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
Minister of State for Schools
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Minister for Women
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families
Special Advisers (2 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Deputy Permanent Secretary
Director General, Higher Education and Further Education
Director General, Education and Skills Funding Agency
Director General, COVID response and schools Recovery
Director General, Operations Directorate
Director, Data Directorate
Director, Schools Systems Group
Director, Children's Social Care
Director, Children's Social Care
Director, ARDG - South East and South London
Deputy Director, Early Years Strategy and Entitlements
Deputy Director, Data Operations
Deputy Director, Early Years Strategy and Entitlements
Deputy Director, COVID Response Unit
Deputy Director, Communications Group
Assistant Director SEND, Alternative Provision and Attendance Unit
Assistant Director, Policy, Schools COVID-19 Recovery
Deputy Head of News
G6, Delivery Unit
G6, Early Years Sector Intelligence and LA Delivery Division
G6, Governance, Intervention, Faith and Accountability Division
Senior Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education
G6 , Deputy Head of Media, SCMD
Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Education
G7, Intelligence and Evidence Cell - Covid Response Unit
G7, COVID 19 - Vulnerable Children Team
G7, School Attendance Policy Team
G7, Opportunity Areas
G7, Communications Group
G7, Central Analysis Unit
SEO, Communications Group
SEO, Communications Group
SEO, Academies Operational Delivery
SEO, Strategic Communications, Marketing, Social Media and Publishing Team
SEO, Communications Group
SEO, COVID Response Unit
SEO, Communications Group
SEO, Attendance Policy Adviser
HEO, Communications Group
HEO, Social Media and Digital Content
HEO, Social Media Team
HEO, COVID 19 - Vulnerable Children Team
HEO, Private Office Correspondence Management
HEO, Communications Group
SEO, Press office

Date updated	Summary of update
3 November 2020	This update contains the correct statistic "46,000 early years settings were open on 29 October". The first release contained a typo. No charts or tables are affected.
3 November 2020	First published

Updates to Week 44 2020Attendance in education and early years settings during COVID-19

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