Ahead of the Class (2005)

Directed by

Adrian Shergold

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

15

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small Scottish headmistress takes over a struggling London secondary school. She works to turn around the school's fortunes with her determined and caring approach.

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What happens

Ahead of the Class is a single British television drama film, based on the book of the same name by Marie Stubbs, that first broadcast on ITV on 30 January 2005. Adapted for television by Robert Jones and directed by Adrian Shergold, the film stars Julie Walters as Stubbs, a diminutive Glaswegian headmistress who takes on the challenge of improving the fortunes of St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School in North West London. Reece Dinsdale and Hannah Yelland are credited as the other two principal cast members, who star as Stubbs' deputies, Sean Devlin and Tracy O'Leary respectively. The film was shot on location at the former Kingsland Secondary School in Dalston, Hackney, London. The film drew 9.6 million viewers on its debut broadcast. The film was nominated for two awards at the Royal Television Society Awards 2006, in the categories of Best Single Drama and Best Actress, for Julie Walters. A DVD of the film was released on 21 May 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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