As the drama returns, students enter their final year at Ackley Bridge, a school that integrated white and Pakistani students, and big changes loom on the horizon. Headmistress Mandy (Jo Joyner, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators) prepares for maternity leave while dealing with difficult new employees, including hot-tempered deputy head Martin (Robert James-Collier, Downton Abbey). Star student Nasreen (Amy-Leigh Hickman, EastEnders) aspires to attend Oxford University, while her best friend, Missy (Poppy Lee Friar, Mr Selfridge), feels less than optimistic about her own future. When tragedy suddenly strikes, will the school band together, or will simmering racial tensions tear the community apart? Timely, funny, and deeply moving, this British series from writers of Shameless. The ensemble cast also includes Sunetra Sarker (Broadchurch), Tony Jayawardena (The Tunnel), Adil Ray (Citizen Khan), and Megan Parkinson (Game of Thrones).