Helen Hopewell (Engllish Teacher- series 5) portrayed by Vinette Robinson
New English teacher Helen Hopewell is just 23 and in her first year as a qualified teacher. She is enthusiastic and shiny-eyed but, unfortunately, incompetent and weak-willed.
Quickly nicknamed "Hopeless Hopewell" by the pupils, Amy and Michaela in particular grind Helen down and, while Tom does his best to take her under his wing, Helen doesn't seem to be improving. Instead she blames all her failures on the "savagery" of the Waterloo Road pupils.
Quickly nicknamed "Hopeless Hopewell" by the pupils, Amy and Michaela in particular grind Helen down and, while Tom does his best to take her under his wing, Helen doesn't seem to be improving. Instead she blames all her failures on the "savagery" of the Waterloo Road pupils.