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Ahead of the Class

7.420051h 34mMovieDramaTV 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…

DirectorAdrian Shergold
WriterRobert Jones
ProducerSimon Heath

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Cast · Directed by Adrian Shergold

JWJulie Walters
Julie Walters
Marie Stubbs
RDReece Dinsdale
Reece Dinsdale
Sean Devlin
TSTony Slattery
Tony Slattery
Stuart Stiles
MFMichelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley
Sonia Venning
IBInday Ba
Inday Ba
Trudy Gower
ALAnton Lesser
Anton Lesser
Graham Ranger
DN
Danny Nussbaum
Thomas Moreira
HYHannah Yelland
Hannah Yelland
Tracey O'Leary
ARAdrian Rawlins
Adrian Rawlins
Tony Mackersie
KPKatherine Parkinson
Katherine Parkinson
Vicky Foley
CM
Calum MacNab
Jason Foley
BHBernard Holley
Bernard Holley
Bill Stubbs

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Ahead of the Class — streaming FAQ

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Ahead of the Class hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around September 23, 2005. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.

Is Ahead of the Class based on a true story?

Yes — Ahead of the Class is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).