AN EXAM board will carry out a "detailed investigation" into how a number of A-level exam scripts went missing, leaving some Bradford students without their results in one subject.

Students at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College who had sat A-level religious studies papers earlier this summer did not receive their results until Monday, four days after the rest of the results were released.

The school said the papers, which had been sat in mid-June, were sent out "in good faith," but were returned unmarked to the school the week before the results should have been announced.

A spokesman for the exam board marking the papers, OCR, said the papers had apparently been mislaid between them being sent out by the school and them being returned unmarked.

The school wrote to students informing them of the situation and raised their concerns with the board. On results day, staff liaised with universities to make sure the delay didn't cost any pupils their places.

The papers were urgently marked by the OCR, which has now promised to carry out an investigation on what happened to the papers, and those who sat the exam have now had their results.

The school has not disclosed how many pupils were effected by the delay.

An OCR spokesman said on Monday: “We have been contacted by staff at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College in Bradford who told us the welcome news that they had found some OCR A-level Religious Studies scripts which they had apparently mislaid.

"We are pulling out all the stops to get the scripts marked so that we can get the results to the students affected as soon as possible. A detailed investigation will be carried out into why the scripts went missing once we have helped the students.”

The school confirmed to the T&A that students were finally given the results on Monday.

This year's A-level results had been the best yet at the school, with a number of students achieving top grades in three or four subjects. Many are now going on to study a range of courses including theology, medical engineering and accounting.

Principal Jen McIntosh said: “We always get superb results for our vocational A Levels in particular but this year they really are outstanding – well above national results. Many of our students choose their courses with an eye to their future careers so it’s great news for Bradford too.”