Are exams really just the waste of time we always thought they were at school? Do teachers cheat to get kids through them? Are free schools really going to make all the difference or are they a con too? Do students deserve to get what they pay for? Is research just produced to meet research quotas, measured by the yard? What effect is contemporary education having on the next generation?

INTRODUCED BY: Dr Mark Taylor, head of humanities and history teacher, Addey and Stanhope comprehensive school; London convenor, IoI Education Forum.