Whitehaven Academy has delayed publishing details of its A-level results amid fears from parents.

Parents have highlighted concerns about students’ education at the academy, which is run by the Bright Tribe trust.

It follows the latest release of AS and A-level exam results on Thursday.

Schools across the county published details of how A-level students have fared.

But when The Whitehaven News contacted Bright Tribe about its results, a trust spokesman said: “The academy is currently working hard to analyse and verify the data, which is a complex process spanning several exam boards and, therefore, isn’t releasing data at this current time.”

A raft of issues, including results, were highlighted at a public meeting on Thursday evening organised by the Whitehaven Academy’s action group.

There were claims over a lack of support for A-level students and low AS grades.

Speaking about the AS levels in particular, one worried parent said: “I’ve heard that the results were poor. I’ve heard that they are worse than last year.”

She said parents have raised concerns that the school has not provided a range of options for those who had failed their AS-levels, except the option to start BTECs.

The Whitehaven News contacted Bright Tribe about the claims over poor results.

Jenny Nimmo, the academy’s vice-principal, said: "Whitehaven Academy has worked hard to support every AS and A2 student on their individual option choices.

“We have worked with students and parents to create personalised learning pathways for those who had no alternative provision.

“We have also provided them with an opportunity to take their education forward and improve their future life chances.

“We are committed to providing the very best teaching and support through formal qualifications and other activities to inspire our students to be the best that they can be.”

She added: “What is particularly encouraging is the progress that individual students have made during their studies at The Whitehaven Academy, with many achieving challenging targets based on their GCSE grades.”

She said there have been “many individual success stories” at AS and A-level and “improvements in outcomes from a wide subject base”.

This includes an increase in A* to B grades at AS-level from the 2015 outcomes and the majority of subjects this year also gained 100 per cent A* to E grades, including art, history, psychology, biology and chemistry.

Bright Tribe responded with some details of individual successes, but it would not provide the full results.

Our Futures supplement will be published in this week’s Whitehaven News with A-level results from other West Cumbrian schools.