Ahead of the Class
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Ahead of the Class

2005 1h 34m ★ 6.8 (4 votes) Released

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.

Director

Adrian Shergold

Writer

Robert Jones

Rating
6.8
Runtime
94 min

Production

ARG Televison
Worldwide Productions

Top Billed Cast

Keywords

high schoolbased on true storyheadmaster

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