Grantly Budgen
| Jack Rimmer | |
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| Waterloo Road character | |
| Portrayed by | Jason Merrells |
| Duration | 2006–2007, 2008 |
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Last appearance | regular: Series 3 Episode 6 - guest: Series 3 Episode 19 |
| Classification | Main cast |
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| Occupation | Head Teacher |
| Tom Clarkson | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Jason Done | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2006–13 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | "1x01, Episode 1" 9 March 2006 |
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| Last appearance | "8x30, Hero" 4 July 2013 |
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| Classification | Former; main | ||||||||||||
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| Occupation | English Teacher (until 2013) Head Of Pastoral Care (2007−09) Head Of English (2009−12) Deputy Headteacher (2012−13) |
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| Brothers | Ian Clarkson |
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| Wife | Lorna Dickey (2006) |
| Sons | Josh Stevenson |
| Adoptive daughters |
Mika Grainger Chlo Grainger |
| Uncles | Reg |
| Nieces | Katie Sarah |
| Estelle Cooper | |
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| Waterloo Road character | |
| Portrayed by | Judith Barker |
| Duration | 2006 |
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Last appearance | Series 1, Episode 8 |
| Classification | Supporting cast |
| Profile | |
| Occupation | School Secretary |
| Andrew Treneman | |
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| Waterloo Road character | |
| Portrayed by | Jamie Glover |
| Duration | 2006–07, 2009 |
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Last appearance | Series 2, Episode 12 (regular) Series 4, Episode 20 (guest) |
| Classification | Main cast (Series 1–2) Guest cast (Series 4) |
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| Occupation | Deputy Head (2006–07) English Teacher (2006–07) |
| Lorna Dickey | |||
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| Portrayed by | Camilla Power | ||
| Duration | 2006–07 | ||
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 | ||
| Last appearance | Series 2, Episode 10 | ||
| Classification | Main cast | ||
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| Other names | Lorna Clarkson | ||
| Occupation | English Teacher | ||
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| Husband | Tom Clarkson (2006) |
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| Izzie Redpath | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Jill Halfpenny | ||||
| Duration | 2006–07 | ||||
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 | ||||
| Last appearance | Series 2, Episode 12 | ||||
| Classification | Main cast | ||||
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| Occupation | Head of Drama | ||||
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| Daughters |
Mika Grainger Chlo Grainger |
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| Granddaughters | Izzy Charles |
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| Portrayed by | Angela Griffin | ||||
| Duration | 2006–07, 2009–10 | ||||
| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 | ||||
| Last appearance | Series 5, Episode 20 | ||||
| Classification | Main cast | ||||
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| Occupation | Head of Pastoral Care Art Teacher |
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The following is a list of characters who first appeared in the first series of school drama Waterloo Road, in order of first appearance. The series ran for eight episodes from March 9 to April 27, 2006. The first episode introduces the main cast, which consists of members of staff at the school. Headed up by newly promoted Headmaster Jack Rimmer, Deputy Head Andrew Treneman and Head of Pastoral Care Kim Campbell, the main cast also includes English teachers Izzie Redpath, Tom Clarkson and Lorna Dickey and French teacher Steph Haydock. Head of English Grantly Budgen and school secretary Estelle Cooper feature as supporting characters, along with Izzie's children Chlo and Mika and Chlo's boyfriend Donte Charles. Chlo and Mika's father Jimmy Grainger also appears, as does Donte's father Clarence Charles and Grantly's wife Fleur. Pupils Yasmin Deardon and Janeece Bryant are introduced in episode two, and Lewis Seddon appears from episode three.
Jack Rimmer, played by Jason Merrells, is the first head teacher featured in Waterloo Road, holding the position from the first episode until early in the third series. Previously the Deputy Head and a History teacher at the school, he becomes Acting Head when Brian Vaisey suffers a public mental breakdown and leaves the school. He hires Andrew Treneman externally to take his place as Deputy Head, and the latter convinces him to work to turn the school's fortunes around. Merrells describes his character as "disillusioned" and with flaws, but "redeemable".
Although sceptical about many of Andrew's ideas, Jack agrees to introduce the Cooler and a house system to introduce a greater sense of discipline and competition within the school. Although determined to save the school in the face of LEA closure, Jack's personal life at times threatens to harm its prospects; he is briefly accused of fathering a pupil's child, is unable to sack Steph Haydock when she threatens to portray their one-night stand as sexual harassment, and even finds himself caught in a love triangle with his secretary Davina Shackleton and pupil Brett Aspinall. Jack, used to the rough conditions at Waterloo Road, is quite prepared to use violence and unorthodox tactics to defend his staff and pupils; this causes more disagreement with Andrew, but the two unite when Jack expels Lewis Seddon by overturning the tables in the Cooler, frightening Seddon without even attempting to touch him.
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