Having survived the fire Rachel starts a new term having to 'welcome' the troublesome Kelly siblings. 15-year old Earl is a borderline psychopath who brings a loaded gun to school and prowls the corridors with slower,younger brother Denzil. When Rachel hears about the gun she evacuates the school and calls the police. Earl has given Denzil the gun and he is the one who gets arrested. Two new staff members arrive - handsome P.E. teacher Rob Cleaver and Melissa Ryan,who,unbeknown to everybody else,is Rachel's sister. Davina and Tom find themselves unable to leave work behind when they find the Kellys are their new neighbours. Written by don @ minifie-1

Melissa has discipline problems due to disruptive Rose Kelly,and Eddie has to step in though eventually it is made clear to Rose that she must behave to impress her social worker. After Melissa's son Philip is bullied her kinship with Rachel is brought out in the open. Eddie is initially displeased but finds himself warming to Melissa whilst Steph,in an effort to avoid the love-lorn attention of new security officer Dave,tells him Grantly is her boyfriend. Come evening Davina and Tom's peace is shattered by the Kellys having a noisy party. Written by don @ minifie-1

When Maori supply teacher Maaka Lacey makes a homophobic comment Davina reports him to Rachel but he counters by accusing her of racism. However his lazy attitude in sending disruptive pupils he cannot control on pointless errands backfires when it causes a fight between Tom and Earl Kelly and he is sacked. Elsewhere Steph finds herself playing landlady to Grantly,whose wife believed her little lie that they are an item and threw him out ,whilst Tom is troubled to find a dead bird on his door-step. Written by don @ minifie-1

Steph reconciles Grantly and his wife before agreeing to a date with Dave. Following a visit to a falconry display Earl Kelly vehemently denies killing birds and leaving them on Tom's step but his sensible,older brother Marley tells Tom that he is lying. The war of attrition steps up between teacher and crazy pupil as Tom finds Earl vandalizing his car one night. Maxine,however,develops a crush on Marley,which unsettles Steph. Written by don @ minifie-1

As Maxine transfers her attention to Earl, Marley is made head boy and hits it off with head girl Flick,daughter of the chairman of the governors' board,Ralph Mellor,who disapproves of their friendship. At a Drugs Awareness Open Day he finds that Flick has tested positive as a drug user but swaps her results with Marley's and orders that the boy be expelled. Flick comes forward to tell Rachel what has happened and Mellor is forced to resign. More angry than ever with the Kellys he orders Social services and the police to take the kids into care. Written by don @ minifie-1

After Rose Kelly's children are taken into care Matt agrees to act as foster-parent to daughter Sambucca. Reynold,her estranged father,is livid to think his daughter is being cared for by a gay man and causes trouble. However Matt is anxious to prevent Sambucca from being put in a children's home and initially bears Reynold's threats quietly. However he is forced to defend himself whilst Rose refuses her ex-husband's proposal that they reconcile,being aware that she is better off without him and more likely to get her children back. A debt-ridden Donte meanwhile is organizing illegal boxing matches. Written by don @ minifie-1

Pupil Danielle Harker is missing school and leads her friends to believe she is being abused by her father Andy. Eddie visits and finds that Andy is educating his daughter at home as he does not believe in the school system. Furthermore he is an excellent teacher. However Danielle has lied because she wants him to be a father,not a teacher and Eddie persuades him to let Danielle attend regular lessons. Eddie is further overjoyed as he is about to propose to Melissa but her son Philip tels Rachel that she is already married. Written by don @ minifie-1

Rose is getting her children back and the school passes an inspection,despite a confrontation between Tom and Rob,who is now dating Jasmine. Rachel tells Melissa she should inform Eddie of her situation and,whilst Melissa claims she is waiting for her divorce,Philip tells his aunt that Melissa is still married to her first husband,as well as his father. Speth is worried when Earl tries to convince Maxine they should settle down,especially when a girl appears to say that she has a baby by Earl which he is hoping to sell. Things escalate when Maxine and Earl argue and Earl's loaded gun goes off,killing Maxine. Written by don @ minifie-1

The school is in shock over Maxine's death. As the gun was originally thought to have belonged to Denzil,he is blamed but Paul, who saw Earl when he first brought the gun to school,tells Rachel the truth. Rachel and Steph both feel responsible with Rachel considering resigning though she stays on. Donte and Chlo,who is pregnant,decide to get back together and renew their marriage vows whilst Eddie whisks Melissa off for a beach wedding in Barbados. Written by don @ minifie-1

When Eddie is told Melissa's secret on the eve of their wedding she leaves him. Jasmine also breaks up with Rob after discovering that he has been giving Bolton illegal pills to help him win a schools boxing match, leading to his sacking by Rachel. The Kelly family is evicted and temporarily move in with Davina and Tom. However Flick's father Ralph,unhappy that his daughter is still seeing Marley,offers the boy money to break up with her and he accepts,using the cash as a deposit. Chlo and Donte move back in with Tom and Davina. Written by don @ minifie-1

As a new term starts Kim returns from Rwanda minus Andrew but with baby daughter Grace,whose paternity she is keeping to herself. She is dismayed to find that Chlo is considering leaving school to become a hair-dresser and,to Donte's displeasure,persuades her to stay on and take A levels. Flick is confused when she learns that Marley has somehow got together enough money for his family to move but he maintains the pretence of being aloof with her. A careers day brings former pupil and glamour model Sarah-Leanne to the school,who tells Kim she left school because she was pregnant but has done well for herself anyway. Eddie offers to help Rachel take care of Philip in Melissa's absence,saying that he did not love Melissa but was just tired of being on his own. Written by don @ minifie-1

Grace's uncle David arrives from Rwanda,demanding that Kim give a thousand pounds for his family's village. Kim is preoccupied with Karla,who has a talent as an excellent sketch artist but is being exploited by class-mate Michaela,who is selling Karla's drawings at a profit to herself. When Karla runs off Kim goes after her,realising that bullies should not win and refuses to donate the money to David. Janeece,inspired by Sarah-Leanne,has her boob job and becomes the envy of the class whilst Tom persuades Donte to encourage Chlo's academic ambitions and not resent them. Rachel and Eddie,surprisingly, find themselves kissing. Written by don @ minifie-1

With Rachel on a course Eddie is acting head and has his hands full when a community of travellers arrive,seeking to enrol their children in the school. There is instant mistrust of the new-comers with accusations of theft - including the lead from the roof. Eddie decides to try and reconcile matters with a football match but things get worse - the Waterloo Road kids are far superior to the travellers,who resort to dirty tricks. Eventually the council moves the travellers on,though Eddie is rueful as one of them,Kyle,seemed to have promise. Flick discovers her father's bribe and Marley's mother,dinner lady Rose,vows she will make up the money so the youngsters are free to see each other. Unfortunately she fails and hits the bottle again. Written by don @ minifie-1

After confessing in Kim's sex education class that he is a virgin Philip is humiliated and aims to cancel his birthday party though Kim dissuades him and,to make him feel responsible,gives him SDI leaflets to distribute,which gets her accused of irresponsibility. Kim has to confess to Steph that she smuggled Grace out of Rwanda and now the immigration authorities are after her so Steph takes the baby into hiding with her. Flick,angry that Marley accepted money to dump her,gets drunk at Philip's party and throws herself at him though he resists. Written by don @ minifie-1

Tom asks his friend Andy,an army officer,to coach the girls' football team though his efforts are sabotaged by the feud between Janeece and Michaela. To imbue a team spirit he suggests the girls take on the staff at an assault course but Michaela sabotages this,later confessing that she dislikes the army after her soldier brother's experiences in Iraq. Davina is annoyed that Tom has given two thousand pounds of their money to Rose to repay Ralph and walks out on him but Philip is increasingly smitten by Flick,who,in the cold light of day,is regretting her actions. Although Grace is with Steph an immigration officer visits Kim and is unconvinced by her tale of innocence. Written by don @ minifie-1

Jem Allen,a glamorous supply teacher,arrives and promises Matt that she will make sure her friend at the BBC comes to do a feature on the choir he has formed. However nobody turns up and when Matt rings to complain he is told nobody has heard of her. Jem then takes the staff to her palatial house where Grantly suffers a heart attack in the swimming pool and is rushed to hospital - but the house is not hers,she is a fantasist and Rachel sacks her. Donte is horrified when Chlo says she wants to give their child up so that she can go to university whilst Philip's persistence drives Flick back towards Marley,who is working at a cafe to repay the money. Written by don @ minifie-1

Steph returns with Grace from a supposed bout of shingles and instantly clashes with pupil Tasha Lefton,whom she accuses of cheating. Tasha also does some part-time model work and impresses Janeece,alienating her from her friend Danielle.Rachel believes Steph is picking on Tasha but Steph finds out that the girl is actually a diabetic and her poor eye-sight is caused by her unwillingness to take her insulin as it will cause her to put on weight. Rachel is impressed by Steph's concern for her and her efforts to persuade her to take her insulin and the discovery of her situation reconciles Janeece with Danielle. Written by don @ minifie-1

The immigration officers arrive at the school to tell Rachel that Kim bought Grace illegally in Rwanda and must return her. Kim is heart-broken and breaks down as she and Grace are parted. Chlo and Donte are still arguing over her decision when she gives birth prematurely,Donte helping with the delivery. She has a baby girl,whom she calls Izzy and declares that she could not give her up now she has seen her. Happy step-grandfather Tom finds himself kissing Rose but Philip,expelled from the choir,plots revenge. Written by don @ minifie-1

Rachel hopes that a fund-raising day for the Rwandan village will help Kim feel better and there is a surprise when Andrew turns up. Initially Kim blames him for getting the authorities onto her over Grace but each accepts that the other acted for the best and they kiss and make up. When the choir all go down with a mysterious illness Rose is under suspicion as she made snacks with past its sell-by meat but the culprit is Philip,putting laxatives in the brownies as his revenge. Marley gives Ralph the money he owes him and,after an irate Ralph has assaulted Marley and been arrested,Flick walks out on her father to move in with the Kellys. Written by don @ minifie-1

Melissa reappears,pregnant with Eddie's child though Philip is not welcoming and Eddie persuades her to go to the police as a bigamist. The school is hosting a choir contest and the Waterloo Road entrants win. However Ralph turns up,drunk,and climbs into a digger, knocking down part of the school before Eddie stops him and he is arrested. Whilst Kim and Andrew reconcile and Chlo and Donte move into a flat in Manchester Eddie feels unable to stay on at the school now that Melissa's return has punctured his romance with Rachel. Written by don @ minifie-1