Ahead of the Class (2005)

Drama
TV Movie

Drama based on real-life events. Marie Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who is coming up to retirement age, takes on one last challenge: to improve the fortunes of St George's School in north west London which was facing closure after the notorious murder of its previous headmaster, Philip Lawrence, in 1995 as he was breaking up a fight between his pupils and those from a rival school.

Cast

Marie Stubbs
Sean Devlin
Jason Foley
Bill Stubbs
Simon Linder
Maxine Horley
Canon Joseph
Nadine Stubbs
Debbie Campbell
Stuart Stiles
Carmichael
Father George Dangerfield
Beth Layland
Tara Baker
Journalist
Sonia Venning
Chris Francis (uncredited)
Marie's Granddaughter
Marie's Granddaughter
Trudy Gower
Graham Ranger
Thomas Moreira
Tracey O'Leary
Tony Mackersie

Crew

Adaptation
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