Lady Marie Stubbs (born Glasgow, 1939)Was Headteacher at the Douay Martyrs School, and bought it to beacon status, which is remarkable. Also the author of Ahead of the Class (ISBN 0-7195-6561-8), a book in which she details how she helped reform St. George's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School in Maida Vale, London. The school had been put on 'special measures' by OFSTED, meaning that it was considered to be well below standard and subject to regular inspection. The students had serious behavioural problems and there was low morale among the staff - due in part to the murder of a previous headmaster Philip Lawrence who was stabbed when intervening in a fight at the school gates. Seventeen months after her appointment as headmistress, the school was taken off special measures and no longer considered to be failing. Marie Stubbs said of education, "You should sit down and decide what makes a good education for the children. Every child should be intrinsically valued."

The book was made into a two hour drama for ITV with Julie Walters playing Lady Stubbs.

She is now retired and has had no contact with the school since 31 August 2001.

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