Ahead of the Class
movie

Released August 05, 2005
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
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
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Danny Nussbaum
as
Thomas Moreira

Hannah Yelland
as
Tracey O'Leary

Adrian Rawlins
as
Tony Mackersie

Katherine Parkinson
as
Vicky Foley
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Calum MacNab
as
Jason Foley

Bernard Holley
as
Bill Stubbs
Crew

Adrian Shergold
as
Director
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Robert Jones
as
Adaptation
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Paula McBreen
as
Line Producer
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Simon Heath
as
Executive Producer
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Paul Heard
as
Original Music Composer
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David Odd
as
Director of Photography
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Tania Reddin
as
Editor

Dan Hubbard
as
Casting
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Gareth Milne
as
Stunt Coordinator
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Mike Stallion
as
Art Direction
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Robert Jones
as
Writer
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Marie Stubbs
as
Novel