I’ve been off to Warwick University today, for a campus tour with my son. It’s the start of the long year of University applications and this was the first Uni to go and visit.

We arrived and got ourselves registered and waited for our party to be led of round the campus by Patrick, a soon to be second year student, seeing all the major sites and getting a feel for the place.

As I looked around I realised that you could easily pair up the parent to the child if they were separated or if you had a collection of random photos. So many variations – ethnicity, hair colour, skin tones, nose shapes, eye colour and shape, and that indescribable something that is kindredness – a way of walking, talking and holding oneself. I guess the young people have reached that age were they are looking like their grown-up selves and so look like mini versions of their parents

And yet each student had that same air of excitement and worry – it’s AS levels results day tomorrow and that will determine where they will aim for.