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 for Children and Families
Minister for Skills
Special Adviser, Policy
Special Adviser, Policy, Speeches, and Political Engagements
Special Adviser, Communications
Special Adviser, Parliamentary, Social Media, and Regional/Trade Press Communications
Special Adviser, Women & Equalities Policy
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Families
Director, Children's Social Care
Deputy Director, Children's Social Work Strategy, Practice and Evidence
Deputy Director, Children's Social Worker Training, Development and Leadership
Assistant Director, Children's Social Worker Strategy, Retention and Agency
Assistant Director, Early Careers Framework Delivery
Assistant Director, Fast Track Procurement and Early Career Framework Policy
Assistant Director, Social Work Workforce Delivery
Assistant Director, Social Work Workforce Strategy, Practice and Evidence
Team Leader, Social Work Workforce Retention
Senior Policy Lead, Social Worker Supply
Senior Policy Lead, Social Work Workforce Strategy
Policy Lead, Social Work Workforce Strategy
Chief Analyst and Director, SARDIS & Strategic Data Transformation
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics and Section Head, Statistics Services Unit
Deputy Director, Families Analysis Division
Deputy Director, News and Social Media
Senior Media Officer
Media Officer

Date updated	Summary of update
5 March 2026	Next update changed from February 2026 to March 2026.
27 February 2025	First published

Updates to Reporting year 2024Children's social work workforce

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