Waterloo Road series 12

The twelfth series of the British school drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, It was shown from 16 May 2023 to 27 June 2023.

Waterloo Road series 12
Starring	Angela Griffin James Baxter Ryan Clayton Jo Coffey Neil Fitzmaurice Vincent Jerome Rachel Leskovac Kim Marsh Katherine Pearce Shauna Shim Adam Thomas Jamie Glover
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	BBC One BBC iPlayer
Original release	16 May (2023-05-16) – 27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)
chronology

The series

The show follows the lives of the teachers and the pupils at Waterloo Road.

It has stories such as cost-of-living crisis, teen homelessness, racism, bulimia, being LGBTQ+, mental health, behavioral problems, young carers, gay fostering and adoption, elitism, knife crime, ADHD and the prioritisation of academic subjects over the arts in schools.

Cast and characters

Main cast

• Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell; Headteacher
• James Baxter as Joe Casey; Deputy Head and languages teacher
• Ryan Clayton as Sergeant Mike Rutherford; School security officer
• Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell; PA to Headteacher
• Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie; History teacher
• Vincent Jerome as Lindon King; Deputy Head and science teacher
• Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker; Head of English
• 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; School caretaker
• Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman; Headteacher of St Mary's school and a former colleague of Kim's

Clayton and Glover are credited only when appearing.

Pupils

• Adam Abbou as Danny Lewis
• Noah Valentine as Preston Walters
• Alicia Forde as Kelly Jo Rafferty
• Adam Ali as Kai Sharif
• Priyasasha Kumari as Samia Choudhry
• Francesco Piacentini-Smith as Dean Weever
• Liam Scholes as Noel McManus
• Lucy Eleanor Begg as Caz Williams
• Summer Violet Bird as Tonya Walters
• Scarlett Thomas as Izzy Charles
• Ava Flannery as Verity King
• Thapelo Ray as Dwayne Jackson
• Inathi Rozani as Zayne Jackson
• Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku
• Sahil Ismailkhil as Norullah Sayid
• Randi Agyare as Millie Adebayo
• Osian Morgan as Myles Massey

Recurring

• Sonia Ibrahim as Jamilah Omar; School social worker
• Paul Bazely as Ramesh Chowdhury
• Jenny Platt as Rose Massey
• Jason Milligan as Vinny McCullen
• Hollie-Jay Bowes as Debs Rafferty
• Jack Ashton as Lenny Sampson
• Sia Kiwa as Lisa Jackson

Guest

• Olwen May as Mrs Doubleday (episode 5)
• James Quinn as Mr Cribbins (episode 5)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
208	"Episode 1"	Jesse Quinones	Neil Jones	16 May 2023 (2023-05-16)
209	"Episode 2"	Amanda Mealing	Jayshree Patel	23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
210	"Episode 3"	Jesse Quinones	Davey Jones	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
211	"Episode 4"	Piotr Szkopiak	Kat Rose-Martin	6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)
212	"Episode 5"	Piotr Szkopiak	Kellie Smith	13 June 2023 (2023-06-13)
213	"Episode 6"	Mustapha Kseibati & Piotr Szkopiak	Neil Jones	20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)
214	"Episode 7"	Mustapha Kseibati	Paul Mousley	27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)