Continuity mistake: In series five all the characters that were in the third year in series three and four, are now in the fifth year, missing their fourth year, and all the characters that were first years in series three and four are now in their third year, missing their second year.
Continuity mistake: Mr. Baxter finds Roland walking in the streets during school time. There is a red mini estate parked behind them with no cars parked behind it. The angle changes when Bullet tells Roland to run back to school with him. There are now two cars parked behind the mini.
Continuity mistake: When Mr Baxter catches Roland eating his crisps in the bike shed, Roland initially has his left hand on his leg, but the next shot shows him with his hand in the bag of crisps.
Settling In - S5-E2
Visible crew/equipment: As Mrs Browning is leaving Mrs Mclusky's office a boom mike shadow is seen on the back of her coat.
Visible crew/equipment: When Clare Scott is talking to her mum in the corridor there is a reflection of the boom mike in the door window behind Mrs Scott.
Instruments - S5-E5
Visible crew/equipment: During the music lesson as the pupils are ending the song on the right-hand side of the screen you can see a camera lens reversing out of the way.
Instruments - S5-E5
Visible crew/equipment: In the music lesson when Miss Griffiths restarts the pupils playing the music after Roland has returned to his seat, on the right hand side of the screen a crew member's hand can be seen signalling a cue for the music to start.
Instruments - S5-E5
Visible crew/equipment: There is a boom mike shadow on Miss Griffith's face When she has asked Belinda to stay behind after the music lesson.
Exploration - S5-E10
Revealing mistake: When Mrs. McClusky shuts her office door after Mr. Thomson leaves, the walls wobble.
Girl Gangs - S5-E13
Other mistake: Mrs Ross is wrongly credited as Mrs Rose in the end credits.
Revealing mistake: When Mr Scott storms into the woodwork room and starts attacking Mr Hopwood, Duane and Stewpot rush out to fetch Mr Baxter and Stewpot tells Pogo to stay. Pogo then falls backwards against the wall and the whole set moves.
Revealing mistake: When Gripper and Roland are fighting in the toilets the walls move whenever the two boys fall against them.
Visible crew/equipment: When Trisha is on stage doing her act with the dogs there is a shadow of the boom mike on the scenery behind her.
Visible crew/equipment: There is a boom mike shadow on Mr Hopwood's shirt when he says "come on you lot, inside" to Pogo, Stewpot, Gripper and Denny, after Gripper and Denny threaten Pogo and stewpot in the corridor.
