On the first day of the new term Karen arrives to find the alarms going off and is annoyed by caretaker Rob Scotcher's cavalier attitude,though Rob's son Aiden proves a hit with both Jess and Vicki.Pupil Ali abandons and then reclaims her baby in the school grounds and plans to run off with the child and Kyle,who is assumed to be the father. However when her mother and aggressive,unpleasant stepfather arrive a family secret is laid bare,which allows Ali and her mother to rear the child together. New teachers Daniel Chalk and Elaine Chaudry start work,Elaine having a run-in with Sambucca over her erratic behaviour. A sympathetic Tom takes Sambucca home,only to witness her having a fit.
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