Ahead of the Class

Ahead of the Class

94 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 5, 2005

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.

Ahead of the Class

94 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Aug. 5, 2005

Ahead of the Class
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Worldwide Productions, ARG Televison
Original title Ahead of the Class
Directors Adrian Shergold
Writers

Cast

Julie Walters

as Marie Stubbs

Reece Dinsdale

as Sean Devlin

Tony Slattery

as Stuart Stiles

Michelle Fairley

as Sonia Venning

Inday Ba

as Trudy Gower

Anton Lesser

as Graham Ranger

Danny Nussbaum

as Thomas Moreira

Hannah Yelland

as Tracey O'Leary

Adrian Rawlins

as Tony Mackersie

Katherine Parkinson

as Vicky Foley

Calum MacNab

as Jason Foley

Bernard Holley

as Bill Stubbs

Mercedes Grower

as Alex Greer

Alan McKenna

as Simon Linder

Kate Lonergan

as Maxine Horley

Neville Jason

as Canon Joseph

Heather Craney

as Nadine Stubbs

Amy Jo Lamb

as Debbie Campbell

Frances Gold

as Lusha

Daniel Anthony

as Carmichael

Jack Bence

as Taylor

Tina Asihene

as Marsha

Bhima Bent

as Paolo

Gerard Canning

as Father George Dangerfield

Amanda Fahy

as Layla

Gemma Lawrence

as Reena

Kanana Kirimi

as Beth Layland

Rosalind March

as Tara Baker

Martin Savage

as Journalist

Charles Mnene

as Carl

Luke Savva

as Tino

Gem Souleyman

as Alec

James Wong

as Oscar

Stuart Antony

as Chris Francis (uncredited)

Jason Frederick

as Gang Boy

Dario Attanasio

as Gang Boy

Millie Foster

as Marie's Granddaughter

Clara Foster

as Marie's Granddaughter