The highly anticipated (or dreaded) day has arrived for around 350 students who find out important exam results.

Today (Thursday) students from across the island’s five secondary schools will receive the results for their Level 3 BTEC qualifications and A-level courses.

The majority of these students, aged 17 to 18, finished their studies in June.

Between them, they have sat exams in around 40 subjects ranging from psychology to further maths and agriculture.

Some have taken part in collaborations delivered by the island’s schools, which involve students travelling to other schools to learn particular subjects.

The initiative gives schools an opportunity to work together to provide students with a wider range of options that they can study.

Last year was said to be a ’good year’ in terms of A-level results as 46% of all year 13 students (352 in total) achieved high grades of A*-B.

Joel Smith, school improvement adviser at the Department of Education, Sport and Culture, said that nearly 8% of those students attained an A* grade in 2017, which is ’very difficult to achieve’.

About 1,000 A-level exams in nearly 50 subjects were sat by island students in 2017.

He added that there were ’very few failures’ with an overall pass rate (grades A-E) being 97.6%.

’We are expecting a similar figure this year,’ he told the Manx Independent.

In 2017, 68.3% of year 13 took up places at university either in the island or across.

An additional 19% took up employment with some of these roles including degree equivalent opportunities in sectors such as accountancy.

Pupils who have not met the requirements of their first-choice or insurance university offers can use the clearing system, which can also be accessed through a free iPhone or Android app showing available university places by the Telegraph newspaper.

There is an ’adjustment’ option for those who have done better than expected and can look for a course or university that carries higher entry requirements.

The clearing vacancy search closes on October 23. Adjustment ends on August 31.

Students wanting Careers Advice support can contact the Job Centre by calling 687014 or by visiting in person at The Job Centre, Nivison House, 31 Prospect Hill in Douglas.

University College Isle of Man (UCM) is also providing opportunities to talk through options for further study every Thursday throughout the summer. Staff from each programme area will be available to discuss course places starting in the autumn. To book an appointment, call 648200.

The Isle of Man Examiner on Tuesday will list A level passes from every secondary school in the island.