde as Kelly Jo Rafferty
- Liam Scholes as Noel McManus
- Lucy Eleanor Begg as Caz Williams
- Summer Violet Bird as Tonya Walters
- Thapelo Ray as Dwayne Jackson
- Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku
- Hattie Dynevor as Libby Guthrie
- Zak Sutcliffe as Schumacher "Schuey" Weever
- Tillie Amartey as Stacey "Stace" Neville
- Maisie Robinson as Portia Weever
- Aabay Noor Ali as Mollie 'Mog' Richardson
- Olly Rhodes as Billy Savage
- Nathan Wood as Boz Osbourne
- Sonya Nisa as Aleena Qureshi
- Miya Ocego as Lois Taylor-Brown
- Danny Murphy as Luca Smith
- Matthew Khan as Jared Jones
Recurring
- Hollie-Jay Bowes as Debs Rafferty; school cleaner and Kelly Jo's mum
- Tom Wells as Marc Todd; Maths teacher
- Kerry Howard as Serena Michelle Davies; chief executive officer of Lowry Community Academies Trust
- Ryan Clayton as Mike Rutherford, Joe's husband and liaison Police officer with Waterloo Road
Guest
- Francesco Piacentini-Smith as Dean Weever, a troublemaking pupil (episode 1)
- Marie Critchley as Barbara Rafferty, Nicky and Debs' mother (episode 1)
- Krissi Bohn, as Melanie Parkinson, a local MP to visits Waterloo Road (episode 6)
- Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell (episode 8)
- Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman (episode 8)
- Priyasasha Kumari as Samia Choudhry, Kelly Jo's best friend and a former Waterloo Road pupil (episode 8)
- Adam Ali as Kai Sharif, Preston's boyfriend and a former Waterloo Road pupil (episode 8)
