Girl: Molly la Fosse
Molly would also approach the role well and would be easy to work with however, she may look slightly younger than what we planned in our pitch that's why she's not our first choice but we know agreed that we'd be happy to use her if Sophie's unavailable.
Police: Mike (maths teacher)
John (theatre teacher)
Lee (theatre teacher)
Steven (theatre teacher)
Nicki (english teacher)
When it came to thinking about back ups for the Policemen it was hard because the number of staff who'd be able to take nearly all day off for the filming is limited but we thought of some other teachers who do also satisfy the requirements of the characters. As you can see one of the members of staff who we have named is female. Nicki is an english teacher but is also very theatrical and would be a valuable asset to the cast but our initial plan was to have just male police officers to satisfy the stereotype that men are the ones to handle the dangerous work. When I suggested Nicki to the rest of my group, they were hesitant but when I explained that I knew she'd be good and that we may not have any other options, they were quite happy to include females within the authoritative roles.
Detective: Nicki (english teacher)
When it came to thinking of a back up for Mike, we struggled because we're so limited. Of course theres was always the option of hiring actors from outside of school but that also presents problems in case they cancel. We agreed that Nicki could also be the back up for this role. We chose her rather than any of the other back ups above because we thought that if we have a detective, they're already going to be wearing different costume, it wouldn't hurt to exploit that difference further and have them played as a female.