Teachers having breakdowns, kids drinking and joyriding - it's a normal day at Waterloo Road. Will Andrew, the new deputy head, be able to survive the day, let alone the new term? Teachers Tom and Lorna get married - but Tom ends up kissing someone other than his new wife.

A baby is born at the school, but who is the father? Could it be one of the teachers? Lorna terminates her pregnancy behind Tom's back and against Izzie's advice. Andrew implements a house system, with disastrous consequences.