Episode 1 | Episode #5.1

Waterloo Road is forged to merge with John Fosters,a former private school. Christopher Meads replaces Eddie as deputy but Rachel is not happy when charismatic Max Tyler,popular with Fosters students,is made executive head as she ...

Episode 2 | Episode #5.2

The animosity between the new colleagues continues. Grantly clashes with Ruby whilst Jo continues to criticise Steph and Rachel is unhappy that Max makes decisions without consulting her. New girl Amy has the hots for Bolton and i...

Episode 3 | Episode #5.3

Kim and Max share a night of passion which they must keep secret from Rachel. Lindsay,angry that her mother is not bailed for killing the father she hated,goes off the rails,attacking Karla,who has befriended Emily. Tom is brought...

Episode 4 | Episode #5.4

Pupil Luke Pendle has kept it secret that he lives in a care home but his girlfriend Siobhan,suspicious that he keeps his home life secret,follows him and finds out. She confides in Amy,who informs the whole school,leading to Luke...

Episode 5 | Episode #5.5

Rachel and Max must bury their differences and put on a united front as the school's open day comes round. Ruby attempts to upgrade the school canteen by putting expensive items on the menu,paid for by her husband John's credit ca...

Episode 6 | Episode #5.6

Handsome Chris is the object of several schoolgirl crushes but he finds himself compromised by Vicky McDonald who,he discovers,is moon-lighting at a lap dance club in school hours. He follows her to the club but she tells him she ...

Episode 7 | Episode #5.7

When quiet pupil Cassie Turner claims that Michaela and Amy are bullying her Helen Hopewell sends them both to the cooler,thus intensifying the two girls' dislike of the nervous young teacher. Finding out her address they trash he...

Episode 8 | Episode #5.8

Nicknamed Hopeless Hopewell for her ineptitude as a teacher Helen faces an official inspection,which she passes with flying colours - but only because she has bribed Amy to keep the class under control. When Helen refuses to give ...

Episode 9 | Episode #5.9

Rachel accompanies Lindsay to court where she gives evidence of her father's abuse of her. Bullied by the prosecutor she runs from court and is consoled by Rachel,to whom she confesses she was the killer,not her mother,to stop his...

Episode 10 | Episode #5.10

On the last day of term the governors arrive to assess the merger and Max is out to get rid of Rachel. After they row publicly she agrees to resign for the stability of the school. At the Waterloo Road's Got Talent contest organiz...

Episode 11 | Episode #5.11

A new term starts and new pupil Finn Sharkey,whom Chris expelled from a previous school,proves to be a disruptive influence. Grantly allows Bianka Vale to go out with her estranged father Gary on her birthday,unaware that Gary is ...

Episode 12 | Episode #5.12

Ruby,accompanied by Steph,takes a group of pupils to a farm run by Mark Moran,older brother of Year 10 student Craig. Chaos results from the badly behaved visitors,triggered by Finn,and Josh is sprayed in the face with chemicals w...

Episode 13 | Episode #5.13

Kim is annoyed when Chris instigates an Advanced Preparation for University course aimed solely at star pupil Ros but he feels it would be wrong to open it to all as it would unfairly build up the hopes of the less bright students...

Episode 14 | Episode #5.14

Josh is now living with Tom,who plans a birthday party for him. However Tom is shocked by his son's callousness to girlfriend Lauren who,in order to erase a large birthmark from her back which has caused her to be mocked by the sc...

Episode 15 | Episode #5.15

Rachel feels Adam is trying to be one of the kids after he has been seen at a gig with some sixth formers but he tells her to lighten up as he feels she is taking life too seriously. On work experience day Finn becomes Chris's tea...

Episode 16 | Episode #5.16

Finn Sharkey supplies "legal high" drugs into Waterloo Road with disastrous consequences.

Episode 17 | Episode #5.17

Ros,aware that Jo is a lesbian,develops a crush on her and tries to kiss her,leading a shocked Jo to tell Rachel. However when Ros declares her love for Jo publicly and says that she has been actively encouraging her, Rachel has t...

Episode 18 | Episode #5.18

Kim and Chris find their relationship in danger of becoming more than professional . On a visit to an art gallery Finn persuades girlfriend Anna to prove her devotion by drawing their names on a valuable painting,which she does,bu...

Episode 19 | Episode #5.19

Things are going from bad to worse for Ruby. With her husband suing for divorce and Rachel putting her in charge of the end of term prom the knowledge that her beloved Adam is marrying Rachel is too much for her and she freaks out...

Episode 20 | Episode #5.20

When Finn's parents tell him they are moving away with him he persuades the increasingly dependent Amy to take part in a suicide pact with him but they are prevented by Chris,who follows them to the beach where they intend to die....