Ahead of the Class
Ahead of the Class
Release: 2005-08-05
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.8
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
ARG Televison
Worldwide Productions
Cast
Michelle Fairley
as Sonia Venning
Adrian Rawlins
as Tony Mackersie
Alan McKenna
as Simon Linder
Daniel Anthony
as Carmichael
Jack Bence
as Taylor
Anton Lesser
as Graham Ranger
Hannah Yelland
as Tracey O'Leary
Mercedes Grower
as Alex Greer
Julie Walters
as Marie Stubbs
Katherine Parkinson
as Vicky Foley
Rosalind March
as Tara Baker
Martin Savage
as Journalist
Bernard Holley
as Bill Stubbs
Kate Lonergan
as Maxine Horley
Neville Jason
as Canon Joseph
Gemma Lawrence
as Reena
Natasha Jenssen
as Teacher (uncredited)
Tony Slattery
as Stuart Stiles
Inday Ba
as Trudy Gower
Charles Mnene
as Carl
Reece Dinsdale
as Sean Devlin
Heather Craney
as Nadine Stubbs
