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Check-ups are reassuring – but only after the event. Whether it involves the doctor, dentist or car, it is fine, as long as you don’t need an operation, filling or new engine. So my school approaches this month’s check-up with the usual trepidation.

“I’m sorry, but you weren’t successful today,” I tell candidate number four over the telephone, pausing to sense how the news goes down before offering a few pointers and good wishes