Waterloo Road series 15

Series 15 was announced along with series 13 and 14 by the BBC in August 2023.{{Cite web |date=21 August 2023 |title=BBC recommissions Waterloo Road for further new series |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/waterloo-road-recommissioned-for-further-series/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}} In January 2025, further details around the series was revealed, with 8 episodes commissioned for the fifteenth series, it also confirmed that Series 15 would premiere on 11 February 2025, with the full series being released on BBC iPlayer prior to transmission.{{Cite web |title=Jason Merrells to guest star as Jack Rimmer in the new series of Waterloo Road |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2024/jason-merrells-jack-rimmer-waterloo-road |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

The majority of series regulars from the fourteenth series reprised their roles for this series, these included James Baxter, Jo Coffey, Saira Choudhry, Neil Fitzmaurice, Rachel Leskovac, Kym Marsh, Katherine Pearce, Shauna Shim, and Adam Thomas, portraying Joe Casey, Wendy Whitwell, Nisha Chandra, Neil Guthrie, Coral Walker, Nicky Walters, Amy Spratt, Valerie Chambers, and Donte Charles.{{Cite web |title=BBC announces launch date for the new series of Waterloo Road, as details of new cast and first-look pictures are revealed |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/waterloo-road-launch-date-new-cast-first-look-pictures |access-date=29 January 2025 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

Additionally, Kerry Howard, Hollie-Jay Bowes, Tom Wells, and Ryan Clayton reprised their roles from the fourteenth series as recurring characters Serena-Michelle Davies, Debs Rafferty, Marc Todd, and Mike Rutherford.

Lindsey Coulson joined the cast as Dame Stella Drake, the new Headteacher of Waterloo Road, replacing Steve Savage (Jason Manford) following his arrest.{{Cite web |title=Lindsey Coulson takes charge as Waterloo Road's new headteacher in first-look clip |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/waterloo-road-dame-stella-lindsey-coulson |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}} Olly Rhodes returned as Steve's son Billy for two episodes. The return of Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer, a former headteacher of Waterloo Road, was announced via a BBC press release in December 2024, with Merrells appearing in the final two episodes of the series.

Almost all of the students from the previous series return, with the exception of Noah Valentine and Alicia Ford as Preston Walters and Kelly-Jo Rafferty, whose characters departed at the end of series 14. Returning pupils include Summer Violet Bird, Liam Scholes, Lucy Eleanor Begg, and Thapelo Ray as Nicky's daughter Tonya Walters, Noel McManus, Caz Williams, and Joe's former foster son Dwayne Jackson. Other students include Hattie Dynevor, Chiamaka Ulebor, Zak Sutcliffe, Maisie Robinson, Tillie Amartey, Miya Ocego, Sonya Nisa, Aabay Noor Ali, Danny Murphy, and Matthew Khan as Neil's daughter Libby Guthrie, Shola Aku, school troublemaker Schumacher "Schuey" Weever, his sister Portia Weever, Stacey "Stace" Neville, Lois Taylor-Brown, Aleena Qureshi, Mollie 'Mog' Richardson, Luca Smith, and Jared Jones.

In January 2025, it was confirmed that Lauren Patel would join the cast as Jas Sharma, a new teacher at Waterloo Road, as well as being the daughter of established character Nisha Chandra (Saira Choudhry), alongside new pupils Agnes Eccleston (Niamh Blackshaw), and Cat Guthrie (Lucy Chambers), Neil's other daughter and Libby's sister. Cory McClane also joins the series as new pupil Ashton Stone, the son of Celine Stone (formerly Dixon, portrayed by Zeriozha Annika) who last appeared in the third series as a pupil. Fay Jagger appears in episode three as Gemma Neville, Stace's mum, while Louise Willoughby appears in episode eight as the teacher of Donte's son Tommy (Teddy Thomas), who returns after last being seen in series thirteen.

The fifteenth series debuted on 11 February 2025 at 9pm on BBC One, a difference from previous series of the revival, and aired weekly. The series was released fully as a boxset at 6am on the day of broadcast of the first episode.

• Lindsey Coulson as Dame Stella Drake; Headteacher of Waterloo Road, replacing Steve Savage
• James Baxter as Joe Casey; Deputy Head and languages teacher
• Saira Choudhry as Nisha Chandra; Maths teacher and Science Teacher
• Jo Coffey as Wendy Whitwell; PA to Headteacher
• Neil Fitzmaurice as Neil Guthrie; History teacher
• Rachel Leskovac as Coral Walker; Deputy Head and English teacher
• Kym Marsh as Nicky Walters; Dinner lady
• Katherine Pearce as Amy Spratt; Early career English and drama teacher
• Shauna Shim as Valerie Chambers; Music teacher
• Adam Thomas as Donte Charles; Trainee teacher

• Summer Violet Bird as Tonya Walters
• Thapelo Ray as Dwayne Jackson
• Chiamaka Ulebor as Shola Aku
• Hattie Dynevor as Libby Guthrie
• Zak Sutcliffe as Schumacher "Schuey" Weever
• Tillie Amartey as Stacey "Stace" Neville
• Liam Scholes as Noel McManus
• Maisie Robinson as Portia Weever
• Aabay Noor Ali as Mollie 'Mog' Richardson
• Sonya Nisa as Aleena Qureshi
• Miya Ocego as Lois Taylor-Brown
• Danny Murphy as Luca Smith
• Matthew Khan as Jared Jones
• Lucy Chambers as Cat Guthrie
• Niamh Blackshaw as Agnes Eccleston
• Cory McClane as Ashton Stone

• Zeriozha Annika as Celine Stone; Former Waterloo Road pupil, and current pupil Ashton's mother
• Hollie-Jay Bowes as Debs Rafferty; School cleaner and Nicky's sister
• Ryan Clayton as Mike Rutherford; Waterloo Road's assigned police officer and Joe's husband
• Kerry Howard as Serena Michelle Davies; chief executive officer of Lowry Community Academies Trust
• Lauren Patel as Jas Sharma; Early career English teacher
• Tom Wells as Marc Todd; Maths teacher

• Olly Rhodes as Billy Savage; Former Waterloo Road pupil
• Jason Merrells as Jack Rimmer; Counsellor and former headteacher of Waterloo Road
• Fay Jagger as Gemma Neville; Stace's mother, a former schoolmate of Wendy, and pupil under Stella
• Teddy Thomas as Tommy Charles; Donte's son
• Louise Willoughby as Miss Sendall; Primary School Teacher of Tommy Charles

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|ShortSummary = Following events with Steve Savage, Serena Michelle hires Dame Stella Drake as Waterloo Road's new Headteacher. The staff are wary, as despite her successful career as a head and her later work as an Ofsted inspector, Stella had recently made national headlines after comments about the parents of her former pupils were taken out of context. Donte begins his first day as a trainee teacher, supported by Nisha with whom he has begun a casual relationship. Ashton Stone, son of former pupil Celine, starts at Waterloo Road, and Stella warns him that the disruptive behavioural conduct at his previous school will not be tolerated. Neil chastises Libby for prioritizing her relationship with Jared over her schoolwork, so Jared tries to endear himself to Neil by faking an interest in the Peterloo Massacre. Ashton steals Stella's car keys from Donte and takes Dwayne on a joyride. He later admits to Donte that his father will kick him out of the house if he gets into trouble at school again. Donte shares how his previous actions behind the wheel lead to the death of a friend, and ultimately covers for Ashton, who promises that he's learned his lesson. Stella announces that all reasonable adjustments, including counselling and the wellbeing room, have been paused, feeling the students have started taking advantage, a controversial move amongst staff, pupils, and parents. She holds a heated meeting with the parents and reinforces that the role of her school is not to fulfil the role of social services.

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|DirectedBy = Jesse Quinones

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|ShortSummary = Billy's sentencing hearing is held - Joe attends as his appropriate adult in Steve's absence, and Shuey is also in court to give evidence. Olly is sentenced to 18 months in youth rehab, and both boys struggle with the verdict. Agnes connects with Shuey by taking him to her youth group to cheer him up. New teacher Jas has a mixed start to her time at Waterloo Road, and is later revealed to secretly be Nisha's daughter. Donte suspects that he may be Ashton's father, confiding to Neil that, when they were pupils, Celine told him she was pregnant before she left Waterloo Road. He has Wendy contact Celine, who initially dismisses him but later admits that he is right. She has Donte promise not to interfere in Ashton's life in exchange for allowing him to remain at the school. Aleena is devastated when intimate photos of her are leaked, and Stella and Coral disagree over how best to manage the situation. Stella gives an intense assembly warning the older students of the consequences of sharing the images, which just upsets Aleena further and causes her to argue with Stace and Lois, though they later reconcile. After Coral supports Aleena, Stella apologizes and offers to mentor her in getting her Headteacher qualification. Coral discovers she is pregnant and is dismissed by Neil, who is shocked. Following a discussion with Libby, he affirms to Coral that they will raise the baby together.

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|DirectedBy = Khurrum M Sultan

|WrittenBy = Caroline Mitchell

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|ShortSummary = Stella rolls out a new Accelerated Learning Program designed to help the best performing students, which proves divisive. Donte tries to get Ashton onto the program, and convinces Nisha to take a chance on him. Neil's youngest daughter Cat has her first day at Waterloo Road, causing a rift in Libby's relationship with Jared, who becomes frustrated that she is prioritizing her sister over him. Wendy and Stella clash when she criticizes her ability to manage her time. When Coral and Stella are inadvertently pushed over by Stace, Stella chastises her for the impact it could have had on Coral's pregnancy, and calls in her mum, a former pupil, to discuss punishment. The school receives a death threat towards Stella, forcing them to implement security protocols. Stace's mum barges into Stella's class and berates her for her lack of compassion for towards students, and blames her for excluding her when she was a pupil. She later pushes Stella down the stairs and brutally attacks her. Stella is found by Stace and Amy, leading the school to go into full lockdown. Noel later finds Stace and encourages her to tell the Police the truth about what happened, resulting in her mum's arrest. Jas finds out that Donte is Ashton's father and the two kiss. Wendy visits Stella in hospital, feeling guilty for potentially riling up Stace's mum, and the two reconcile as Stella reconsiders her harsh leadership style.

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