As Waterloo Road returns for a new term, Michael is forced to cut short his recuperation to deal with the increasing gang culture in the school. Battle lines are being drawn, with Tariq and Finn on opposing sides. Fighting to keep the two rival gangs out of his school, this escalating turf war may prove too much for even super head Michael Byrne to control. The fallout from this could be catastrophic, with the whole school potentially caught in the crossfire.