The
eighth series of the British television drama series
Waterloo Road began broadcasting on 23 August 2012, and ended on 4 July 2013 on
BBC One. It consisted of thirty episodes. The series follows the lives of the faculty and pupils of the Eponymous school. While a
comprehensive school in all other series, Waterloo Road is a privately funded
independent school for the majority of the eighth series. Production also relocated to
Greenock,
Scotland beginning with this series.