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 Early Education
Minister for Skills
Special Advisers (5)
Delivery Adviser to the Secretary of State
Best Start in Life Champion
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Digital and Infrastructure
Director General, Families
Co-Directors, Early Years (2)
Deputy Director, Early Years Improvement
Deputy Director, Early Years Workforce and Practice
Head of Early Years Practice Policy Unit
Team Leader, Early Years Foundation Stage policy
Senior Executive Officer, Early Years Foundation Stage policy
Head of Best Start in Life Delivery Strategy Unit
Deputy Director, Best Start in Life Local Authority Delivery Division
Deputy Director, Best Start in Life Strategy and Portfolio Division
Deputy Director, Best Start in Life Family Services Division
Grade 6, Best Start in Life Local Authority delivery
Grade 7, Early Years SEND strategy
Best Start in Life Strategy and Engagement Lead and Private Secretary for Best Start in Life Champion
Grade 6, Long Term Best Start in Life Strategy Lead
Grade 7, Reception Strategy and Stakeholders
Grade 7, Best Start in Life Local Authority delivery
Senior Executive Officer, Best Start in Life Targets, Plans and Monitoring
Grade 6, Best Start Family Service Reform Unit
Grade 6, English Curriculum Policy
Grade 7, English Hubs Delivery & Policy Lead
Grade 7, Early Language Policy Lead
Senior Executive Officer, Early Maths Policy and Delivery Lead
Grade 7, Best Start in Life Delivery Strategy Lead
Senior Executive Officer, Best Start In Life Delivery Strategy
Grade 7, Reception Policy
Senior Executive Officer, Reception Policy
Chief Analyst and Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight & Science
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics and Section Head, Statistics Services Unit
Deputy Director, Families Analysis Division
Senior Executive Officer, Data and Analysis Unit, Regions Group
Higher Executive Officer, Data and Analysis Unit, Regions Group
Director of Communications
Deputy Director, News and Social Media
Deputy Head of News
Chief Media Officer
Senior Media Officer
Media Officer
Senior Strategic Communications & Marketing Manager
Strategic Communications Lead
Head of Social Media Content
Executive Assistant, News and Social Media
Senior Channels Manager
Product Owner, View Your Education Data Team
Lead DevOps Engineer, View Your Education Data Team
Private Secretary to the Prime Minister on Education, No10 Private Office
Prime Minister's Expert Adviser on Education and Skills, No10 Policy Unit
Senior Policy Adviser on Education & Skills, No10 Policy Unit
Lead Data Scientist (Public Services), No10 Data Science
No10 Innovation Fellow (Public Services), No10 Data Science

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