Besides Department for Education professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access to the Destinations of KS4 and KS5 pupils statistics before release:

Secretary of State for Education
Minister for Skills • Minister for School Standards
Permanent Secretary
5 x Special Advisors
2 x Senior Media Officer, Press Office
2 x Media Officer, Press Office
2 x Social Media Officer, Press Office
Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Director General, Strategy Group
Director General, Schools Group
Director General, Skills Group
Private Secretary, Director General Skills Group
Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence and Science
Director, Skills Strategy
Directors, Technical Qualifications and Essential Skills: General
Director, Regions and Providers
Director, Higher Education
Director, Further Education
Director, Skills Journey
Deputy Director, Skills Strategy
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Deputy Director, Intervention, Faith and Accountability Division
G6 Skills Strategy • 2 x G7 School and College Accountability
SEO School and College Accountability

Date updated	Summary of update
26 January 2026	Amendment made to the next release date
16 October 2025	First published

Updates to Academic year 2023/2416-18 destination measures

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