Waterloo Road is obviously a rubbish school, because in the opening scene all the kids are up to all kinds of things. One boy smashes a window with a hockey stick, this connotes that he doesn't care about the school property. The teachers don't do anything about this, this connotes that that they just don't care. The teachers also set a bad impression on this students as they just smoke in the playground. The head teacher has obviously got very depressed about this school as he loses it and starts throwing all the books,paper and equipment out of the window.