This year's GCSE results saw a record pass rate of 99.1 per cent with large numbers expected to stay on for sixth form.
However the new year 12 pupils are facing relative uncertainty as to what awaits them once they finish sixth form.
With government set to tighten the grant system and university slots becoming increasingly oversubscribed we asked a collective of A-grade students if this could potentially impact their decisions as to what their next steps are:
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Island's new archbishop named
The Island’s Catholic church will have a new leader next month.
Is the Isle of Man 'wokest place in UK'? asks newspaper
The Daily Mail has been on the Island to investigate if we're the woke capital of the UK.
Police investigating after shotgun threat against minister
A man who suggested removing a minister “with a shotgun” will be investigated after she reported it to police.
Wildlife surveys near proposed windfarm site this week
A team of ecologists will be surveying wildlife in the south of the Island near a planned windfarm next week.
Manx Care reprimanded over former worker's data access failings
Manx Care's been rapped for dragging its heels under data protection laws.
Government announces pay deal with unions
The government says it's reached a pay deal with two public sector unions.
Museum plans memorial for lost aviators
Ballasalla could be getting a monument to flyers and aviators who never made it home again.
Drone investigation suggests radio interference at work
A UK investigator says radio interference may have been behind a drone's strange behaviour in the south of the Island.
