Ahead of the Class

Duration: 94 min

Release date: 2005-08-05

IMDB

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.

Drama TV Movie

Ahead of the Class

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as Marie Stubbs

as Stuart Stiles

Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley

as Sonia Venning

as Graham Ranger

as Thomas Moreira

as Tracey O'Leary

as Tony Mackersie

Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Mercedes Grower

Mercedes Grower

as Simon Linder

as Maxine Horley

as Canon Joseph

as Nadine Stubbs

as Debbie Campbell

Heshima Thompson

Heshima Thompson

as Father George Dangerfield

as Beth Layland

as Chris Francis (uncredited)

Jason Frederick

Jason Frederick

Dario Attanasio

Dario Attanasio

as Marie's Granddaughter

as Marie's Granddaughter

as School Kid (uncredited)

Maria Del Carmen

Maria Del Carmen

as Lucy Wells (uncredited)

Natasha Jenssen

Natasha Jenssen

as Teacher (uncredited)

as Teacher (uncredited)

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Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Adrian Shergold

Adrian Shergold

Executive Producer

Stunt Coordinator

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