List of Waterloo Road characters
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This article lists the characters and the actors who portray them from the BBC television series Waterloo Road. The series utilises an ensemble cast, led by the staff members of the eponymous school. It also has a high turnover rate of characters, with staff and pupils joining and leaving the school over time.
Main characters
Senior Management Team
Staff
Introduced in series 1
Jack Rimmer (Jason Merrells, series 1−3, 15–) is the headteacher of Waterloo Road from the start of the series, who initially assumes the position in an acting capacity after his predecessor's public breakdown. His efforts to turn the school around face various challenges, and his confrontational style causes consternation. He has romantic liaisons with Steph Haydock and LEA inspector Heather Davenport, and a more serious relationship with Davina Shackleton. In series 3, after witnessing Izzie Redpath's death he finds it increasingly difficult to cope with the pressures of running the school, and resigns with immediate effect after being reprimanded for financial mismanagement. He briefly returns later in series 3 in an attempt to win Davina back, but she chooses to remain with Tom. In series 15 Jack returns as a counsellor, having left teaching in the intervening years. After becoming his client, Stella Drake offers Jack a job leading the school's renewed pastoral care provision.
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