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.

Genre:

Drama, TV Movie

Duration:

94 min

Cast:

Julie Walters, Reece Dinsdale, Tony Slattery

Quality:

HD

Director:

Adrian Shergold

Release:

2005

Country:

United Kingdom

Rating:

7.4