The release of Junior Certificate results has been delayed until Friday, October 4th.

It comes just days after the State Examinations Commission provided assurances it would issue a record amount of Leaving Certificate appeals by mid-September.

The Commission says its immediate priority is to issue those 17,000 grades by September 20th.

The SEC is currently in the process of notifying schools of the delay.

1,779 Waterford students, comprising 884 girls and 895 boys sat their Junior Cert exams in June.