List of Waterloo Road characters

This article lists the characters and the actors who portray them from the award-winning BBC television series Waterloo Road. Phillip Martin Brown (who played Grantly Budgen) was the longest-serving cast member, having appeared in 149 episodes between the first episode until the sixth episode of series nine. Appearing in 148 episodes was Jason Done (who played Tom Clarkson) between the first episode and the final episode of series eight.

Main characters

Final cast

The final ensemble, present during the final episode of Waterloo Road, first broadcast on 9 March 2015, was headlined by Melanie Hill, rounding out her fourth year as Maggie Bugden. Other cast members included Laurie Brett, as English teacher, Christine Mulgrew, and Neil Pearson as dynamic headmaster Vaughan Fitzgerald. It was Pearson who spoke the final, original line, "Cue the music!", but this was followed by the camera going to different points in the school with different quotes from the past being spoken above. The final quote made was by longest-serving cast member Phillip Martin Brown (who played Grantly Budgen), who said: "I turned up for a week's cover and ended up staying 25 years!".

Character	Series																				Portrayer	Role
	1	2	3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
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Maggie Budgen																					Melanie Hill	Senior Canteen Assistant (s. 7–8) Housemistress (s. 8–) Home Economics Teacher (s. 8–)
Audrey McFall																					Georgie Glen	History Teacher
Christine Mulgrew																					Laurie Brett	Head of English (s.8) English Teacher (s. 8, 10) Head Teacher (s. 8-9)
Rhiannon Salt																					Rebecca Craven	Pupil
Sonya Donnegan																					Victoria Bush	School Secretary
George Windsor																					Angus Deayton	Head of Modern Languages Deputy Head (s. 9)
Lenny Brown																					Joe Slater	Pupil
Lisa Brown																					Caitlin Gillespie	Pupil
Darren Hughes																					Mark Beswick	Pupil
Shaznay Montrose																					Je'Taime Morgan Hanley	Pupil
Justin Fitzgerald																					Max Bowden	Pupil
Leo Fitzgerald																					Zebb Dempster	Pupil
Olga Fitzgerald																					Pooky Quesnel	Parent Supply Teacher (s.10) Geography Teacher (s.10)
Vaughan Fitzgerald																					Neil Pearson	Headteacher English Teacher (s.10)
Kenzie Calhoun																					Charlotte Beaumont	Pupil
Scott Fairchild																					Andrew Still	Pupil
Carrie Norton																					Tahirah Sharif	Pupil
Bonnie Kincaid																					Holly Jack	Pupil
Lorna Hutchinson																					Laura Aikman	Deputy Headteacher Science Teacher
Dale Jackson																					Finlay MacMillan	Pupil
Abdul Bukhari																					Armin Karim	Pupil
Marco D'Olivera																					Stefano Braschi	Science Teacher
Guy Braxton																					Regé-Jean Page	Graphics & Product Design Teacher

Former cast

Throughout its ten series, Waterloo Road featured a large ensemble including original cast members Denise Welch, Adam Thomas and Jason Merrells; former Coronation Street actors, Katy Carmichael, Tina O'Brien and Angela Griffin; ex-EastEnders stars, Jill Halfpenny, Daniela Denby-Ashe and Zöe Lucker and Britain's Got Talent winner, George Sampson.

Headteachers

Waterloo Road has seen six headteachers, two acting headteachers and one executive headteacher, including Jason Merrells as original head, Jack Rimmer, Laurie Brett as Christine Mulgrew and Neil Pearson as the final headteacher, Vaughan Fitzgerald. Merrells made one other appearance as Jack, after he left his headteacher post. Christine was an acting headteacher, before her role as headteacher and Simon Lowsley was an acting headteacher, without becoming a headteacher. Tom Chambers played Max Tyler, who was an executive head of Waterloo Road.

Character	Portrayer	Duration	Official Title
Jack Rimmer	Jason Merrells	1x01−3x06	Headmaster
		3x19	Guest appearance
Rachel Mason	Eva Pope	3x07−5x20	Headmistress
Max Tyler	Tom Chambers	5x01–5x10	Executive Headmaster
Karen Fisher	Amanda Burton	6x01−7x10	Headmistress
Michael Byrne	Alec Newman	7x11−8x26, 8x28	Headmaster
Nikki Boston	Heather Peace	8x27	Headmistress
Christine Mulgrew	Laurie Brett	8x28−9x10	Acting Headmistress
		9x10−9x19	Headmistress
Simon Lowsley	Richard Mylan	9x20	Acting Headmaster
Vaughan Fitzgerald	Neil Pearson	10x01−10x20	Headmaster

Deputy Headteachers

Waterloo Road has had nine deputy headteachers including Jason Done as long-standing English teacher turned deputy head Tom Clarkson, Jaye Jacobs as intelligent and sexy Sian Diamond and Neil Morrissey as charismatic and inspirational Eddie Lawson. Jamie Glover made two other appearances as original deputy head Andrew Treneman, after he left his post. Tom, George Windsor and Nikki Boston (Done, Angus Deayton and Heather Peace) were the only deputy headteachers to have not been deputy headteachers throughout all their time at Waterloo Road.

Character	Portrayer	Duration	Other Titles while Deputy Head
Andrew Treneman	Jamie Glover	1x01−2x12	English Teacher
		4x19-4x20	Guest appearance
Eddie Lawson	Neil Morrissey	3x01−4x20	Maths Teacher
Christopher Mead	William Ash	5x01–7x10	Science Teacher
Sian Diamond	Jaye Jacobs	7x11−8x19	Science Teacher
Tom Clarkson	Jason Done	7x11−8x30	English Teacher
Nikki Boston	Heather Peace	8x21−8x26, 8x28−8x29	English Teacher Physical Education Teacher Head of Pupil Referral Unit
Simon Lowsley	Richard Mylan	8x29−9x20, 10x01−10x09	English Teacher Physical Education Teacher Resilience Teacher
George Windsor	Angus Deayton	9x03−9x18	Head of Modern Languages
Lorna Hutchinson	Laura Aikman	10x11−10x20	Science Teacher

Subject Heads

There has been lots of subject heads over the ten series, including sarcastic Head of Modern Languages, George Windsor (Angus Deayton), original Head of English, Grantly Budgen (Phillip Martin Brown) and vain Head of Physical Education, Jez Diamond (Alex Walkinshaw). Several subject heads have done other roles outside of being subject heads. Esther Fairclough (Daniela Nardini) was the only subject head to have the position of acting subject head.

Character	Portrayer	Duration	Subject
Grantly Budgen	Phillip Martin Brown	1x01−4x20	English
Izzie Redpath	Jill Halfpenny	1x01−2x12	Drama
Matt Wilding	Chris Geere	3x01–4x20, 7x11−7x30	Music and Drama
Rob Cleaver	Elyes Gabel	4x01−4x10	Physical Education
Tom Clarkson	Jason Done	5x01−7x10	English
Ruby Fry	Elizabeth Berrington	5x01−6x20	Food Technology
Jo Lipsett	Sarah-Jane Potts	5x01−5x20	Modern Languages
Francesca Montaya	Karen David	6x01−6x20	Spanish
Jez Diamond	Alex Walkinshaw	7x11−7x28	Physical Education
Linda Radleigh	Sarah Hadland	7x13−7x21	English
Nikki Boston	Heather Peace	7x23−7x30	English
Christine Mulgrew	Laurie Brett	8x01−8x28	English
Esther Fairclough	Daniela Nardini	8x25−8x28	Acting Science
George Windsor	Angus Deayton	8x29−10x20	Modern Languages
Allie Westbrook	Nicola Stephenson	10x01−10x10	Art

Staff members

This is a list of regular members of the Waterloo Road staff that didn't appear in the final episode of Waterloo Road. The roles from this list includes teachers, teaching assistants, school secretaries, housemasters, canteen assistants, pastoral care leaders, finance directors, investors/benefactors, developers, supply teachers, head of governors, head of extended services, site managers and maintenance assistants.

      Regular       Guest

Character	Series																				Portrayer	Role
	1	2	3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
			a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b
Grantly Budgen																					Phillip Martin Brown	English Teacher Head of English (s. 1–4) Housemaster (s. 8–9)
Kim Campbell																					Angela Griffin	Head of Pastoral Care Art Teacher
Tom Clarkson																					Jason Done	English Teacher Head of Pastoral Care (s. 3–4) Head of English (s. 5–7) Deputy Head (s. 7–8)
Estelle Cooper																					Judith Barker	School Secretary
Lorna Dickey																					Camilla Power	English Teacher
Steph Haydock																					Denise Welch	French Teacher (s. 1–5) Head of Pastoral Care (s. 3) Finance Director (s. 3)
Izzie Redpath																					Jill Halfpenny	Drama Teacher
Andrew Treneman																					Jamie Glover	Deputy Head (s. 1–2) English Teacher (s. 1−2)
Janeece Bryant																					Chelsee Healey	Pupil (s. 1–4) School Secretary (s. 6–8)
Lewis Seddon																					Craig Fitzpatrick	Pupil (s. 1) Canteen Assistant (s. 3)
Roger Aspinall																					Nick Sidi	Investor
Davina Shackleton																					Christine Tremarco	School Secretary (s. 2) Teaching Assistant (s. 3–4)
Jasmine Koreshi																					Shabana Bakhsh	English Teacher
Eddie Lawson																					Neil Morrissey	Deputy Head Maths Teacher
Bridget Morley																					Jacqueline Kington	School Secretary School Bursar
Candice Smilie																					Kay Purcell	Senior Canteen Assistant
Stuart Hordley																					Silas Carson	Developer
Rose Kelly																					Elaine Symons	Parent Canteen Assistant
Ralph Mellor																					Malcolm Scates	Parent Head of Governors Police Chief Constable
Melissa Ryan																					Katy Carmichael	Head of Extended Services
Helen Hopewell																					Vinette Robinson	English Teacher
Christopher Mead																					William Ash	Deputy Head Science Teacher
Charlie Fisher																					Ian Puleston-Davies	Supply Teacher
Marcus Kirby																					Wil Johnson	Geography Teacher
Adanna Lawal																					Sharlene Whyte	Head of Pastoral Care
Daniel Chalk																					Mark Benton	Maths Teacher (s. 7–8) Adoptive Parent (s. 8–9)
Eleanor Chaudry																					Poppy Jhakra	English Teacher
Rob Scotcher																					Robson Green	Site Manager
Sian Diamond																					Jaye Jacobs	Deputy Head Science Teacher
Nikki Boston																					Heather Peace	English Teacher Head of English (s. 7) Head of Pupil Referral Unit (s. 8–9) Physical Education Teacher (s. 8–9) Deputy Head (s. 8) Head Teacher (s. 8)
Lorraine Donnegan																					Daniela Denby-Ashe	Benefactor
Carol Barry																					Zöe Lucker	Parent Canteen Assistant (s. 9–10)
Ndale Kayuni																					Richie Campbell	Maintenance Assistant
Simon Lowsley																					Richard Mylan	Deputy Head English Teacher Physical Education Teacher Resilience Teacher (s. 9) Acting Headteacher (s. 9)
Sue Lowsley																					Vanessa Hehir	Science Teacher
Hector Reid																					Leon Ockenden	Physical Education Teacher
Character	1	2	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b	Portrayer	Role
			3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
	Series

Pupils

This is a list of regularly-appearing Waterloo Road pupils that didn't appear in the final episode of Waterloo Road. Many students have appeared in Waterloo Road and few have made reappearances since their departures, as students, such as ambitious Dynasty Barry (Abby Mavers), troubled Bolton Smilie (Tachia Newall) and paraplegic Tariq Siddiqui (Naveed Choudhry).

      Regular       Guest

Character	Series																				Portrayer	Roles outside Pupil
	1	2	3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
			a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b
Donte Charles																					Adam Thomas
Chlo Grainger																					Katie Griffiths
Mika Grainger																					Lauren Drummond
Janeece Bryant																					Chelsee Healey	School Secretary (s. 6–8)
Yasmin Deardon																					Rhea Bailey
Lewis Seddon																					Craig Fitzpatrick	Canteen Assistant (s. 3)
Brett Aspinall																					Tom Payne
Celine Dixon																					Zeriozha Burt-Skeete
Maxine Barlow																					Ellie Paskell
Karla Bentham																					Jessica Baglow
Aleesha Dillon																					Lauren Thomas
Danielle Harker																					Lucy Dixon
Bolton Smilie																					Tachia Newall	Visitor (s. 8)
Paul Langley																					Thomas Milner	Friend (s. 6)
Michaela White																					Zaraah Abrahams
Denzil Kelly																					Reece Douglas
Earl Kelly																					Reece Noi
Marley Kelly																					Luke Bailey
Sambuca Kelly																					Holly Kenny	Daughter/Friend (s. 6−7)
Flick Mellor																					Sadie Pickering
Phillip Ryan																					Dean Smith
Lauren Andrews																					Darcy Isa
Emily James																					Shannon Flynn
Lindsay James																					Jenna-Louise Coleman
Siobhan Mailey																					Phoebe Dynevor
Ros McCain																					Sophie McShera
Luke Pendle																					Richie Jeeves
Amy Porter																					Ayesha Gwilt
Josh Stevenson																					William Rush	Son (s. 8)
Vicki MacDonald																					Rebecca Ryan
Finn Sharkey																					Jack McMullen
Ronan Burley																					Ben-Ryan Davies
Bex Fisher																					Tina O'Brien
Harry Fisher																					Ceallach Spellman
Jess Fisher																					Linzey Cocker
Jonah Kirby																					Lucien Laviscount
Ruth Kirby																					Anna Jobarteh
Nate Gurney																					Scott Haining
Kyle Stack																					George Sampson	Former Pupil (s. 7)
Rhona Mansfield																					Hope Katana
Shona Mansfield																					Millie Katana
Aiden Scotcher																					Oliver Lee
Jodie 'Scout' Allen																					Katie McGlynn
Tariq Siddiqui																					Naveed Choudhry	Friend (s. 9)
Trudi Siddiqui																					Aryana Ramkhalawon
Phoenix Taylor																					Kaya Moore
Harley Taylor																					Kane Tomlinson-Weaver
Madi Diamond																					Georgia Henshaw
Zack Diamond																					Lee Abbate
Naseem Siddiqui																					Shifaa Arfann
Jade Fleming																					Paige Meade
Angus Hancock																					Benjamin Gur
Connor Mulgrew																					Shane O'Meara
Imogen Stewart																					Kirstie Steele
Lula Tsibi																					Marlene Madenge
Liberty Gordon																					Adiza Shardow
Kevin Chalk																					Tommy Lawrence Knight
Barry Barry																					Carl Au
Dynasty Barry																					Abby Mavers	Daughter/Friend (s. 10)
Kacey Barry																					Brogan Ellis
Jack MacAllister																					Taylor Rhys
Archie Wong																					Christopher Chung
Gabriella Wark																					Naomi Battrick
Floyd Westbrook																					Leo Flanagan
Tiffany Westbrook																					Sammy Oliver
Character	1	2	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b	Portrayer	Roles outside Pupil
			3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
	Series

Guest characters

Throughout its ten series, Waterloo Road featured a large guest cast, which featured many parents, partners, community friends, brief-appearing members of staff and pupils. Actors that have made guest appearances in the show include Louise Delamere, Jody Latham, Tim Healy, John Thomson and Lisa Riley.

Character	Series																				Portrayer	Role	Episode Count
	1	2	3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
			a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b
Fleur Budgen																					Uncredited (s. 1) Lorraine Cheshire (s. 3–7)	Wife	12
Clarence Charles																					Steve Money	Relative	9
Jimmy Grainger																					David Crellin	Relative	4
Holly Tattersall																					Daisy Wignall	Friend	5
Leigh-Ann Galloway																					Holly Matthews	Pupil	3
Stacey Appleyard																					Holly Grainger	Pupil	4
Jerry Preston																					Paul Birchard	Executive Investor	2
Colin																					Chris Finch	Partner	5
Colin Hastings																					Adam Long	Pupil	5
Prince Kelly																					Charlie and Taylor Sheldrick	Relative	6
Dave Miller																					Tim Healy	Security Guard	5
Grace Campbell																					Meaghan McPherson-Gowe	Relative	6
Marion James																					Louise Delamere	Relative	4
Georgia Stevenson																					Fiona Allen	Former Partner	4
John Fry																					Ralph Ineson	Husband	6
Adam Fleet																					Steven Waddington	Healthy Schools Co-ordinator	8
Oliver Mead																					John McArdle	Partner	6
Ryan Sharkey																					Paul Opacic	Relative	2
Dylan Hodge																					Ciarian Griffiths	Criminal	5
Naomi Scotcher																					Debra Stephenson	Relative	4
Richard Whitman																					Nicholas Gleaves	Director of Education	6
Tina Allen																					Lisa Riley	Relative	6
Wayne Johnson																					Rob Haythorne	Michael Byrne's Attacker	5
Nelson Smith																					John Thomson	Relative	4
Rosie Matthews																					Jo-Anne Knowles	Friend	5
Craig O'Leary																					Matt Kennard	Fiancée	6
Eugene Garvey																					Stefan Gumbs	Gang Leader	5
Gerard Findlay																					Alex Norton	Head of Havelock High	5
Billy Byrne																					Ron Donachie	Relative	7
Sally Stewart																					Jenny Ryan	Relative	4
Steve-O Malone																					Jody Latham	Former Partner	4
Robert Bain																					Shaun Prendergast	Head of Education Relative	6
Princess Windsor																					Elizabeth Tan	Wife Mandarin Teaching Assistant (s. 9)	4
Eve Boston																					Sophie Skelton	Relative	4
Vix Spark																					Kristin Atherton	Partner Relative	10
Amelia Wark																					Connie Hyde	Relative	3
Sammy Hughes																					Keeley Forsyth	Relative	2
Grace Drummond																					Judith Barker	Friend	4
Hassan Bukhari																					Ian Aspinall	Relative	7
Ronnie Fairchild																					Robin Laing	Police Constable Relative	5
Steph Norton																					Nadine Marshall	Relative	4
Rob Hutchinson																					Gareth David-Lloyd	Husband	3
Character	1	2	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	a	b	c	a	b	c	a	b	a	b	Portrayer	Role	Episode Count
			3		4		5		6		7			8			9		10
	Series