List of Waterloo Road characters

This article lists the characters and the actors who played them in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road.

The longest-running cast members were Philip Martin Brown (Grantly Budgen), Jason Done (Tom Clarkson), Chelsee Healey (Janeece Bryant) and Denise Welch (Steph Haydock), who appeared from series 1 until their exits in series 9 for Brown, 8 for Done and Healey, and 6 for Welch, respectively. Healey was not in series 5, however. Healey also returned for a guest appearance in series 11.

The longest-serving headteacher was Rachel Mason, who was played by Eva Pope from series 3 until her exit in series 5.

Main characters

Senior Management Team

Series	Episodes	Headteacher	Deputy Head		Head of Pastoral Care	Executive Head
1	1–8	Jack Rimmer	Andrew Treneman		Kim Campbell	Does not appear
2	1–12
3	1–6		Eddie Lawson		Steph Haydock
	7–10	Rachel Mason
	11–20				Tom Clarkson
4	1–9
	10				Does not appear
	11–20				Kim Campbell
5	1–10		Christopher Mead			Max Tyler
	11–20					Does not appear
6	1–10	Karen Fisher			Does not appear
	11–20				Adanna Lawal
7	1–10				Does not appear
	11–30	Michael Byrne	Sian Diamond	Tom Clarkson
8	1–19
	20		Does not appear
	21–28		Nikki Boston
	29–30	Christine Mulgrew	Simon Lowsley
9	1–2			Does not appear
	3–18			George Windsor
	19–20			Does not appear
10	1–9	Vaughan Fitzgerald
	10		Does not appear
	11–20		Lorna Hutchinson
11	1–7	Kim Campbell	Lindon King	Joe Casey
12	1–7
13	1–8
14	1–2	Steve Savage	Does not appear
	3–8		Coral Walker
15	1–	Stella Drake

Supporting characters

Pupils

Introduced in series 1

• Chlo Grainger (Katie Griffiths, series 1−4; guest series 11)^[1]
• Mika Grainger (Lauren Drummond, series 1−3; guest series 13)
• Yasmin Deardon (Rhea Bailey, series 1)
• Holly Tattersall (Daisy Wignall, series 1; guest series 2)
• Lewis Seddon (Craig Fitzpatrick, series 1−3), also Canteen Assistant in series 3

Introduced in series 2

• Brett Aspinall (Tom Payne, series 2−3)
• Leigh-Ann Galloway (Holly Matthews, series 2)
• Courtney (Rachel Shenton, series 2)
• Celine Dixon (Zeriozha Burt-Skeete, series 2−3)
• Maxine Barlow (Ellie Paskell, series 2−4)
• Stacey Appleyard (Holly Grainger, series 2)

Introduced in series 3

• Karla Bentham (Jessica Baglow, series 3−5)
• Aleesha Dillon (Lauren Thomas, series 3−5)^{[nb 1]}
• Danielle Harker (Lucy Dixon, series 3−5)^{[nb 1]}
• Bolton Smilie (Tachia Newall, series 3−5; guest series 8)^{[nb 1]}
• Damon (Stefan Gumbs, series 3)
• Paul Langley (Thomas Milner, series 3−5)^{[nb 1]}
• Shahid Kapoor (Naveed Choudhry, series 3; guest series 4)
• Dominic Hammond (Joel Goonan, series 3)
• Michaela White (Zaraah Abrahams, series 3−5)^{[nb 1]}

Introduced in series 4

• Denzil Kelly (Reece Douglas, series 4−7)
• Earl Kelly (Reece Noi, series 4)
• Marley Kelly (Luke Bailey, series 4)
• Sambuca Kelly (Holly Kenny, series 4−7)
• Flick Mellor (Sadie Pickering, series 4)
• Philip Ryan (Dean Smith, series 4−5)^{[nb 1]}
• Lauren Andrews (Darcy Isa, series 4−7)

Introduced in series 5

• Emily James (Shannon Flynn, series 5−7)
• Lindsay James (Jenna-Louise Coleman, series 5)
• Siobhan Mailey (Phoebe Dynevor, series 5)
• Ros McCain (Sophie McShera, series 5)
• Luke Pendle (Richie Jeeves, series 5)
• Amy Porter (Ayesha Gwilt, series 5−7)
• Josh Stevenson (William Rush, series 5−8)
• Finn Sharkey (Jack McMullen, series 5−7)

Introduced in series 6

• Ronan Burley (Ben-Ryan Davies, series 6−7)
• Harry Fisher (Ceallach Spellman, series 6−7)
• Jess Fisher (Linzey Cocker, series 6−7)
• Jonah Kirby (Lucien Laviscount, series 6)
• Ruth Kirby (Anna Jobarteh, series 6)
• Vicki MacDonald (Rebecca Ryan, series 6−7; guest series 5)
• Bex Fisher (Tina O'Brien, series 6)
• Nate Gurney (Scott Haining, series 6)
• Kyle Stack (George Sampson, series 6−7; guest series 8)

Introduced in series 7

• Rhona Mansfield (Hope Katana, series 7)
• Shona Mansfield (Millie Katana, series 7)
• Aiden Scotcher (Oliver Lee, series 7)
• Jodie "Scout" Allen (Katie McGlynn, series 7−8)
• Tariq Siddiqui (Naveed Choudhry, series 7−8; guest series 9)
• Trudi Siddiqui (Aryana Ramkhalawon, series 7)
• Phoenix Taylor (Kaya Moore, series 7−8)
• Harley Taylor (Kane Tomlinson-Weaver, series 7−10)
• Madi Diamond (Georgia Henshaw, series 7−8)
• Zack Diamond (Lee Abbate, series 7)
• Naseem Siddiqui (Shifaa Arfann, series 7)

Introduced in series 8

• Jade Fleming (Paige Meade, series 8)
• Angus "Gus" Hancock (Benjamin Gur, series 8)
• Connor Mulgrew (Shane O'Meara, series 8−9)
• Imogen Stewart (Kirstie Steele, series 8−9)
• Lula Tsibi (Marlene Madenge, series 8−9)
• Rhiannon Salt (Rebecca Craven, series 8−10)
• Liberty Gordon (Adiza Shardow, series 8)
• Kevin Chalk (Tommy Lawrence Knight, series 8−10)
• Barry Barry (Carl Au, series 8−9)
• Dynasty Barry (Abby Mavers, series 8−9; guest series 10)
• Kacey Barry (Brogan Ellis, series 8−10)
• Jack MacAllister (Taylor Rhys, series 8)

Introduced in series 9

• Lenny Brown (Joe Slater, series 9−10)
• Lisa Brown (Caitlin Gillespie, series 9−10)
• Darren Hughes (Mark Beswick, series 9−10)
• Shaznay Montrose (Je'Taime Morgan Hanley, series 9−10)
• Archie Wong (Christopher Chung, series 9)
• Gabriella Wark (Naomi Battrick, series 9−10)

Introduced in series 10

• Justin Fitzgerald (Max Bowden, series 10)
• Leo Fitzgerald (Zebb Dempster, series 10)
• Floyd Westbrook (Leo Flanagan, series 10)
• Tiffany Westbrook (Sammy Oliver, series 10)
• Kenzie Calhoun (Charlotte Beaumont, series 10)
• Scott Fairchild (Andrew Still, series 10)
• Carrie Norton (Tahirah Sharif, series 10)
• Bonnie Kincaid (Holly Jack, series 10)
• Dale Jackson (Finlay MacMillan, series 10)
• Abdul Bukhari (Armin Karim, series 10)

Introduced in series 11

• Shola Aku (Chiamaka Ulebor, series 11–)^[2]
• Samia Choudhry (Priyasasha Kumari, series 11–13; guest series 14)^[2]
• Kelly Jo Rafferty (Alicia Forde, series 11–14)^[2]
• Kai Sharif (Adam Ali, series 11–13; guest series 14)^[2]
• Preston Walters (Noah Valentine, series 11–14)^[2]
• Tonya Walters (Summer Violet Bird, series 11–)^[2]
• Izzy Charles (Scarlett Thomas, series 11–13; uncredited, series 4)^[2]
• Dwanye Jackson (Thapelo Ray, series 11–)^[2]
• Zayne Jackson (Inathi Rozani, series 11–13)^[2]
• Dean Weever (Francesco Piacentini-Smith, series 11–13; guest series 14)^[2]
• Noel McManus (Liam Scholes, series 11–)^[2]
• Danny Lewis (Adam Abbou, series 11–12)^[2]
• Verity King (Ava Flannery, series 11–12)^[2]
• Caz Williams (Lucy Eleanor Begg, series 11–)^[2]
• Millie Adebayo (Randi Agyare, series 11–)

Introduced in series 12

• Myles Massey (Osian Morgan, series 12)^[3]
• Norrulah Ashimi (Sahil Ismailkhil, series 12; guest series 11)^[3]

Introduced in series 13

• Schumacher "Schuey" Weever (Zak Sutcliffe, series 13–)^[4]
• Stacey "Stace" Neville (Tillie Amartey, series 13–)^[4]
• Portia Weever (Maisey Robinson, series 13–)^[4]
• Mollie "Mog" Richardson (Aabay Ali, series 13–)^[4]
• Jess Clarke (Zanele Nyoni, series 13)
• Libby Guthrie (Hattie Dynevor, series 13–)^[4]

Introduced in series 14

• Boz Osbourne (Nathan Wood, series 14)^[5]
• Aleena Qureshi (Sonya Nisa, series 14–)^[5]
• Lois Taylor-Brown (Miya Ocego, series 14–)^[5]
• Billy Savage (Olly Rhodes, series 14)^[5]
• Luca Smith (Danny Murphy, series 14–)^[5]
• Jared Jones (Matthew Khan, series 14–)^[5]

Staff

• Estelle Cooper (Judith Barker, series 1), School secretary.
• Bridget Morley (Jacqueline Kington, series 3), School secretary and bursar.
• Candice Smilie (Kay Purcell, series 3−5), Senior Canteen Assistant and Bolton's mother.
• Rose Kelly (Elaine Symons, series 4−5, 7; guest series 6), Canteen Assistant and mother to the Kelly children.
• Melissa Ryan (Katy Carmichael, series 4), Head of Extended Services, Philip's mother and Rachel Mason's sister.
• Dave Miller (Tim Healy, series 4), Head of Security.
• Adam Fleet (Steven Waddington, series 5), Healthy Schools Co-ordinator and later Rachel's husband.
• Ndale Kayuni (Richie Campbell, series 8), Maintenance Assistant and Audrey's fiancé.
• Esther Fairclough (Daniela Nardini, series 8), Acting Head of Science.
• Princess Windsor (Elizabeth Tan, series 9; guest series 8), Mandarin Teaching Assistant and George's wife.
• Carol Barry (Zöe Lucker, series 9−10; recurring series 8), Canteen Assistant and mother to the Barry children.
• Rolf Higgins (Barrie Greenwood, series 11, 13; guest series 12), caretaker.
• Jamilah Omar (Sonia Ibrahim, series 12–13; recurring series 11), the school’s social worker.^[3]
• Marc Todd (Tom Wells, series 13–), Maths teacher.
• Debs Rafferty (Hollie-Jay Bowes, series 14–; recurring series 11–13), school cleaner, Kelly Jo's mother and Nicky's sister.^[6]
• Jamie Haines (Robert Beck, series 14), caretaker.
• Riley Murphy (Jude Mahon, series 14), Communication Support Worker.

Recurring characters

• Clarence Charles (Steve Money, series 1, 4; guest series 3), Donte's father.
• Jimmy Grainger (David Crellin, series 1), Mika and Chlo's father and Izzie's ex-husband.
• Heather Davenport (Anna Wilson-Jones, series 1), LEA inspector.
• Roger Aspinall (Nick Sidi, series 2), Brett's father, who financially invests in the school and sits on its board of governors.
• Nigel Hinchcliffe (Robert Angell, series 2−3; guest series 1), Head of Governors.
• Jerry Preston (Paul Birchard, series 2), a fundamentalist Christian who buys Roger's company.
• Jed and Jemma Seddon (Michael Keogh and Kathryn Hunt, series 2), Lewis' uncle and aunt, burger van propietors and drug dealers.
• Colin Scott (Chris Finch, series 3), Matt's partner.
• Ria Cheetham (Maria Lennon, series 3), LEA advisor.
• Lucy (Emma Hartley-Miller, series 3), a young woman who Chlo meets when she runs away from home.
• Fleur Budgen (Lorraine Cheshire, series 3−4, 6; guest series 7; uncredited, series 1), Grantly's wife.
• Stuart Hordley (Silas Carson, series 3), a developer who blackmails Rachel over her past.
• Ralph Mellor (Malcolm Scates, series 4), Head of Governors and Flick's father.
• Prince Kelly (Charlie and Taylor Sheldrick, series 4; uncredited, series 7), the youngest Kelly sibling.
• Grace Campbell (Meaghan McPherson-Gowe, series 4), Kim's illegally adopted baby daughter.
• Marion James (Louise Delamere, series 5; guest series 7), Lindsay and Emily's mother.
• Georgia Stevenson (Fiona Allen, series 5), Josh's mother.
• John Fry (Ralph Ineson, series 5−6), Ruby's husband.
• Oliver Mead (John McArdle, series 5), Chris' father, who begins a relationship with Steph.
• Ryan Sharkey (Paul Opacic, series 5), Finn's father.
• Cheryl Bryant (Georgia and Holly Dougdale, series 6; Leyla Ogulyaymis, series 8), also known as Poppy Fry, Janeece's daughter.
• Dylan Hodge (Ciarán Griffiths, series 6), Bex's manipulative ex-boyfriend.
• Naomi Scotcher (Debra Stephenson, series 7), Rob's wife and Aiden's mother.
• Richard Whitman (Nicholas Gleaves, series 7), Director of Education.
• Tina Allen (Lisa Riley, series 7−8), Scout's mother.
• Liam Allen (Tristain and Shaun Price, series 7), Scout's younger brother.
• Wayne Johnson (Rob Haythorne, series 7), Michael's attacker.
• Nelson Smith (John Thomson, series 7; guest series 8), Phoenix and Harley's father.
• Rosie Matthews (Jo-Anne Knowles, series 7), an old friend of Matt's and later mother to his daughter, Martha.
• Craig O'Leary (Matt Kennard, series 7), Janeece's fiancé.
• Alex Stoneham (Jonathan Wrather, series 7), a pediatric doctor who cares for Matt's premature daughter.
• Eugene Garvey (Stefan Gumbs, series 7), Ex-pupil and gang leader.
• Alan Dixon (James Gaddas, series 7), Director of Education.
• Gerard Findlay (Alex Norton, series 8), Headteacher of Havelock High.
• Billy Byrne (Ron Donachie, series 8), Michael's terminally ill father.
• Sally Stewart (Jenny Ryan, series 8; guest series 9), Imogen's mother.
• Steve-O Malone (Jody Latham, series 8), Dynasty's boyfriend.
• Robert Bain (Shaun Prendergast, series 8−9), Head of Education and Sue's father.
• Eve Boston (Sophie Skelton, series 9), Nikki's estranged daughter.
• Vix Spark (Kristin Atherton, series 9), Sue's sister, who begins a relationship with Nikki.
• Amelia Wark (Connie Hyde, series 9; guest series 10), Gabriella's mother.
• Cecile Tsibi (Sarah Niles, series 9; Anna-Maria Nabirye, guest series 8), Lula's mother.
• Grace Drummond (Judith Barker, series 10), an elderly woman befriended by Rhiannon and Darren.
• Danny Spencer (Andy Rush, series 10), Dale's cycling coach.
• Ailsa Calhoun (Emma Cunniffe, series 10), Kenzie's mother.
• Hassan Bukhari (Ian Aspinall, series 10), Abdul's father and sponsor of the school's bike loan scheme.
• Colin Bond (David Michaels, series 10), Headteacher of Havelock High.
• Ronnie Fairchild (Robin Laing, series 10), local police officer and Scott's father.
• Steph Norton (Nadine Marshall, series 10), Guy and Carrie's mother.
• Selina Wilson (Nicola Grier, series 10), Head of the Greenock Education Committee.
• Rob Hutchinson (Gareth David-Lloyd, series 10), PR consultant and Lorna's husband.
• Tommy Charles (Teddy Thomas, series 11, 13), Chlo and Donte's seven-year-old son.^[7]
• Erica Thorn (Sue Vincent, series 11), LEA representative.
• Hannah King (Lisa Faulkner, series 11), Lindon's wife.
• Ramesh Choudhry (Paul Bazely, series 12), Samia's father and head of the board of governors.
• Rose Massey (Jenny Platt, series 12), Myles' mother and a school governor.
• Lenny Sampson (Jack Ashton, series 12), a mentor for youth offenders.
• Lisa Jackson (Sia Kiwa, series 12), Dwayne and Zayne's mother.
• Vinny McMullen (Jason Milligan, series 12; guest series 11), a local loan shark and Danny's stepfather.
• Serena Michelle Davies (Kerry Howard, series 13–),^[8] Deputy CEO of the Lowry Community Academies Trust.
• Barb Rafferty (Marie Critchley, series 13; guest series 11–12, 14), mother of Nicky and Debs.
• Pete Weever (William Fox, series 13), Schuey and Portia's father.
• DC McCall (Rosalyn Wright, series 14), a police investigator.

Notes

1. Also stars in Waterloo Road Reunited.