Lauren Drummond

Low attendance, bad grades, and a series of pitfalls have kept Waterloo Road on the endangered list. The inspectors are ready to make their decision, but Jack and Andrew have plenty of other problems, including a teacher on the verge of quitting.

One of the pupils assaults a teacher during detention; Andrew questions Jack about Steph's conduct; Lorna confronts Tom and Izzie, and a gay student stands up against bullying on campus.

Jack is alarmed when a visiting school inspector states that Waterloo Road is in immediate danger of closure. Under devastating pressure, he goes to Steph with an ultimatum, but she counters with one of her own.

Lorna is hopeful about her relationship with Tom, but he has other ideas involving her best friend, Izzie. Kim clashes with head of the English department over a problem pupil, while another student, Chlo, tries to avoid implication in a school tragedy.