Ahead of the Class (2005)

7.4/10 • 94 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

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

Julie Walters

Reece Dinsdale

Tony Slattery

Michelle Fairley

Inday Ba

Anton Lesser

Hannah Yelland

Adrian Rawlins

Katherine Parkinson

Bernard Holley

Mercedes Grower

Alan McKenna

Kate Lonergan

Neville Jason

Heather Craney

Nadine Stubbs

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