It's the start of a new year: Pogo is selling pens while Gripper is extracting money from the first years.

Gripper has a new target, new boy Randir, and Suzanne's becoming increasingly rebellious.

Lunch breaks are being reduced, Stewpot's asked out Claire, and Gripper's racist attacks on Randir are intensifying.

There is a shorter school day at Grange Hill so Jonah and Zammo decide to fill the gap by going elsewhere. Meanwhile Fay's hockey trials bring her relationship with Annette to breaking point.

N2 set off on their field trip - but all does not go according to plan.

Suzanne is on the verge of leaving home, and Gripper's demanding an Oath of Allegience.

Roland decides that he has heard enough jokes about his weight. Meanwhile Julie is doing some research on the staff.

Who can create the best project for Open Day?

Jonah's suggestion for flexitime gets support from an unexpected source.

Suzanne plans to start a pirate school magazine, but she needs paper, and lots of it. Help comes from an unexpected place.

Racially motivated fighting reaches a critical point, and the unofficial school magazine comes off the press.

While Gripper is away, how will his henchman Denny 'Igor' Rees cope?

Gripper's back from suspension and not at all happy about Claire's magazine article against him. Mr. McGuffy is suspended, and a referendum on flexitime is announced.

Fun and games on the Outward Bound course, but Roland spends his time in a more unorthodox way.

Mr Baxter turns out to be afraid of heights. Meanwhile, Zammo has a near miss during the canoeing exercises.

It is exam time at Grange Hill. Jonah decides that the ballot on flexitime requires some special 'assistance'.

Mrs McClusky's suspension of Scruffy produces a very strong reaction among the Grange Hill students. They decide to take some rather extraordinary measures to express their point of view.