03x20 - Episode 20

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Get better results
or forget about hairdressing.

So keep 'em sweet,
give 'em some better grades.

Oh, yeah, like it's that easy.

Yeah, Chlo, it's a cheating site.

I'm not re-instating you, Steph.

Thanks for nothing.

You're not the only one who pretends to be
something they're not. What do you mean?

You know them really great course
work marks I've been getting?

I'm going to get exluded, aren't I?

You won't if you keep
your mouth shut.

As I have our very interesting
little blackmail chat on record,

I think we've got enough evidence
to ensure that we do not see you

here again.

I bet you love working
for a two-bit hooker, don't you?

I bet she gives it to you for free.

Oh!

Well, that's it, do you
think he's gone for good?

Absolutely.

Whoa. Sorry, Miss.

It's OK, I don't want to disrupt your
training. Ready for this afternoon?

Yeah, Miss. We're gonna show
them posh kids how it's done.

Go for it. Yeah, Karla and that
will thrash them at the spelling bee

and we'll destroy 'em on the pitch.

S-U-B-C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S.

Good morning, Candice. Good morning.

Wow, we're splashing out.
Chocolate biscuits?

I can always put 'em away if you

want, get out the custard creams.

Don't you dare, I'm having two.

See you later.

Hi, what are those? Paperwork.

Oh, right. Have you seen this?

Isn't this the guy who's
doing our building work?

Yeah. I hope the council are picking
up the slack, he's gone bust.

Good morning. Is it?

Bolton, can you just put the scoreboard on
the table, please? Yaa! Hey, is this good?

It's great. Don't change a thing.

Good morning. Hi, how's
the spelling thing going?

- Yeah, good.
- We really put them through their paces last night, they were great.

What about you, Grantly? Do they
live up to your exacting standards?

He wasn't there. Why not?

Glorified spelling test.

In my day, it was part of the
curriculum, not a spectator sport.

Don't you believe in
making learning fun?

No. I do not.

I believe in making it hard work.

Some of us have more
important things to worry about.

Hello. Morning.

I've had a call from Forest Mount
and they're on their way. Excellent.

And the winners' trophies are here.
Perfect, thank you.

Oh, good morning. Can I have a word?

You can go mad and have
several if you like, come on.

What is it?

I don't
want to worry or panic you, OK?

Oh, I knew this day
was too good to be true.

You're going to spoil it, aren't you?

What? I know it's as rare as hen's
teeth, but you are looking at a

happy headmistress. Why so happy?

Well, erm, it's the end of term, and
we're going to thrash Forest Mount at

the spelling bee and the football

and, you know what, I think this
school is finally working out

and this is the first morning that
I've come in and not been greeted

by doom, disaster and destruction.

So what is it?

You know what, it can wait. No,
no, no, no, no, tell me, what is it?

What are you doing tonight?

Er, tonight? I don't know. Why?

It's the end of term. I thought I
could take you out and celebrate?

That's really nice of you to ask.

I just...

I thought it would be nice to talk,
you know, away from this place.

Yeah, what about?

Everything. Have a drink?

I would love to, thank you.

Good. Right.

About eight o'clock?

Fine by me. Good.

I need to see the budget
for the PE Department.

Ah, I've got that, somewhere.

Here we go.

Right, eight o'clock.

Yeah.

Everything all right, Grantly?

Fine. What are you doing?

Just forgot to get
something from the car.

OK.

BELL RINGS

Chop chop!

Mrs Hanson?

Grantly Budgen, head of
English, we spoke on the phone.

Welcome to Waterloo Road.

I'm afraid that Miss Mason's
unable to join us this morning.

Oh, why not? She has been
appraised of the situation?

This is very serious.
Yes, I'm sorry.

We are more than aware of that.

It's just that we both felt that
this fell under my jurisdiction,

being Head of English.

I am fully authorised to deal with you... the
situation. Please, if you'd like to follow me.

Arrhythmia. A-R-R-H-Y-T-H-M-I-A.

Luscious.
L-U-S-C-I-O-U-S. Chameleon.

C-H-A-M-A-E-L-E-O-N.

I thought she was mental.
How come she's so good?

She's got Asperger's.
It doesn't affect her intelligence.

Yeah, I can see that. Psychology.

P-S-Y-C-H-O-L-O-G-Y. Hi.

Do you want to go? Why?

Mika, it's all right.

Are you sure? Yeah, I was boring
myself with all the teenage angst.

I live in the real world,
not the OC. Good for you.

Anyway, I'm going to have to move on if I'm
gonna meet some nice hot waiter when we go away.

What do you mean? Tom was looking
at holiday brochures last night.

Let me guess, Spain.

No. How do you fancy an
all-inclusive to the Bahamas?

Oh my God.

I know. I'm so excited.

Oh, here they are. Oi oi!

CHEERING AND CLAPPING

Oi oi! Oh, look at that kid there.

Get a life if you can spell it!

Check his blazer! Oh, my God.

Nice one. Oi, come and have a go
if you think you're hard enough.

Come on then!

The Bahamas?

Four star, all inclusive.

How does that sound?

Expensive. Yeah, well, it is
our first holiday together.

Well, that's not counting
Eddie's camping trip.

No, this time
it'll just be you and me.

What about the girls?

They don't want to
come on holiday with us.

It'd be their idea of purgatory.

I'll tell them after they've thrashed
Forest Mount. What do you reckon?

I reckon I should dig out my bikini.

Bikini? I love that word.

Right folks, Forest Mount are here.

Now I'm going to say to you what I said to
the kids, let's be on our best behaviour.

We're going to show 'em
what we're all about, yeah?

And when it's all over,
drinks are on me.

Well, the first drink anyway.

- Where's Grantly?
- Haven't seen him all morning.

No, he was here earlier though.

Could someone try and find him?
I'll go. Thanks, Steph.

- Call me crazy, but I think the Head - of Department
should at least put in an appearance at the spelling bee.

This is just not good enough!

I need to see all the coursework.

I need to speak to the other
teachers in your department

and, most importantly, I need
to speak to Miss Mason.

Like I said, she's very busy.
Yes, so you've said.

I find it staggering that she didn't
prioritise an exam board investigation.

OK, you lot, confident?

Oh, yeah, Miss. Good one.

Geoff, you made it.

All in one piece.

From what I've heard about the Waterloo
Estate I was expecting to be held at gunpoint.

Oh, no, no, no, Friday is the armed
robber's day off. Same old Rachel.

- Still smiling through adversity.
- What adversity?

Well, I understand you've inherited
quite a mess from Jack Rimmer.

Well, there's a few wrinkles to
be ironed out. I bet there were.

You know, if you ever get bored from
martyring yourself around here...

Geoff. I'm just saying.

Kingsmere Girl's School
are looking for a head.

Yeah, but you know that I've no
interest in working in a private school.

Just a thought.

Boys. Do you fancy making some money?

- How?
- I'm taking bets on the spelling bee.

Go on. If I told you our team are

rubbish and people betting on them
are idiots, would you believe me?

Right, you see that girl over there,
the biscuit licker?

Yeah. She's our star speller.
You're kidding.

What do you think?

Count me in. A fiver.

Can you lend us five? Ssh.

So shall we crack on?
Why? Do you want to get

the humiliation over with?

I've told my lot to go easy.

Oh, have you? Oh, that's very
kind of you, thanks very much.

Let's see, shall we? All right,
everyone, shall we do this?

Come on, let's get in the hall.

Steph, have you found him?

No, sorry.

Max?

You've been rumbled.

What? The cheating. There's a
woman from the exam board here.

What does that mean? It means I can't keep
you out of trouble for very much longer.

Forest Mount, can you go over to the
left side, please? Thank you, on my left.

A bit late for revising.

Yeah, revising.

You OK? I'm so nervous.

Hi, guys, I just
want to say good luck.

Actually, what I want to say is kick
their butts, we want a whitewash.

You'll get one, Miss.
That's what I like to hear.

- Do you fancy slipping away after
- this?

There's no lessons and I'm not that
fussed about watching a football match.

Yeah? Well,
I was kinda looking forward to it.

Well... well, there's something
I need to talk to you about.

You're talking to me now, aren't you?

Never mind.

OK, remember what we said.
Stay calm and take your time.

HE MOUTHS

OK, everyone, thank you, thank you,

can we please welcome the spelling
teams from Forest Mount and Waterloo Road!

I didn't know Dom was on our team. He's a smart
lad. He just does a really a good job of hiding it.

I'll take your word for it. You won't
have to, you're about to see for yourself.

Welcome to the first
Waterloo Road spelling bee.

Let's get ready to rumble!

Could we have the first
Forest Mount speller, please.

Your word is "acknowledge".

Acknowledge. A-C-K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E.

Differentiate.

D-I-F-F-E-R-E-N-T-I-A-T-E.

S-U-B-C-O-N-S-C-I-O-U-S.

Enthusiastic.

E-N-T-H-U-S... E?

APPLAUSE ]

C-O-R-R-E-S-P-O-N-D-E-N-T.

Inclination.

I-N-C-L-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Beauteous.

B-E-A-U-T-E-O-U-S.

Gratuitous.

G-R-A-T-U-I-T-O-U-S.

Hi, Candice, how's it going?

Miss Mason says she wants more refreshments
laid out before the end of the spelling bee.

I'm going as quick as I can. It
don't help the heating's gone off.

Well, can I tell her it'll be done?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, OK.

..A-L-L-Y.

..E-H-O-N I-C.

S-C-E-N-T.

..S-I-C-A-L.

..O-R-N-D-I... Y?

Theoretical.

T-H-E-O-R-E-T-I-C-A-L.

Karla, this is the last word.

If you get this correct,
Waterloo Road are the winners.

Your word is claustrophobia.

Claustrophobia.

C-L-A-U-S-T-R-O-P-H-O-B-I-A.

Thanks for going easy on us.

Well, OK. Thank you.

Wow, congratulations
to Waterloo Road spellers.

And commiserations to the Forest

Mount team, you gave us a good fight,
didn't they?

I just want to give a really big

thank you to our English department -

they've been coaching these spellers for the last
few weeks and you've done a fantastic job, thank you.

Well, no thanks to Grantly.

Let's hope that Mr Clarkson and
Miss Koreshi have done just as

good a job with the football team!

Now, as you know, this has been
my first year at Waterloo Road

and it's been a wonderful year, you
know, just getting to know you all.

And I hope you feel the same way.

Yeah, but they don't know you, do they? Not
really. They don't know the truth, do they, Amanda?

Yeah, that's her real name, see,

or at least it was when
she was a prost*tute. Hey!

That's right, boys and girls, your Miss Mason used to
earn her living on her back. That's enough, Hordley.

Time to go? Yeah, I knew it was
you who bleated to the council.

Are you gonna get into her knickers
now, are you? Are you? That's enough.

It's OK, I'm going!
I've said what I wanted to say.

Back in your seats!

Come on, let's get out of here.

No, I can't lie to the people who have
trusted me, they deserve better than that.

What that man just said was true.

I was a prost*tute.

It was a long time ago,
it was the worst time of my life.

I... I feel very ashamed about it...

..and I have kept it a secret
for all this time.

If I thought for one second that my past would
anyway damage this school, then I would leave...

..but that's not for me to decide.

It was a good speech.
Yeah, it was a good speech.

OK, let's calm down now.

I think it's best if we all go back to
our classrooms for the time being.

MOANING AND GROANING

Well? Did we win?

Yeah.

The kids are going to have
a field day with this.

Well, maybe, maybe not.

In my experience, they
can be pretty accepting.

Matt, you've only got one boyfriend,
not a string of them paying by the hour.

And can you believe what she accused
me of doing with Monsieur Legard?

Methinks a tad hypocritical.

Did she mean it, Miss?
Is she a prosser?

Not any more, Janeece.

Miss Haydock, she was a
prost*tute though, wasn't she?

You heard what she said,
Maxine, just the same as I did.

And the cheeky cow told me off last
week for having my skirt too short.

I mean, what's wrong with it?

Hey, button it! You're seriously
walking on thin ice, girl!

CHATTERING

It's not down to what the LEA wants.

It's about what the parents want.

I personally don't want a call girl teaching
my daughter. I mean, you can call me a prude...

How about if I call
you a silly old cow?

I beg your pardon?
Or how about flaming idiot?

How do you like that?

I think what all you lot are forgetting is
just what a good teacher this "prozzie" is.

She turned our Bolton around and she's turned
this school around, it were going to the dogs.

Yeah, well, that's her job.
No, no, it's more than her job.

She's the first teacher that
our Bolton's ever listened to.

And she listened to him.

Maybe it's because she knows
what it's like to make a mistake.

Yeah, well, there's
mistakes and mistakes.

After this, do you really think the children are
ever going to listen to her in the same way again?

Here she is.

Who knew the biscuit
licker was a genius? Eh?

Money.

Final bets are taken.

Money. Now!

Oi, come back here.

What's going on? Just because you're among the Waterloo
Road pupils, you don't have to behave like them.

Sorry, Sir. Sorry, Sir.

Good, let's move on.

Do you think she did porn? I hope not. I wouldn't
want to come across one of her films by accident.

Oh, she looks all right when she's in the full
get up. How would you know? That's for me to know.

I was gonna make a massive poster,
put it in the boys' toilets, no point now.

Maybe I'll post it on Hot
Headmistresses dot com. Shut up, yeah.

Just shut up about her OK?

- Chill out. We're only having a laugh.
- Yeah, well it's not funny.

It's well funny.

Our headmistress was a hooker.

Bolton!

You know nothing! That guy shouting
his mouth off was scum, all right?

Get off me.
Get out, get out and cool down now!

Are you all right, mate?
All right. Sit down.

Bolton!
What are you doing? Are you OK?

I'm all right, miss. I was on
my way to the cooler anyway.

No cooler today. Last day of term.

I know, but I'm taking myself out of a bad
situation before it gets any worse. I see.

Good idea. That's what
Miss Mason taught me to do.

I thought she was really brave today,
can't have been easy for her.

Yeah. But there always someone to
take the... I mean, the Mick, Miss.

Why don't you let me sort
your hand out? Come on.

OK.

No, I'm sorry, I've
had enough of this.

No look, I can only apologise.

Miss Mason's obviously
got a lot on her plate.

Does Miss Mason even know I'm here?

I didn't think there was
any need to involve the Head.

This is my problem and I wanted
a chance to sort it out myself.

What, because you've been doing
such a good job up until now?

I've done the best I can.

Oh, it's all right for you, swanning in on the last
day of term, telling us how incompetent we are.

You're not here day in, day out,

those who can, do,
those who can't, teach.

It seems to me that those that
can't teach work for the exam board.

- It's people like you that have boiled down
education to just - course work and examinations.

It used to be about
the joy of learning.

Have you quite finished?

I think I've said all
that needs to be said, yes.

Good.

What happened?

She's in there packing.

What, did something go wrong? I
thought we won the spelling bee. We did.

Look, Bridget, go and get yourself
a cup of coffee or something.

I'm sure you'll find someone out
there more than happy to fill you in.

Really, it's OK.

What are you doing?

All right.

Where are you going?
Straight to hell no doubt.

I'm sure
that's what everybody's saying.

No.

Not all of them.

Did you hear that applause?

That was the kids.

I think they're a good
reason for you to stay.

No, they're the reason I'm going.

Sorry? I know exactly
what's going to happen.

First, it'll be the press,

knocking on doors,
asking the kids questions,

then the parents will get
uncomfortable and they'll

start looking for other schools.

And the LEA will step in.

It's not right, it's not right that
I should bring that on the school.

No, I've made a really big mistake, Eddie, I
should have nipped it in the bud. I should've...

I should have handed in my
resignation the minute...

It's not your fault. Not this time.

It's mine.

I just..

I couldn't leave it, Rachel.

Why, what have you done?

I had a word with a mate
of mine in the council,

tipped him off about Hordley using
ill*gal labour on council contracts.

He said he'd look into it.

Obviously that's what he's done,
because he's lost all his contracts.

He lost them all? Every single one.

That's why he's gone bust.

I...

I couldn't let him get away with it.

I'm sure I deserve what I got.
No, you've proved what you deserve.

You deserve to run this school.

You deserve everyone's respect.

Do I deserve your respect?
You've got that.

I thought you knew it.
Don't go, Rachel.

I'm going to clear this mess
up today, and then I'm gone.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but I
think I've waited quite long enough.

I'm Stella Hanson from the exam
board, I'm here about the investigation.

It's gonna be sore for a few days.

Serves me right though, eh?

I didn't say that.

Shouldn't have lost it like that,

wanted to smack his lights out.

Yeah, but you didn't, did you?

So don't be so hard on yourself.

You were taking yourself off
to cool down, that's important.

You wouldn't have done that at the
beginning of the year, would you?

Just wish there was something
I could do to help Miss Mason,

she's really dropped herself in it,
hasn't she?

She'll be OK.
She's going to lose her job, innit?

It might not come to that,

it was all a long time ago.

I suppose.

Makes you wonder though, innit, whether
it's worth changing, you know, being better.

How do you mean? If everyone's only going to remember
the bad stuff you did, then it's not worth the effort.

Obviously, when I arranged to visit Waterloo
Road I expected to be seen by yourself.

I think that's a fair expectation.

Well, as I said, I thought
I was doing the right thing.

What is it you always say, Miss
Mason? Accountability and responsibility?

That's all very well,
but I find it hard to believe

that we managed to conduct an investigation
without it once popping up on your radar.

Believe me, Mrs
Hanson, neither can I.

The cheating was picked up initially
in your English department.

Now, of course, all the
other subjects have been

brought into question.

I suggest we get the English department
together and get to the bottom of this.

Rachel?

What? The English department?

Our initial investigation has uncovered




than half of our AS-level group.

These are only the
most blatant cases.

The ones we're sure we can prove.

We don't take
disqualification lightly.

Disqualification? You're saying that the
pupils involved are going to fail the year?

Well, there is an appeals procedure,
but the exam board is rarely wrong.

Not been my experience.

Really?

Picking one example at random...

Maxine Barlow went from barely scraping a D
in one essay, to getting an A in her next.

Seriously, how was that not picked up
at a coursework moderation meeting?

OK, different question.

When did you last have a
coursework moderation meeting?

I can't believe this. Well,
they just kept being put back.

We ran out of term time.
Put back by who?

What difference does it make?

Whether we caught 'em
cheating or the exam board did,

the lazy little animals are
just getting what they deserve.

What did you just say?

Just that.

If they are cheating,
might teach them a lesson.

Well, at least they learn something from your
department. What's that supposed to mean?

It means maybe you should have
done some of your own work this year

instead of loading it off on the rest of
us. If you had, we wouldn't be in this mess.

How dare you? I'm not taking that
from some slip of a girl who's only

been qualified for five minutes.

I'll have you know I've got...


Grantly, how about you
change the record, yeah?

Don't you speak to me like that!

- It's true, isn't it? You're always banging on about it, you're lazy.
- I'm not! Yes, you are.

I'm not taking this from the two
most junior... That is enough!

You're worse than the kids! I
don't want to know whose fault it is.

Well, we at the exam board do want to
know. As, I should imagine, will the LEA.

We need to discuss this in private,
Mrs Hanson. With pleasure.

Look, I need the time to uncover the facts for myself,
liaise with my staff and to speak to the pupils,

what I don't need is you

breathing down my neck while I do it.

Nor will you threaten me or my staff.
This is still my school, Mrs Hanson.

Not for much longer
from what I hear.

Well, that's between me and the LEA.

If I was a governor at this school,
I'd be straight on the phone to them.

Is that a threat?

Because you can save your energy.

I'll be speaking with the LEA today. And,
don't worry, they'll be fully informed.

Now, unless there's anything else,
could you please leave me to do my job?

I don't care. Just tell me
what flights you've got today.

Is that all you've got?

All right, all right,
it'll have to do.

Em, I know I haven't handled
the situation very well.

You haven't handled it at all.

How long did you think you
could cover this up for?

It was not a cover up. I was
trying to manage the situation.

You had so much on your plate...

Oh, spare me!

You were watching your
own back, not mine.

And certainly not your
pupils or your colleagues.

I resent that implication.

Well, tough.

The stupid thing is, if you'd come to
me with this I could have helped you.

And now?

You're suspended,
pending an investigation.

What?! I don't think you're in the best position
to make that level of decision right now.

I am still in charge here, Grantly.

Go home. Right, we'll see what
the union says, shall we?

Tom?

How do you feel about being
the acting head of department?

Not saying it's going to be easy.

I don't know.

Yeah, OK.

Good.

Well, I think you should start
by talking to these pupils.

Let's see if there really is a
culture of cheating in this school.

Like I said, not easy.

CHATTERING

Donte, can I have a word?

Yeah.

Look, I just wanted to say,

you probably won't believe me, but I'm really
glad that you're making a go of it with Celine.

She seems really good for you.
Yeah, yeah, she is.

It's pretty obvious
how much she loves you.

I'm glad that you've
found someone that does.

Again. Well, what about you?

I mean you're doing great, you know
with your hair stuff, your grades and that.

It's obvious I was holding you back.

It's nothing.

No, I mean it, Chlo.

Maybe... maybe I should be getting
some extra lessons off you.

Chlo, a word.

Of course.

I want you to do something for me.
OK.

I want you to look me in the eye
and tell me that you didn't cheat

on your English course work.

What? Look me in the eye and tell me that
you didn't cheat on your English course work.

I copied a couple of essays
from a website.

You did not just say that.
Would you rather I lied to you?

Right, at this moment in time,
yes, I would.

Have you any idea the position that
you've put me in? You? Yes, me!

Why is it difficult for you? I am your teacher as
well as your parent. Have you any idea how this looks?

Is that all you care about?
Me showing you up?

That is not what I'm saying. I am sick of being
such a flaming disappointment to you, Tom.

What are you talking about?
I was happy with the hairdressing.

It was something I enjoyed,
something I was half good at.

I want you to keep your options
open. So that you had a choice.

But I'd already made my choice!
You just didn't like it.

I didn't like
you throwing your education away.

But forgive me for
caring about your future.

But it's my future
and I'll do what I want with it!

You know what, I'm not
coming back to school next year.

Yeah, I know. Because I'm going to have to
expel you! Why don't you give the salon a call,

- ask them if they'll take you on? I will! And guess
what I'm gonna - do with my first week's wages?

Put a deposit down on a flat!

Great, I'll pack your bags.

Grantly?

- Are you OK? No, I'm not, after what - we found out
about her this morning, I'm amazed she's got the nerve...

Ey, ey, ey, calm down.

Is this about the cheating?

How did you find out?
Well, how do you think?

Maxine. I'm sorry. Oh, don't be.

She's just one name on a long list.

Really? And of course, it's my fault the
idle little sods managed to avoid any work,

and Mason needs a whipping boy
so I've been suspended.

Oh, Grantly.

Well, you won't be seeing
me next term. Don't be daft.

Old hands like us,
we're... we're barnacles.

Takes more than a bit
of scandal to shift us.

Perhaps. But
I'm going to clear my desk in case.

What? What is it? The teachers know,
about the website,

about the essays, about everything.
I know.

How? Steph told me.

You could have warned me, Maxine.

I know. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
but I've been thinking about it.

They can't prove anything, can they?

As long as everybody
keeps their mouths shut.

Well, it's too late.

What do you mean?

Tom's just gone mental with me.

Asked me if it was true.
I couldn't lie to him, Maxine!

Great! So what's going to
happen to the rest of us?

It's not up to me. Thanks a bunch!

CHATTERING

Geoff, I'm so sorry about this.

As you can tell, we've had a
couple of dramas this morning.

Well, the pupils did have
a front row for one of them.

Erm, well,
I can only apologise for that.

If you can give us half hour, I'm sure we'll
be able to get the football match underway.

I don't think so. Why not?

Look, the Forest Mount parents were a bit
unhappy about us being here in the first place.

I appreciate that a large
part of this is prejudice,

maybe even snobbery.

Yeah, that's what I'd call it.

But the stories that these kids
are going to be coming home with...

It's not exactly going to
change their point of view.

And what stories will they be, Geoff?

Well, for a start, it turns out that my
pupils have been involved in gambling.

I discovered they were conned
into it by one of your girls.

Conned? I take it they lost.
That's beside the point.

But that's not really
you're problem is it, hmm?

Your real problem's me.

This has obviously been a
very difficult day for you.

I personally don't think it
reflects on you as a head teacher.

You know that job that you
were talking about this morning?

Is it still open
because I might need it?

No, I didn't think so.

Excuse me.

Calm down, will you?

Stop telling me to calm down, Donte.

But because they've cheated,
none of us are getting our marks

and we both know who'll
get away with it Scot free.

Chlo Grainger. Leave it, will you?

Look, I'm not bothered for myself,
right? It's you I'm angry for.

You know, you were heading for dead good grades
and she's screwed it up for you. I know, OK?

But we all do daft stuff, Cel,
and she had her reasons.

And anyway, I've still got my job
at the travel agent so it's cool.

Please, all right, just
give Chlo a break, yeah?

See you later.

TOILET FLUSHES

Hiya. Hi.

Oh, here she is, Joan of Arc.
I loved your little martyr act.

Why are you still here?
Don't you get it? It's over.

Yeah, it is now that your life's as much of a
mess as mine. Get out of my school! Your school?

Get out of my school! If you don't leave,
I will get someone to make you leave.

- We're the same, you and I, we just did what we had to do to survive.
- I did not hurt anyone.

Except yourself?
You tried to destroy me.

Blame Eddie for talking to those people from the
council. I'm not... You're not walking from this!

If you don't leave, I will
get someone to make you leave.

You think you're so much
better than me. Well, I say... Oh!

Stuart, Stuart, are you OK?

Are you all right? Fine, get off.

- ALARM RINGS - What was that?

SCREAMING AND SHOUTING

Look, Stuart,
just go, leave the building.

Miss, the door won't open,
it's chained up!

Don't run! Take your time.

Come on!

Help! Help me!

Help me, please!

It's all right, head to the car park
like we've done in the drills.

Boys, straight ahead, calmly,
quickly, exit straight ahead.

Bottom of the corridor. Come on,
get moving. What's the matter?

He's having an asthma attack, Miss.
What?

Well, where's his inhaler,
he must have one? I've no idea.

Geoff, check his pockets.

There, we've got it. Deep breath.

SCREAMING

Come on, up you get.
Boys, can you get him downstairs?

Guys, try not to panic, go quickly
and quietly and we'll all get out

safely. What the hell was that?

I don't know, Tom.

OK, come on, down the stairs, down
the stairs, to the end of the corridor,

exit door, into the car park.
My lot, you should know the routine.

You'll see other people there,
that's it. Rachel, are you OK?

Yes, I'm fine, what's going on?

The canteen's on fire.

Is anyone hurt?
It's too difficult to tell.

Come on, straight on, guys, that's it
straight out. Out to the assembly point.

COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING

What's going on?
The canteen's on fire.

Keep everyone calm, but get them out to the assembly
points now, don't let anyone near the canteen.

Have you seen Davina? No.

SCREAMING

Are you OK? Miss, are you all right?
Just take is easy, yeah?

It's OK. I'm all right.

I was worried to death. I thought...
Well, I'm not, all right. I'm fine.

Dom did his ankle in coming down
the stairs, I had to help him out.

Is Chlo with you? No. Oh, my God, she's
still inside. Mika, we don't know that.

COUGHING AND DISTANT SCREAMING

Donte? Chlo?

Please, can you come and help me?

Where are you? Chlo?
I'm in the girls toilets.

Which toilets?
I'm next to the canteen,

there's been a huge expl*si*n
and the hallway is full of smoke

and fire and I can't get out.

Right, just stay calm all right, I'm going
to come and get you. Please hurry up.

What's happened?

It's Chlo, she's trapped in the toilets,
I'm going to have to go on the roof. My God.

Are you stupid?

She's trapped, Cel. Donte, please.
Get off! What do you think you're doing?

Look, she's not your wife any more, Donte!
So? You think I could just let her burn?

Why are you being like this?

Because...

because I'm pregnant.

What?

I don't believe you.

Donte, what are you doing? Get down.

It's Chlo, she's trapped in the toilets, I need to
get her out of the window. Wait, wait! Grab this!

Chlo? Chlo, where are you?

In here, I'm here,
I'm in the toilets!

- Wait there.
- I can't get the window open.

All right, Chlo, just stay there.
It's going to be all right.

Chlo! Tom? Get back from the window!

Are you clear? Yeah, I'm clear!

Chlo, Chlo, it's all right, darling.
Come on, climb up to the window.

It's all right, Chlo.

It's all right, it's all right.

Come on, you're nearly there now.

You're all right, you're all right.
Come on, come on, go, go.

All clear? Yeah. OK, I'm going to do
one last sweep just in case.

I'll come with you. No, no, no, no.
You go to the assembly point.

I'll be right behind you. OK.

SIREN WALES

SCREAMING AND SPLUTTERING

Get out of the way, man, move!

Go get some help!

Stop standing around!

Chlo!

Are you all right?

Are you hurt? No.

- She's safe. I kept thinking we weren't
going to get a chance - to make up,

Cos I didn't mean what I said.
Come here, me neither.

Tom?

Davina!

Is she all right?

She's not breathing,
she's got a pulse.

Is she all right? There's still
no spontaneous respiration.

She must have taken in a lot of
smoke. Let's get her out, boys.

One, two, three, go!

I'm sorry, but we've
only room for casualties.

We're taking her to infirmary, OK?

Davina, it's Tom, are you OK,
darling? I love you, darling.

Chief!

Eddie Lawson, Deputy Head, we heard
a big expl*si*n in the canteen area,

we think we've got everybody out
into the assembly areas.

- We're trying to find out if anyone's missing,
but the Head went back in - for a final look round,

I'm going to go and get her out now. No, leave
it, leave it. Look, she's up in the office area.

Leave the heroics to us,
get back to the assembly point.

All right, I'm going to find out
how many people are missing. Good.

COUGHING

Stuart? Stuart!

Do you ever stop being
a pain in the arse?

Excuse me!

Matt. Have you seen Rachel?
No. Has anyone seen Miss Mason?

No, Sir.

- Where do you think you're going? I need to get into the school.
- No-one's getting past...

- The Head's still in there.
- I don't care. She's still in there!

Eddie, come on! Why don't you send
someone to find her? We'll sort it!

Agh!

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