The following is a list of characters who appear in the eighth series of the BBC school drama Waterloo Road, in order of appearance. The Eighth Series consists of Thirty Episodes, first broadcast from 23 August 2012 to 4 July 2013. New Main Cast Members from Episode One include Head of English (later Head Teacher) and History Teacher , with Maggie Croft (later Budgen) and Lorraine Donnegan also promoted to the Main Cast. New Pupil Characters from Episode One include Christine's son , , , , and . Head of rival school Havelock High also appears in the first five episodes. Episode four sees the first of several appearances of Imogen's mother ; Michael Byrne's father debuts in the same episode, and appears until his death in Episode Ten. Pupil first appears in Episode Five, and (later Ch