Waterloo Road (series 14)

The fourteenth series of the British academy drama series Waterloo Road was shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, It was shown from 10 September 2024 to 29 October 2024.

It is the first series to be set at the old Manchester College campus in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England.

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

It has stories such as the school changing into an academy, trolling, the cost-of-living crisis, gender politics, bullying, being a child in care, bereavement, menstruation, County lines drug trafficking, the arts vs academic performance, being deaf, and manslaughter.

 Cast and characters 
 Main cast 
 Jason Manford as Steve Savage; the new Headteacher of Waterloo Road, replacing Kim Campbell
 James Baxter as Joe Casey; Deputy Head and languages teacher
 Saira Choudhry as Nisha Chandra; Head of Maths
 Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell; PA to Headteacher
 Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie; History teacher
 Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker; Deputy Head and English teacher
 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; Site manager and supply PE teacher

 Pupils 

 Noah Valentine as Preston Walters
 Alicia Forde as Kelly Jo Rafferty
 Liam Scholes as Noel McManus
 Lucy Eleanor Begg as Caz Williams
 Summer Violet Bird as Tonya Walters
 Thapelo Ray as Dwayne Jackson
 Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku
 Hattie Dynevor as Libby Guthrie
 Zak Sutcliffe as Schumacher "Schuey" Weever
 Tillie Amartey as Stacey "Stace" Neville
 Maisie Robinson as Portia Weever
 Aabay Noor Ali as Mollie 'Mog' Richardson
 Olly Rhodes as Billy Savage
 Nathan Wood as Boz Osbourne
 Sonya Nisa as Aleena Qureshi
 Miya Ocego as Lois Taylor-Brown
 Danny Murphy as Luca Smith
 Matthew Khan as Jared Jones

 Recurring 
Hollie-Jay Bowes as Debs Rafferty; school cleaner and Kelly Jo's mum  
Tom Wells as Marc Todd; Maths teacher
Kerry Howard as Serena Michelle Davies; chief executive officer of Lowry Community Academies Trust
Ryan Clayton as Mike Rutherford, Joe's husband and liaison Police officer with Waterloo Road

 Guest 
 Francesco Piacentini-Smith as Dean Weever, a troublemaking pupil (episode 1)
Marie Critchley as Barbara Rafferty, Nicky and Debs' mother (episode 1)
Krissi Bohn, as Melanie Parkinson, a local MP to visits Waterloo Road (episode 6)
Angela Griffin as Kim Campbell (episode 8)
Jamie Glover as Andrew Treneman (episode 8)
Priyasasha Kumari as Samia Choudhry, Kelly Jo's best friend and a former Waterloo Road pupil (episode 8)
Adam Ali as Kai Sharif, Preston's boyfriend and a former Waterloo Road pupil (episode 8)

 Episodes 

 References 

Category:2024 British television seasons
Category:Waterloo Road (TV series) seasons