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Waterloo Road has cast former EastEnders star Lindsey Coulson in a major role for next season, it's been reported.

Coulson, who played Carol Jackson on EastEnders between 1993 and 1997, and later between 2010 and 2015, is said to already be hard at work filming scenes for the BBC One school drama.

The Sun reports that Coulson will play the school's newest headteacher. This means that Jason Manford's Steve Savage isn't hanging around for long, at least in the top job (but still longer than Joe Casey lasted as head).

Digital Spy has reached out for further clarification and will update accordingly.

Manford recently spoke about what kind of headteacher Steve is, while delving a bit further into the history between his character and Kym Marsh's Nicky Walters.

"I think they were each other's first love," he said. "You know, they were sort of 16, 17,18 ? that sort of age group.

"They don't really say who did what, but I've got a feeling at some point he just disappeared and broke her heart.

"They've actually not seen each other for 20 to 25 years. She's got a lovely relationship with Donte [now] and I think the fans of the show are behind that and really like that."

He added that Steve comes in to "just stir the pot", introducing a 'will they, won't they' dynamic between him and Nicky.

Steve took the headteacher's job at the start of Waterloo Road's current series, as the school became an academy.

"It feels like a lot of pressure, it feels like being like the England manager or something, you know?" Manford added when speaking about the show in general.

"I think he'll be, if not the most memorable, certainly one of the most memorable head teachers at Waterloo Road."