IT’S the moment of truth for thousands of students today (Thursday) as they pick up their A-level exam results.

The ex-sixth-formers will be heading back to their schools and colleagues this morning, after an anxious summer waiting for their grades.

For many, university places will be at stake – and for those whose grades aren’t quite what they had hoped for, the frantic clearing process to negotiate.

The Welwyn Hatfield Times and Potters Bar Edition news team will be out and about at our schools and colleges today – come back to www.whtimes24.co.uk later for more.