Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education

Permanent Secretary

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Minister for School Standards

Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills

Special Advisers - Private Office

Communication Special Adviser - Private Office

Deputy Permanent Secretary

IO/HEO Media Officer, Press Office

G7 - Social Media Officer, Press Office

Deputy Director - Data Insights and Statistics Division

Director - Chief Data Officer and Chief Statistician, Data Group

Director of Analysis and Chief Scientific Adviser

Deputy Director - Data Operations Division

G6 - School and College Accountability Policy

G7 - Secondary Policy Advisor, 16 to 18 Performance Measures

SEO - Policy Advisor, School and College Accountability Policy

Chief Regulator (Ofqual)

Director - Standards & Comparability, Standards, Research and Analysis (Ofqual)

Director - Policy & Strategic Relationships of General Qualifications, General Qualifications (Ofqual)

G7 - Policy & Strategic Relationships of General Qualifications, General Qualifications (Ofqual)

Table showing updates to this release
Date updated	Summary of update
26 May 2022	Updated to add data on retention measures
25 February 2022	The 'total stem subjects' aggregation within the A level entries and results (end of 16-18 study) measure has been corrected.
4 November 2021	First published

Updates to Academic year 2020/21A level and other 16 to 18 results

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