A school is not a school without a few know-it-alls and even struggling Waterloo Road can manage at least one. He's new Geography teacher Marcus Kirby (Wil Johnson), hired by Head Teacher Karen, who must believe in keeping her friends close and her enemies closer. For Marcus is the father who was home schooling Jonah and Ruth; the man who thinks he's better than any state school. And he is a good teacher but, like the students, he has a lot to learn... Marcus is taught a valuable lesson about parent-teacher relationships after he catches Ronan selling DVDs in class. He goes to see Ronan's father, Mr Burley (guest star Martin Kemp - EastEnders), who's not happy about Ronan selling his property. But what Marcus doesn't realise is that Mr Burley isn't concerned for the same reason he is. There's something very wrong in the Burley home and Ronan is desperate to escape it... Pregnant Janeece is desperate to escape Ruby's nagging about what she's eating and how she's treating her body. But where there's a will there's a way and Janeece just might have a way to help them through the pregnancy. Is there anyone who can help Josh and Finn kiss and make up, though? Not literally, of course, as kissing's what caused them to fall out in the first place...
