There has been a heated debate in Britain since the 1970s about the present system of education in the country when the Labour government at the time decided to introduce an American system of education called the Comprehensive with uniforms. Reliable evidence has shown this to be disaster as qualifications are not worth their weight in gold, bad discipline and a more insecure job market.
This reality series across 3 seasons takes present day teens in to the British system before the Comprehensive from the 1950s-60s and to compare the selective system of the 11+ Grammar and Secondary schools with the standards of the Comprehensives.
There is entertainment along the way with troublesome children or children thinking that they are smarter than what they actually are compared to the tougher standards of the selective, a well as the the standards of morale and discipline. Very intriguing and education - the ministry of education can learn quite a lot - though corporal punishment should still be illegal no nonsense yes but arbritary no.