Are Swedish free schools really a good model for UK?
As schools break up for the summer holidays, final preparations are being made in around 50 new free schools which will open in September.
The idea behind Free Schools - which are not controlled by local authorities - was borrowed from the Swedish education system.
Sweden once excelled in international education tests but it has just set up a commission to look at why it has fallen further and faster than any other country.
The BBC's education editor Branwen Jeffreys reports.