13x01 - Episode 1

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I need my money by the end of
the week. All of it.

I'm in a tight spot.
I've got nowt.

Got to find somewhere else
to live now.

Stay at ours, then.

Oi, Preston!

He's in hospital, after a cardiac
arrest because of bulimia,

that you knew about.

CRYING: Please be OK.

FIRE ALARM BLARES Open it!

Danny! Samia! No, no, no, OK.
Danny's in there!

I should've listened to
myself about Miles.

This is on me.

MUSIC: Another Brick in the Wall
by Pink Floyd

# We don't need no education... #

"Dear Mr and Mrs Arnold,
Miss Aznawi, Mr Lewis,

"Mr Lagari, Mrs Wilson,
Mr Weaver, Mrs Volleshon.

"I am writing concerning
your child's long-term absence."

# No dark sarcasm
in the classroom... #

"While we understand
your circumstances may be difficult,

"it is a legal requirement
for your child to attend school.

"We will be providing free transport
for the first morning of term,

"and we'd gently remind you that
failure to attend,

"could now result in a fine
of up to £2,500."

# Hey, teacher,
leave them kids alone... #

"I urge you to ensure that your
child attends school regularly

"and punctually.

"By doing so, you are giving them
the best possible chance

"to succeed in their academic
and personal development.

"Yours sincerely, Miss K Campbell.

"Head."

# All in all, you're just
another brick in the wall... #

PHONE ALARM BEEPS

Hey, you all right?
You sleep all right?

Dad, can you put that on for me?
Not too tight.
Yeah, yeah, of course I can.

Not too cold out there, Ton?

Preston. Oh!

Right, Ton, have you eaten yet?
There it is.

OK, you hurry up cos we're
going to be late for the hospital.

You don't need to come with me.

Yes, I do, I've taken the day
off work for this, now come on.

MUSIC PLAYS ON HEADPHONES

Hiya, are you all right?

Oi! Put that back, you thief!

What are you doing? Get off me!

Let go!

HE GRUNTS

Here.

Go on, run.

No, hey, this way! Come on!

What are you doing?
Just come on!

Ooh. New-term tingly tummy.

Sorry, yeah, no.

It's just cos I care, right.

Not just about the kids
but about you as well.

Are you sure you're not
taking on too much?

This is how we make a real
and tangible difference.

Well, just like my nan used to say -

"Sometimes the bumpiest roads
are often the most rewarding."

Nanna Casey.

Yeah, you know,
they might not even turn up.

Let's wait for the bus.

Yeah.

OVERLAPPING SHOUTING ON BUS

Come on, get on the bus.
No, I need to go school.

Get ready, I think it's going.

Walk on your own.

..down! Hey!

Look, this bus is not going anywhere
until you all sit down!

You heard him, G's,
no school, if we don't sit down!

ALL CHEER

Please, just drive!

No, I will not.
Not until we just...

If we don't go to school,
our dad will get fined.

And you really don't want
that to happen.

Drive! Drive! Drive!

ALL CHANT: Drive! Drive!
Drive! Drive!

Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive!

Drive!

Hey! Let me back on!

Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive!

Drive! Drive! Drive! Drive!
Drive! Drive!

ENGINE STARTS

HE LAUGHS

Can you even drive?
What do you think I'm doing?

Let me back on!

HORN BLARES

Hey, I put a fixture on the gym wall

so we can hang on
the shirt on it now.

Oh. Cheers, Donte, thank you.

And you, coach?

This is lovely, Kai.

Retiring Danny's number,
it's lovely.

I think the team would appreciate
a moment of silence for Danny.

HORN BEEPING REPEATEDLY

They're early.

Mm.

That's a good thing, I suppose.

Thank you, Kai, thank you, everyone.

Uh, have a good day.

Flat jackets and helmets on.

Lindon, they are not the enemy, OK?

They're just kids who've been
avoiding school, that's all.

HORN BEEPS, KIDS SHOUT

TYRES SKID

Good morning,
welcome to Waterloo Road...

All right, no, no.

You all need to calm down!
No, no, no.

In you go. What is going on?

Hey!

Try and grab everyone up,
try and pick them all out!

Right. Whoever's done that...

You're in so much trouble.

How? I didn't do anything, right?

KIM: Welcome.

Kai.

I'm really sorry about that.

Sorry? No, it's them losers
that should be sorry, Miss.

Who's that anyway?

We're welcoming
a new cohort of students, OK?

Your parents did get
an email about it.

You're relying on my mum to tell me
that my school's being invaded?

It is not an invasion.
Choose your words, Kelly Jo.

Come on, they are Waterloo Road
students, just like you.

They got kicked out of their
old school, didn't they?

No, actually. They've not been in
regular attendance of any school.

Great. So we're a rescue home
for dumb animals.

Enough!
So they're a bunch on wrong'uns!

Kelly-Jo, listen.

There are 100 reasons why... Great.
..young people do not attend school.

Thank you for the knowledge. Yep.

OK? A lot of it is out
of their control, Kelly Jo.

Have a wonderful day.

KELLY JO: And you!

Kai, do you want me
to give that to Mr King?

I'll get him to pop it in
another frame for you. Yeah?

Sorry.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down,
slow down, coming through.

Out of the way!

Where's my...

Oh, yes, very mature.

Ha-ha-ha! Thank you!

Here you are, Neil.

Thank you.

"My esteemed colleagues,
thank you for granting me this..."

Hey, is this an acceptance
speech for Teacher Governor?

Yeah, well, I probably won't get it.
You're the only one who ran.

Well, because you told me to.

Yeah, well, that's cos you
were like, "Oh, I've got to start

"doing something with my time,
and stop being such a grump."

They're your words not mine.
Well, after how many pints?

Truth sobers the truth drunk, Neil.
Oh.

I could do with a drink
after a day with this lot.

Mm, well, good job it's staff
karaoke night, then, innit?

Oh! The Ancient Japanese art
of making a berk out of yourself.

No, thank you.

Whoa, hey.

Hey, spotted with a loser, yeah?

Get that camera out of my face,

or I'll stuff it where
the sun don't shine!

That is not being stuffed anywhere.
It's coming with me.

Thank you. Out of my way.

Huh? Oh, man,
same old dragon walker.

Still getting our saddle
kicked from bossing kids around?

I swear she don't have a life.

You know what, we'll soon find out.

Yeah?

Let's see if she's on socials.

Name?

Stefani Germanotta.

Your name, not Lady Gaga's.

Oh. You know your music.

It's Stacey Neville.

Yep. I also know a smart aleck
when I see one.

Off you pop, Stacey Neville.

Look, all that
I can do is apologise and...

Hello? Hello?

Oh, me of little faith,
I should never have doubted you.

That bus was full.

There was one missing.

You're never going to get 100%.

Yeah, it was the driver.

Erm, one of the kids drove the bus.

Now, luckily, the driver's not
going to report it to the police,

he thinks it's too much hassle.

But we can't turn
a blind eye to this.

You know, maybe you're right
and this is a mistake.

No, no, no. Absolutely, not.

This, if anything,
shows how important it is for us

to get this...right.

Yeah.

Yeah, do you know what?

I'm not going to let one apple
ruin the whole barrel.

Let's just find out who it was.

Yeah. OK? Mm-hm.

Let's do it. Yes.

Good morning. Name?

Jess Clarke. Morning, Jess.

Lovely to have you here.

Do you know what happened
on this bus this morning?

Do you run
a Witness Protection Programme?

Then no, I like my face
arranged the way it is.

And you are?

Schumacher Weever.

Schuey, actually.

Get it right.

And how are you, Portia?
What sort of school has dibble?

The sort of school that takes the
security of the students seriously.

Well, obviously not that seriously.

You let a kid drive your school bus.
PORTIA AND OTHERS SNICKER

Are you sure her name's Coral?

Her parents must have hated her
even more than we do.

Well, there's 23
Coral Walkers on here.

This one's actually quite fit.

THEY SNICKER

Look, we've searched everywhere,

I genuinely just don't think
she's on socials, man.

Or maybe she's on the dark web.

Dullard Walker?

The only thing she's interested in
is some lame poetry club.

Well, maybe we can give her
a new life.

I don't think she'd be into it.

She doesn't need to know, does she?

Fake profile? This is genius.

Maybe we can even get
the sad cow a man.

Friend request,
a couple of desperate saddos.

Yeah. Well, doesn't get
more desperate -

Grumpy Guthrie.

THEY LAUGH

Yes.

Here you are. Thank you.

Hey, they're, um, hanging Danny's
shirt in the gym after school.

Are you going to go?

No.

I can't face it.

PHONE ALERT

Morning, everyone.

Thank you all for coming.

We're already here.

This is our bunker
from the feral blitz.

Feral? No. In need of our support
to come back to school? Yes.

Is it true that one of them
drove the bus here?

It is going to be a challenge,

but I will not see young people
written off with no education.

So, they're getting away with it.

We don't know for sure who it was.

Well, the bus was full,
someone must've seen.

We'll do all we can
to find out who it was.

But we can't damage the trust
of all these students on day one.

Now as I mentioned
at staff training,

we were due to start a life skills
curriculum in the next few weeks.

We are actually now going to
start that today.

Without any prep?

The Senior Management Team
have prepped the first lesson.

Oh, Neil, do you want to...
just hand some around?

And then we will be appointing
someone to lead the initiative.

Schools who have taught life skills
have seen dramatic results.

I don't just mean with exams either.

So, we are going to be teaching
them how to open a bank account,

apply for college,
maintain friendships,

understand
the Criminal Justice System.

Ha-ha! They could teach us
about that.

Last term I failed.

This term I'm putting it right.

Danny Lewis's death
will not be in vain.

So, in other news,
I think you'd all like to join us

congratulating our
new teacher governor,

Mr Neil Guthrie.

Thank you very much, thank you.

Yeah, Neil.

My esteemed colleagues...

BELL RINGS

Thank you, everyone,
have a good day.

Would you mind teaching mixed year
life skills class on respect

and relationships with everybody
involved in the altercation
this morning?

Yeah, hey, great idea.

Yeah, get 'em talking rather
than scrapping. Yeah.

Mike, as our resident
police officer,

I was thinking of ways that
we could raise your visibility.

How would you feel about offering
a self-defence class?

Yeah. Sounds great.

Been looking to get more involved.
Yeah? Brilliant. Starting at lunch?

Consider it done.

Brill, thank you.

"Consider it done."
Pwhoar, very suave.

Very, very suave, Eastwood.

I'm watching you, boy.

No way! Guthrie's accepted.

THEY LAUGH

We weren't sure you know, man.

You all right, cuz?
Oh, you all right, mate?

Are you guys related, yeah?

One big happy family.

Family first, bro, innit?

Just come on, man. Weirdo!

Shut up, man.

Hey! What were you
doing on that bus this morning?

What do you think?
I was going to school.

Yeah, I know that.
But I could've given you a lift.

Yeah, right, like you care.

What's that supposed to mean?
You chucked me out in the garden!

Hey, I thought
you liked your little girl den.

You never asked!
I'm never asked about anything.

I'm just told what to do
and forgotten about.

Look, and Izzy squeezed in together
just wasn't working, all right?

See, everything's always
about your precious little princess.

SIGHS

BELL RINGS

Hey! Missed you, bestie.

Have you seen the new kids?

Right,
so Dean's cousin's one of them.

Dean reckons he's crazy.

And if crazy Dean reckons
he's crazy, then it's like, argh!

SIGHS

Sam, I can't believe you've been
doing this all holiday, man,

swatting.

Good morning, everyone.

Morning, sir!

To our new starters, welcome.

To the rest of you, welcome back.

This term I'll be running
extra tuition...

STUDENTS GROAN

..Thursday, after school,
in the run-up to the mocks.

If anybody wants to sign up.

Urgh.

STUDENTS CHUCKLE

OK.

Can anybody tell me the difference
between an endothermic

and a exothermic reaction?

Samia?

Exothermic reactions release the
energy, and endothermic absorb it.

COUGHS UNDER BREATH: Teacher's pet.

You've got something to say,
then say it to my face.

Oh, is that a face?
I thought it was a roadkill.

Oi! Stop it, you two.

I mean, I can't get a clear view
from any of the CCTV.

Of course we can't.

Well, we're just going to have to
interview everyone officially.

It's not a m*rder investigation.

Kids driving a bus? Could've been.

We'll just have to keep
our ears to the ground.

If we can figure out
which one of them it was,

then we'll make it a police matter.

SHOLA: "Not till God make men of
some other metal than earth."

Thank you, Shola.

Very well read.

Now, in pairs,
I would like you to discuss

the representation of women
and marriage in the play.

It's not musical chairs, Tonya.

Someone's sitting there.
Yeah, me.

So, are you as crazy
as your brother?

I mean, I've got an older
brother as well, so.

Wow! Let's be best mates forever.

Well, I mean, it's not like
I've got much competition.

You don't know me.

What's there to know?
Right, OK, let's see.

You've got an older brother
called Schuey, oh,

and that is literally all I know.

Like, I'm only known as Preston's
little sister.

Preston, lame name.

Schuey, lamest name.

And now you've introduced
yourselves,

may I introduce to you
Mr Shakespeare?

Oh, yes.

Yes! Yes! God, you're good.

Yes! What's it called again?

Paced Special Transpose.

Oh, hi.

Hi. What are you doing here?

Sharing some sexy spreadsheet love.

I've got a couple of meetings
at Heath View Academy.

Couldn't go past without
seeing how you were doing.

Head teacher of five schools,

still finds time to
check in on us commoners.

It's six schools, actually,
and I'm CEO of the academy trust,

not a head teacher.

Stand corrected, milord.

Do you want to come on through?

We are not on your way to
Heath View Academy.

I couldn't exactly say
that you left this at my place.

Oh! I never realised.

Thank you.

Hm.

DOOR OPENS Oh!

You forgot your tea, My Lordship.

Oh, thank you.

And this.

Brilliant, thank you, Wendy.

Thanks.

She didn't see us. No.

No, no, she definitely didn't.

You know she did though, don't you?
Yeah.

So how long haven't you
been in school?

Since last year.

Seriously?

My dad don't care,

until they threatened him
with a two grand fine.

Oi! We were talking!

You ain't here for girlie chats,
all right?

Give me your phone.
Use your own.

I'm out of minutes.

Oi, Tonya, you were on that bus
this morning, right?

So?

So did you not see who was
driving it? It was one of the kids.

Was it? Oh, I was sat at the back.

What, you didn't realise it
had been hijacked.

Dad, my bracelet's broken.

I think you've put it on too tight.

Let's have a look.

Hey, it's fine. Well, don't worry,
I can put it back together.

Yeah? Hey.

Don't get upset about it.

Look, I've just got to
put it together like that.

It's easy, all right?

What did he want?

Just wanted to know
who nicked the bus.

You better not have told him.

No, of course not. Yet.

Well, maybe I'll tell him
what you were doing this morning.

BELL RINGS

OK, I've kept you long enough.

Make sure you read through
the hypothesis

before the next lesson, thank you.

Samia,
this is a really important year.

I don't want you to get
thrown off course by troublemakers.

Well, does any of this
look like I'm off course, sir?

No, it looks good. Keep at it.

Um, sir, are we still all right to
hang Danny's shirt up

before practice tonight?

Uh, yes, of course,
I'll get it re-framed at lunch.

Danny, Danny, Danny.

When are you just going to shut up
about him?

What's going on with you?
Just leave me alone.

Samia.

Just listen to her, man.
I would, but she's not talking.

Look, Miss Omar sorted me out
some counselling,

and I've got no doubt of it.

Yeah, of course you have, cos
you're your own favourite subject.

I mean, she's kind of like
not wrong.

Soz.

Yo, Samia, wait up!

Ooh, look at this, Gs.

Go out to the fire boy.

Nice one, girls! Yes, Stace.

Ooh.

Are you having a laugh?

Yeah, I am, as it goes.

No, don't touch her like that, man.

Give it me back now.

KAI: What are you doing?
What's going on.

Just give it back!

Why? It's not like he needs it.

Worst luck, saw his photo.
Looked like a right sort.

If you utter one more word...

Come on, this is our school, yeah.
And not any more, sweet cheeks.

Are you going to let him
talk to me like that?

Come on, man, that's not cool.

You call yourself a Weever.

How about you put her
back in her box! "Her?" Are you mad?

Give it back now.

KIDS CHANT: Fight, fight...

OVERLAPPING SHOUTING

Dean, tell her to give it back.

Why? Cos Danny was an all right lad.

Yeah, then stop being such a girl,
and get it yourself!

What did you call me?

Hey, hey, what's going on?

Now, who's the girl?

Am I girl enough for you?

Hey, calm down.

Right! Stop! Stop!

Move on, everyone! OK, right.
Break this up!

He just whacked me!

What are you lying for?

Mike, can you take him
to my office, please?

Miss Campbell,
you don't believe him, do you?

Just see me in my office.
Thank you.

Do you think Danny would want this?

The boy who wore this vest
had a tough time,

probably tougher than you.

But he made the most
of his opportunities.

He fought tooth and nail
to come to this school.

All we're asking for
is for you to turn up!

You do that, and we will support you

so that you can become
the best versions of yourself.

Aw!

Can you repeat that, Miss?
I'll stick it on a fridge magnet.

LAUGHTER Move.

Go to class, all of you.

Now! Move on, go to class, now!

Right, shall I take you to the car?

It's only just break time,
already we've got a stolen bus,

a wrecked memorial and a mass brawl.

Sorry, rewind. Stolen bus?

Oh, yeah, don't ask.

You've had as many
long-term refusers

as our entire trust in one go,

and we spread ours
over six academies.

We've only taken on those
that we were supposed to do.

What would you prefer?

That we put them on a waiting list,
or just drip 'em in a few at a time?

No. Of course not.

I mean, you could share the burden.
They're not a burden.

They deserve an education.

That's not what I meant.

You don't change, do you?

There is another way.

Ooh, right, OK.

What, er, join the trust,
become an academy?

Why not?

Because it's just
more bureaucracy, innit?

It's more about business
than it is about education. No.

I just don't want to see you
struggle on your own.

Look, if you really want to help,

there is something
that you could do.

It really doesn't sound
like something Mr Charles would do.

It doesn't matter
what it sounds like.

Cos it's the truth.

And why would he hit you?

I don't know.

Why don't you ask him?

Because I'm asking you.

And people don't hit each other
for no reason.

You must have some idea.

What's the point?

The point is,
if what you're saying is true,

then Mr Charles is guilty
of assaulting a child,

which is a criminal offence, which
means I need to call the police.

And, I'll have to get your dad
down here as well.

They didn't believe you, did they?

Yeah, of course not.

Why would anyone believe
a scumbag like you?

Mr Charles, that's enough!

CLEARS THROAT Shall we? Right, you can go.

Chop, chop.

You want to know who nicked
the bus?

I'm telling you,
it was that headcase.

Speculation isn't helpful, Donte.

Donte, come on, let's go.

For what it's worth,
my money would be on him too.

Ooh, temper, temper.

Get lost.

Went well with Miss Campbell, then?
Should have told her the truth.

You got it handed to you by a girl.

It were a cheap shot.

Want to go again, then?

I don't hit girls.

But your dad is going to get it.

The caretaker?

He means nothing to me,
I just live with him.

Yeah, a nice little house,
and a nice little family,

for a nice little girl.

And...

..don't he have a nice little truck?

So what's the plan?
Going to slash his tyres?

Yeah, bit of a cliche.

His truck's insured.

He's pretty about our Jeep,
you'd be doing him a favour.

Stop trying to protect Daddy.

Well, I mean, he's not my dad.

But, I know a way
you can get him back...

..properly.

And why would you do that?

Cos he's doing me head in.

GUTHRIE: Today we are looking at
images from the First World w*r.

Now, look at your paintings,
you've all got one in front of you.

Historical sources
don't have to be written.

Look at your painting,

and think of why it is so critical
on the w*r on the Western Front?

Mm?

Try to look beyond the obvious.

Think about the mood,
the atmosphere.

What's it saying to you?

MESSAGE TONE

THEY SNICKER

THEY STIFLE LAUGH

He's actually replied.

Mm. Mm.

What's it saying to you?
Shut up and write, perhaps?

Yeah. Well, try it, then.

BOTH: Yes, sir.

Well, flush it, then!

Right, keep on flushing it,

we need to keep him busy
so we can get that bracelet.

STACEY BEATBOXES

Will you just shut up? Some of us
are actually trying to work!

RESUMES BEATBOXING

LAUGHTER

Miss, will you tell her?

We run a music club,
Wednesdays at lunch times.

You might want to come along
and work on your beatbox.

Is that it? This is a really
important year for me.

I've been studying all holiday,
just to come back to this?

Just calm down.
But I'm here to learn!

Well, getting angry
isn't going to help that.
Well, why shouldn't I be?

You're meant to be teaching us,
and you're not doing anything.

Come on, mate, yeah? Just chill.

Will people just stop telling me
what to do!

I'm going to the library.

Fine.

See ya!

You're so rubbish at this.

Ah, Rolf, just the man.

There's a blockage
in the girls' toilets.

No chance, mate.

I wouldn't steal all your glory.

Good luck!

It's got to be here somewhere.

He said he was fixing it, so...

Oh, he's coming.

Oh, go on, then, go out!
No, no, no, no, no.

Come here. He'll see us.

Get under.

PHONE RINGS

Yeah, hello?

Rolf.

Eh? How's a blocked khazi
a two-man job?

Rolf!

Argh.

Have I got to do everything, man?

I told you you were rubbish.

Oh, am I?

Wah! Wah!

Wah-wah! Wah! Wah! Mm.

What? Looks like he can handle it.

The head of PE at St Clements
says he's got new ones

so you can have these for keeps.

Ooh! Don't suppose you've got
any spare photocopiers as well,

have you?

Thank you for all of this.

Mm, part of the job.

Allocating resources
to where they're needed most.

You know, I could get you a lot more
if you only joined my trust.

Oh, are you going to go
there again?

I know that you're ideologically
opposed to becoming an academy...

Yeah. ..but most schools
are heading that way.

Well, I value my autonomy.

What if the CEO promised
to be hands off?

Professionally, at least.

MIKE: First...

You know, a bit of extra
sports equipment's nothing.

You could have access to
capital for building.

I don't trust an academy structure
that answers to business

rather than the community.

So I'm a corporate stooge?

I mean,
there are exceptions to the rule.

I thought you had
meetings to get to?

Yeah, I'm going. I'm going.

Miss Chambers.

Can I have a little chat?

MIKE: All right. It looks like rain.

Come on, guys, let's get
the equipment into the hall.

I've knocked together a few notes
for the governors meeting.

A few? Have you not
heard of a thing called email?

Well, I'm more of
a quill-and-ink man myself.

So, let me get this straight.

You want me to decipher this scrawl,

type it all up
and add it all into the agenda?

If it's not too much bother.

It is.

Electronic submissions only.
Oh.

Anything else?

Actually, yes.

How do you know
if a lady is interested in you?

I've been approached...

..online.

And, well, as I say,
I'm more of a quill-and-ink man.

Yeah, I was surprised.

Came from an unexpected quarter.

Well, you're quite the catch now
you're a school governor.

Oh.

Is that what it is?

I'm struggling
to find any other reason.

HE CHUCKLES

What do you think?

Mm, it's very comprehensive.

Life's got more and more
complicated for young people.

And like I said this morning
in the staff meeting,

we need someone to run it.

Here we go again.
Me? The glorified supply teacher?

No, that's not what it is.

I thought that
you might like to do it.

I'd "like to do it"?

After everything that's happened...

..I thought that you might find it
therapeutic.

So, Danny dies
but everything's fine

cos we're running
a life skills curriculum?

Everything is not fine.

We're doing this
because everything is not fine.

And if we'd had something like
this in place,

then maybe we would've
got through to Myles

and Danny would still be here.

I'm sorry, but, no.

Danny's not here, it's all too late.

Twisting into the punch.

Like that.

SHOLA: Like that? Yeah.

Sam?

Oh, Sam, come on,
this is dead boring.

Come on, at least let's have fun.

You know, boom, boom, boom.
Kells.

Whoops!

Sam. What do you think you're doing?
It's not worth it. Sam!

Sam! What do you think
you're playing at?

Sam! Stop! Huh?

What do you think you're playing at?
Oi! Get out! Out!

Oi, Get off me.

You, step away.

Out!

You, come with me.

Well, let's channel
that aggression, yeah?

Turn a negative into a positive.

Shola,
can you pass Samia your gloves?

Thank you.

Are women attracted to men in power?

I mean, have you noticed anything
different in me

since I became a governor?

Yeah. Now that you mention it,
yeah, I have, yeah.

Oh?

You ask even weirder questions.

What?

HE CLEARS THROAT All right, Miss.

Do you mind helping us
with a survey for PSHE?

When you've got a chance, obviously.

We've got lunchtime, so.

I suppose, if I have to.

OK. Well, we're literally
just trying to find out what

people like doing in their
spare time, so?

I'm a teacher.
I don't get spare time.

THEY SNICKER Oh, come on, Miss, you must do something.

It's there now, I see it, I see it
in your eyes. Come on, Miss.

OK. Well, tonight I'll be
going to the staff karaoke.

Karaoke?

Oi! Where is it?

Where's what?

The bracelet.
I know it was you.

I don't know what you're on about.

You can't go around accusing
people of something they didn't do.

Just cos he did it to you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

The only thing that's wrong is him.

Tonya, I want you to stay
away from him.

Stop telling me what to do!
You're not my dad!

Well, don't tap it, hit it, yeah?

Right come on,
my gran wouldn't even feel that.

Twist it. Argh!
Oh, yeah, that's it.

Now power from both legs, yeah?
Yeah, right.

That's it, now both hands, yeah, OK?

Argh, argh. Yeah, harder.

And again, harder, harder, right.

Argh!
Both hands, yeah? Both hands.

One, two! That's good, one, two,
one, two, one, two.

Argh! One, two, one, two, one, two.

SHE SCREAMS CONTINUOUSLY

Here, come on, it's all right,
it's OK.

It's OK, all right?

Come on. Sorry.

Got a mate who will give us
a decent price.

I'll let you know what he says.

Do you think I'm stupid?

You're worth a try. Mm.

Oh.

Your dad's grassed me up.

We need to get rid of the evidence.

Ah-ah-ah, no. No, come on.
You're with me.

We've got a special
life skills class

for everyone that was on the bus.

Oh, you're not going
to clear that up?

No. No? Right.

Like a couple of foxes.

OK.

All right, thank you. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye.

Erm, I'm not sure how much you
saw this morning.

But I think that you should know...

I don't know what you mean.

Is it six weeks and four days

you and Andrew have been seeing
each other?

Never mind.

If you want my opinion...
I don't.

..he's a keeper.

Yeah, I know.

Er, Miss Campbell.

The police are here.

Right, listen, feel free to
mix it up a little bit, right?

We do not have to stick to
the worksheet.

If they check the register, they'll
see that I wasn't in class.

Chill out.

It's me they'll come for.

They always do.

Sorry to interrupt, Mr Casey,
can I...

Can you come with me, please?

No, not you. Tonya.

I can work with you.

Come on, chop chop.

Got everything? Yep? Oh.

If this is about that bracelet,
I don't know anything.

You can search me if you want.
Er, Tonya.

Can you come through, please, Tonya?

I didn't do it.

Yeah, I know.

That's what I keep telling him.

It was her, Donte.

Why?

Look, just tell us how much
I owe you and I'll double it.

I'm sorry, it's already been
reported, Donte.

Does Mum know?

No.

They called me in because your mum
is still at hospital with Preston.

Tonya.

Look, Nick's got enough on.

This is the last thing
her mum needs right now.

She's sorry, yeah?

Tell him that you're sorry.

Hm, it was stupid.

I missed breakfast
and everyone was busy.

My mum was worried about Preston,

so I just thought
if I stayed out the way, then...

Is that why you got on the bus?

I didn't want to put anyone out.

Oh, Tonya.

You see, this is all my fault.

No, that's not an excuse, Donte.

Tonya knows the difference
between right and wrong.

Yeah, all right, I know.

Look, the kid's been through a lot.

Yeah? She's lost her home,
she nearly lost her brother.

Please, will you just... Come on,
man, we've been to your shop!

You know who we are.

Look at her, she's a good kid.
Kim, am I right?

It is out of character,
but it's still serious.

Come on. We're not talking about
money here,

we're not talking about TV's
or cars,

we're talking about a little bit
of brekkie, that's it.

I'm really sorry.

I've never nothing done
anything like this before.

I promise I won't do it again.

Maybe not,
but your mate is trouble.

Which mate?

I don't even know who it was.

He just shoved me out the shop.

OK, look, I don't want to
pursue this any more.

Thank you.

Here, take this.

Make sure you pay your dad back.

He's not my...

I will.

Thanks for sticking up for me.

Yeah, no sweat.

But you can deal with your mum
on your own.

She's going to k*ll me, though.

Yeah, I know that feeling.

I've got to tell Izzy about
Chlo's bracelet.

That was the bracelet
that was stolen?

Yeah. Right, stay out of trouble.

OK?

You were very lucky
that they didn't pursue that.

I know that you've had a rough time,
but half the school could say that.

Yeah, I'm sorry, Miss.
It's no excuse.

No, it's not.

And I meant what I said about
it being out of character.

Please don't make me eat my words,
OK?

I won't, Miss. Thank you.

BELL RINGS

You need to give the bracelet back.

No way!

I didn't know it was Izzy's mum's.

So?

So, you don't take from your own,
do you?

They're not "your own", are they?

We've been on the streets twice,

thanks to my family
letting us down.

Donte didn't have to take us in.

He did it because
he's decent and he's caring.

And, no, he's not my dad.

He's better than that.

It's going to cost you.

I knew you'd say that.

Looks around your size.

Yeah, it's mint.

I'll give you the other one
when you give me back the bracelet.

Hey.

Thank you for coming.

It would've meant a lot to Danny.

Are we ready?

APPLAUSE

Oi! Cry Baby Bunting,
has Daddy gone a-hunting?

Oi! You again! I swear,
don't even try it, mate.

Come on, let's just go home,
just ignore her.

Sam!

She's right. It's all meaningless.
What's the point?

What are you even chatting?

Are you mad?

Sam!

Sam.

Samia.

Why don't you come inside...

No, I'm done.

What's wrong with yer?

That bracelet's worth
half those trainers

but it's priceless to Izzy.

Well, maybe I just wanted a memento
from my first day back at school.

Oh, really? Really.

Mm. Besides, we had a laugh.

Right? "We?"

Yeah, we. Partners in crime now,
innit?

Hey, did you hear?
Found it under my bench.

Must've fallen out my jacket.

So, is that an apology?

Well, it makes us even
on false accusations.

Want to start again?

You're a wrong 'un, kid, you know
that? Right, I'll meet you outside.

All right.

Anyway, it's time to pay up.

Quits.

Depends on what else you've got.

Oh! Someone's been busy.

Don't you dare tell anyone!

I won't have to.

See, that hiding place you've got,
proper bait.

Someone's going to find it.

I move it about.

It's not my only stash.

How long have you been on t'rob?

Who do you sell to?

Well, I mean,
it's not about the money.

What? You're sat on bare bags there,

and my mate can give you
the best price.

Obviously, I'll take
a small introduction fee.

How much?



Just for selling it?
Do I look like a mug?

I'm the one who nicked it.

OK, 40% and we split everything
down the middle from now on.

What do you mean, "now on"?

Partners in crime.

What are you doing in here?

I was...

I was giving him a tour.

Is that right?

Yeah. I just thought
if he saw the school properly,

he'd see that it's worth
taking seriously.

I mean, I got a second chance,
it's only fair, right?

Yeah.

Well done, Tonya.

But it's home time.

Yeah.

I'll show you the rest tomorrow.

We could've got the bus.

Yeah, well, it was on my way.

On your way to where?

To picking you up.

Hey, how are you feeling?
You've been here all day.

Mm.

Look, Nicky...

..before Preston get finished, I...

If this about Tonya,
mate, I already know.

The school rang me.

Right.

SHE SIGHS

Maybe thieving's in the genes, eh?

How am I supposed to shout at her
after...

After? Come on.

What you and her did are two
completely different things.

Why are my kids such
a tag team of trouble?

Honestly, just when I think
Preston's turning a corner,

Tonya's off on one.

Look, I'm pretty sure
that it's just a one-off.

Look, I've spoken to her already.

And she seems pretty sorry.

Putting up with my kids,
playing taxi driver.

It's a bit beyond being a landlord,
that, isn't it?

A landlord? The cheek of it!

You know, I like to think
that I'm more of a mate

than just a landlord.

# China in your hands

# Don't wish too hard

# Because they may come true

# And you can't help them

# You don't know what you might have

# Set upon yourself

# China in your hand. #

Thank you.

Eh, what do you think? I know
the tune pretty well, mm?

Bit of the old T'Pau.

Yeah, you're right, Neil.

Karaoke really is the
ancient Japanese art of making

a fool of yourself.

Well, technically it's Filipino -
not Japanese.

The guy who invented the machine
was Japanese.

But it was a Filipino patented it.

Ta. And that's 30 seconds of my life
I won't get back, Neil.

Interesting, I didn't know that one.

I thought you'd blown us out.

Yeah, I very nearly did.

I have got a pile of paperwork,
but, apparently,

it'll still be there tomorrow, so...

Can I get a vodka tonic, please?
Do you want one?

No. Thanks.

I am sorry about earlier.

It was pretty close to
emotional blackmail.

It's fine.

I just don't know if I'm going to
be able to get it right.

You know, I've already used up
plan A, B and C already.

You'll get it right.

Even if you have to go down to
plan Z. Mm.

I let a student down today.

I didn't give them
the support they needed.

And I keep telling myself, it's
because I don't have the energy,

or it's not really
my responsibility.

But it's not.

I'm scared of failing again,
like I failed Danny.

You didn't fail Danny.

It's just taken so much out of me.

But you, you keep going,
like you won't be beaten.

I admire that.

Mm-mm.

Amy. Ta.

For you.

What is that?

Sex on the Beach.

I asked for half a lager.

Survived the day, then?

Cheers to surviving
the first day of term.

Just about. That's a good sign.

What, I'm driving them all to drink?

Hardly.

They'd walk through walls for you.

Hi, could I have a pint of lager,
please?

How could you be so stupid?

I'm sorry. I might not be
a millionaire, Tonya,

but you've everything you need!

Yeah, I know. So why, then?

Loads of kids shoplift. She was
just unlucky to get caught.

Obviously not very good at it.

Excuse me? Being a thief
is nothing to aspire to!

I didn't mean it like that.
I've never done anything
like this before.

Yeah, she's learnt her lesson.
We all make mistakes, all right?

Look, I think it's about time we
all started pulling together again.

Me and Izzy have been talking.

You want to give it another go,
sharing with Tonya?

Yeah. What do you think?

Why not?

DOORBELL RINGS

Pizza!

Hey! Hey, come on.

CLINKS GLASSES

Keeping it musical.

Erm...

Look, I really wanted to say
thank you so much.

I know it's been
a real baptism of fire.

And, to be honest,

I can't promise it's going to be
a bed of roses going forward.

But I honestly believe that
if we just stay committed

and work together,
then we can make it right.

Hear, hear. Hear, hear.

Hear, hear.

Now, I do think that it's obvious
that the majority of our long-term

refusers are resistant to us trying
to integrate them into the school.

So what I'm actually thinking is

maybe we need to leave it to
the students themselves.

Are you kidding? This morning
was like full-on g*ng warfare.

I know, but I think if we take
the g*ng mentality out of it

and maybe introduce a one-to-one

peer mentorship,

so pairing up our current students
with our new intake.

Good idea. Maybe they could realise

that they've got more in common
than they think. Yeah, exactly.

Mm. I'll... I'll help you run it.

Yeah, er...
Wait, sorry, no - forget it.

How much have you had to drink?

It's cool - I love it.

I'll maybe speak to you tomorrow,
though, eh?

I may put a request in.

Absolutely not.

Come on.

ALL CHANT: Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe!
Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe!

INCREASING SPEEED: Joe! Joe!
Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe! Joe!

All right.

CHEERING

Put all phones away.

Can he sing? Oh, no.

SHE LAUGHS

So have we hit Plan Z?

With this peer mentoring thing?

# My momma used to
dance for the... #

Well, if it doesn't work out, I can
always invent some new letters.

# Preach a little gospel... #

I will run the life-skills
mentor programme.

Seriously?

# Gypsies, tramps and thieves... #

You refuse to be beaten.

It's not just the kids that get to
be the best versions of themselves

because of you.

It is a lot of work to take on.
Oh, whatever.

We're used to being over-worked
and under-resourced.

Same again?

Yeah, I'll have the same again.
# Gypsies, tramps and thieves

# We hear it from the people
of the town, they call us

# Gypsies, tramps and thieves

# But every night,
all the men would come around

# And lay their money down... #

CHEERING

Pizza! Hurry up, before it
goes cold. Let's get stuck in.

What have we got here?
Right, Tommy, that's yours.

Get stuck in.

So pizza means celebration.

Er, yeah, they said that
I can go back to school next week.

That's great.

Aw. Don't make that noise.
Go on.

Mm. ]

How much did that lot cost you?

Not so much that I can't afford
a taxi back to your place.

Well, that was a success.
Unlike the rest of the day.

Oh, come on. It's only day one.

Oh, right, yeah, er, joyriding

a bus, brawling in the corridors,
and mass exclusions from lessons -

ooh, I can't wait to see
what day two holds.

The important thing is you've got
the staffroom behind you.

Mm. An under-resourced
and over-worked staffroom.

Kim, you've got trust
and a sense of togetherness.

Yeah, do you know what
the definition of madness is?

Doing the same thing over and over
and expecting a different result.

I'm talking to the kids about

resistance
and I'm just as bad myself.

You're hardly resistant. You've
approached it from every angle.

Apart from one.

Becoming an academy.

But you're against academies.
Mm. I have been, but...

It's different now.

Why's that?

You.

I've always thought of academies
as being businesses,

but then you've shown me
today something that I've known

ever since I've met you, really,

that for you education
is the priority.

Are you saying you want to join
the Trust?

I'm saying...

..that I want to join your trust.

I want to give Waterloo Road
a chance.

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