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		Andrew Treneman		Kim Campbell
3	1–6		Eddie Lawson		Steph Haydock
	7–10	Rachel Mason			Steph Haydock
	11–20				Tom Clarkson
4	1–9				Tom Clarkson
	10				Does not appear
	11–20				Kim Campbell
5	1–10		Christopher Mead			Max Tyler
5	11–20					Does not appear
6	1–10	Karen Fisher			Does not appear
6	11–20				Adanna Lawal
7	1–10				Does not appear
7	11–30	Michael Byrne	Sian Diamond	Tom Clarkson
8	1–19		Sian Diamond
	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		Does not appear
	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
14	3-8	Steve Savage	Coral Walker

Staff members

Character	Portrayed by	Series															Count
Character	Portrayed by	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Count
Jack Rimmer	Jason Merrells	Main															27
Kim Campbell	Angela Griffin	Main			Main							Main			Guest		72
Steph Haydock	Denise Welch	Main					Recurring									Main	79
Izzie Redpath	Jill Halfpenny	Main															20
Tom Clarkson	Jason Done	Main															158
Lorna Dickey	Camilla Power	Main															18
Andrew Treneman	Jamie Glover	Main			Recurring								Main		Guest		34
Grantly Budgen	Philip Martin Brown	Also starring		Main													154
Davina Shackleton	Christine Tremarco		Also starring	Main													44
Eddie Lawson	Neil Morrissey			Main													40
Matt Wilding	Chris Geere			Main				Main									55
Jasmine Koreshi	Shabana Bakhsh			Main													38
Rachel Mason	Eva Pope			Main													52
Rob Cleaver	Elyes Gabel				Main												10
Max Tyler	Tom Chambers					Main											10
Christopher Mead	William Ash					Main											48
Ruby Fry	Elizabeth Berrington					Main											38
Helen Hopewell	Vinette Robinson					Main											8
Jo Lipsett	Sarah-Jane Potts					Main											18
Karen Fisher	Amanda Burton						Main										28
Charlie Fisher	Ian Puleston-Davies						Main										9
Francesca "Cesca" Montoya	Karen David						Main										20
Marcus Kirby	Wil Johnson						Main										10
Adanna Lawal	Sharlene Whyte						Main										10
Rob Scotcher	Robson Green							Main									10
Daniel Chalk	Mark Benton							Main		Guest							50
Eleanor Chaudry	Poppy Jhakra							Main									10
Michael Byrne	Alec Newman							Main									48
Sian Diamond	Jaye Jacobs							Main									39
Jez Diamond	Alex Walkinshaw							Main									18
Linda Radleigh	Sarah Hadland							Main									9
Maggie Budgen	Melanie Hill							Also starring	Main								77
Nikki Boston	Heather Peace							Main									48
Lorraine Donnegan	Daniela Denby-Ashe							Recurring	Main								30
Christine Mulgrew	Laurie Brett								Main								69
Audrey McFall	Georgie Glen								Main								69
Sonya Donnegan	Victoria Bush								Main								62
George Windsor	Angus Deayton								Main								36
Simon Lowsley	Richard Mylan								Main								31
Sue Spark	Vanessa Hehir									Main							30
Hector Reid	Leon Ockenden									Main							20
Vaughan Fitzgerald	Neil Pearson										Main						20
Allie Westbrook	Nicola Stephenson										Main						10
Olga Fitzgerald	Pooky Quesnel										Main						12
Lorna Hutchinson	Laura Aikman										Main						10
Guy Braxton	Regé-Jean Page										Main						8
Marco D'Olivera	Stefano Braschi										Main						8
Joe Casey	James Baxter											Main					30
Wendy Whitwell	Jo Coffey											Main					30
Neil Guthrie	Neil Fitzmaurice											Main					30
Lindon King	Vincent Jerome											Main					22
Coral Walker	Rachel Leskovac											Main					29
Nicky Walters	Kym Marsh											Main					29
Amy Spratt	Katherine Pearce											Main					30
Valerie Chambers	Shauna Shim											Main					30
Mike Rutherford	Ryan Clayton											Guest	Main		Recurring		19
Steve Savage	Jason Manford														Main		8
Nisha Chandra	Saira Choudhry														Main		8
Stella Drake	Lindsey Coulson															Main	0

Pupils

Note: Some pupils have returned to the show in a staffing position or a guest compacity.

Character	Portrayed by	Series
Character	Portrayed by	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Donte Charles	Adam Thomas	Also starring										Main
Chlo Grainger	Katie Griffiths	Also starring										Guest
Mika Grainger	Lauren Drummond	Also starring												Guest
Janeece Bryant	Chelsee Healey	Also starring					Main					Guest
Yasmin Deardon	Rhea Bailey	Also starring
Holly Tattersall	Daisy Wignall	Also starring	Guest
Lewis Seddon	Craig Fitzpatrick	Also starring
Brett Aspinall	Tom Payne		Also starring
Leigh-Ann Galloway	Holly Matthews		Also starring
Courtney	Rachel Shenton		Also starring
Celine Dixon	Zeriozha Burt-Skeete		Also starring
Maxine Barlow	Ellie Paskell		Also starring
Stacey Appleyard	Holliday Grainger		Also starring
Karla Bentham	Jessica Baglow			Also starring
Aleesha Dillon	Lauren Thomas			Also starring
Danielle Harker	Lucy Dixon			Also starring
Bolton Smilie	Tachia Newall			Also starring					Guest
Damon	Stefan Gumbs			Also starring
Paul Langley	Thomas Milner			Also starring
Shahid Kapoor	Naveed Choudhry			Also starring
Dominic Hammond	Joel Goonan			Also starring
Michaela White	Zaraah Abrahams			Recurring	Also starring
Denzil Kelly	Reece Douglas				Also starring
Earl Kelly	Reece Noi				Also starring
Marley Kelly	Luke Bailey				Also starring
Sambuca Kelly	Holly Kenny				Also starring
Flick Mellor	Sadie Pickering				Also starring
Phillip Ryan	Dean Smith				Also starring
Lauren Andrews	Darcy Isa				Also starring
Izzy Charles	Uncredited				Recurring
Izzy Charles	Scarlett Thomas											Also starring
Emily James	Shannon Flynn					Also starring
Lindsay James	Jenna Coleman					Also starring
Siobhan Mailey	Phoebe Dynevor					Also starring
Ros McCain	Sophie McShera					Also starring
Luke Pendle	Richie Jeeves					Also starring
Amy Porter	Ayesha Gwilt					Also starring
Josh Stevenson	William Rush					Also starring
Vicki MacDonald	Rebecca Ryan					Recurring	Also starring
Finn Sharkey	Jack McMullen					Also starring
Ronan Burley	Ben-Ryan Davies						Also starring
Harry Fisher	Ceallach Spellman						Also starring
Jess Fisher	Linzey Cocker						Also starring
Jonah Kirby	Lucien Laviscount						Also starring
Ruth Kirby	Anna Jobarteh						Also starring
Bex Fisher	Tina O'Brien						Also starring
Nate Gurney	Scott Haining						Also starring
Kyle Stack	George Sampson						Also starring		Guest
Rhona Mansfield	Hope Katana							Also starring
Shona Mansfield	Millie Katana							Also starring
Aiden Scotcher	Oliver Lee							Also starring
Jodie "Scout" Allen	Katie McGlynn							Also starring
Tariq Siddiqui	Naveed Choudhry							Also starring		Guest
Trudi Siddiqui	Aryana Ramkhalawon							Also starring
Phoenix Taylor	Kaya Moore							Also starring
Harley Taylor	Kane Tomlinson-Weaver							Also starring
Madi Diamond	Georgia Henshaw							Also starring
Zack Diamond	Lee Abbate							Also starring
Naseem Siddiqui	Shifaa Arfann							Also starring
Jade Fleming	Paige Meade								Also starring
Angus "Gus" Hancock	Benjamin Gur								Also starring
Connor Mulgrew	Shane O'Meara								Also starring
Imogen Stewart	Kirstie Steele								Also starring
Lula Tsibi	Marlene Madenge								Also starring
Rhiannon Salt	Rebecca Craven								Also starring
Liberty Gordon	Adiza Shardow								Also starring
Kevin Chalk	Tommy Lawrence Knight								Also starring
Barry Barry	Carl Au								Also starring
Dynasty Barry	Abby Mavers								Also starring		Guest
Kacey Barry	Brogan Ellis								Also starring
Jack MacAllister	Taylor Rhys								Also starring
Lenny Brown	Joe Slater									Also starring
Lisa Brown	Caitlin Gillespie									Also starring
Darren Hughes	Mark Beswick									Also starring
Shaznay Montrose	Je'Taime Morgan Hanley									Also starring
Archie Wong	Christopher Chung									Also starring
Gabriella Wark	Naomi Battrick									Also starring
Justin Fitzgerald	Max Bowden										Also starring
Leo Fitzgerald	Zebb Dempster										Also starring
Floyd Westbrook	Leo Flanagan										Also starring
Tiffany Westbrook	Sammy Oliver										Also starring
Kenzie Calhoun	Charlotte Beaumont										Also starring
Scott Fairchild	Andrew Still										Also starring
Carrie Norton	Tahirah Sharif										Also starring
Bonnie Kincaid	Holly Jack										Also starring
Dale Jackson	Finlay MacMillan										Also starring
Abdul Bukhari	Armin Karim										Also starring
Danny Lewis	Adam Abbou											Also starring
Samia Choudhry	Priyasasha Kumari											Also starring
Kai Sharif	Adam Ali											Also starring
Kelly-Jo Rafferty	Alicia Forde											Also starring
Dean Weever	Francesco Piacentini-Smith											Also starring
Noel McManus	Liam Scholes											Also starring
Caz Williams	Lucy Eleanor Begg											Also starring
Preston Walters	Noah Valentine											Also starring
Tonya Walters	Summer Violet Bird											Also starring
Verity King	Ava Flannery											Also starring
Dwanye Jackson	Thapelo Ray											Also starring
Zayne Jackson	Inathi Rozani											Also starring
Shola Aku	Chiamaka (ChiChi) Ulebor											Also starring
Norrulah Ashimi	Sahil Ismailkhil											Guest	Also starring
Myles Massey	Osian Morgan												Also starring
Schumacher "Schuey" Weever	Zak Sutcliffe													Also starring
Stacey "Stace" Neville	Tillie Amartey													Also starring
Portia Weever	Maisey Robinson													Also starring
Mollie "Mog" Richardson	Aabay Ali													Also starring
Jess Clarke	Zanele Nyoni													Also starring
Libby Guthrie	Hattie Dynevor													Also starring

Other staff members

Character	Portrayed by	Series
Character	Portrayed by	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Estelle Cooper	Judith Barker	Also starring
Roger Aspinall	Nick Sidi		Also starring
Bridget Morley	Jacqueline Kington			Also starring
Candice Smilie	Kay Purcell			Also starring		Recurring
Stuart Hordley	Silas Carson			Also starring
Rose Kelly	Elaine Symons				Also starring		Guest	Also starring
Melissa Ryan	Katy Carmichael				Also starring
Ralph Mellor	Malcolm Scates				Also starring
Dave Miller	Tim Healy				Also starring
Adam Fleet	Steven Waddington					Also starring
Carol Barry	Zöe Lucker								Recurring	Also starring
Ndale Kayuni	Richie Campbell								Also starring
Esther Fairclough	Daniela Nardini								Also starring
Princess Windsor	Elizabeth Tan								Guest	Also starring
Jamilah Omar	Sonia Ibrahim											Also starring
Marc Todd	Tom Wells													Also starring

Staff

Introduced in series 1

Jack Rimmer (Jason Merrells, series 1−3)
Kim Campbell (Angela Griffin, series 1−2, 4−5, 11–13; featured series 14)
Steph Haydock (Denise Welch, series 1−5; recurring series 6)
Izzie Redpath (Jill Halfpenny, series 1−2)
Tom Clarkson (Jason Done, series 1−8)
Lorna Dickey (Camilla Power, series 1−2),*Andrew Treneman (Jamie Glover, series 1−2, 12−13; recurring series 4; guest series 14)
Grantly Budgen (Philip Martin Brown, series 3−9; supporting series 1−2)
Janeece Bryant (Chelsee Healey, series 6−8; supporting series 1−4; guest series 11)^{[nb 1]}
Donte Charles (Adam Thomas, series 11–; supporting series 1−4)

Introduced in series 2

Davina Shackleton (Christine Tremarco, series 3−4; supporting series 2)

Introduced in series 3

Eddie Lawson (Neil Morrissey, series 3−4)
Jasmine Koreshi (Shabana Bakhsh, series 3−4)
Matt Wilding (Chris Geere, series 3−4, 7)
Rachel Mason (Eva Pope, series 3−5)

Introduced in series 4

Rob Cleaver (Elyes Gabel, series 4)

Introduced in series 5

Max Tyler (Tom Chambers, series 5)
Christopher Mead (William Ash, series 5−7)
Ruby Fry (Elizabeth Berrington, series 5−6)
Helen Hopewell (Vinette Robinson, series 5)
Jo Lipsett (Sarah-Jane Potts, series 5)

Introduced in series 6

Karen Fisher (Amanda Burton, series 6−7)
Charlie Fisher (Ian Puleston-Davies, series 6)
Francesca "Cesca" Montoya (Karen David, series 6)
Marcus Kirby (Wil Johnson, series 6)
Adanna Lawal (Sharlene Whyte, series 6)

Introduced in series 7

Rob Scotcher (Robson Green, series 7)
Daniel "Chalky" Chalk (Mark Benton, series 7−8; guest series 9)
Eleanor Chaudry (Poppy Jhakra, series 7)
Michael Byrne (Alec Newman, series 7−8)
Sian Diamond (Jaye Jacobs, series 7−8)
Jez Diamond (Alex Walkinshaw, series 7)
Linda Radleigh (Sarah Hadland, series 7)
Maggie Budgen (Melanie Hill, series 8−10; supporting series 7)
Nikki Boston (Heather Peace, series 7−9)
Lorraine Donnegan (Daniela Denby-Ashe, series 8; recurring series 7)

Introduced in series 8

Christine Mulgrew (Laurie Brett, series 8−10)
Audrey McFall (Georgie Glen, series 8−10)
Sonya Donnegan (Victoria Bush, series 8−10)
George Windsor (Angus Deayton, series 8−10)
Simon Lowsley (Richard Mylan, series 8−10)

Introduced in series 9

Sue Lowsley (Vanessa Hehir, series 9−10)
Hector Reid (Leon Ockenden, series 9−10)

Introduced in series 10

Vaughan Fitzgerald (Neil Pearson, series 10)
Allie Westbrook (Nicola Stephenson, series 10)
Olga Fitzgerald (Pooky Quesnel, series 10)
Lorna Hutchinson (Laura Aikman, series 10)
Guy Braxton (Regé-Jean Page, series 10)
Marco D'Olivera (Stefano Braschi, series 10)

Introduced in series 11

Joe Casey (James Baxter, series 11–)
Wendy Whitwell (Jo Coffey, series 11–)
Neil Guthrie (Neil Fitzmaurice, series 11–)
Lindon King (Vincent Jerome, series 11–13)
Coral Walker (Rachel Leskovac, series 11–)
Nicky Walters (Kym Marsh, series 11–)
Amy Spratt (Katherine Pearce, series 11–)
Valerie Chambers (Shauna Shim, series 11–)
Mike Rutherford (Ryan Clayton, series 12–13; guest series 11; recurring series 14)

Introduced in series 14

Steven "Steve" Savage^[1]
Nisha Chandra (Saira Choudhry, series 14–)

Supporting characters