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 of State (Minister for School Standards)

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Early Education

Minister for Skills

Special adviser - Parliamentary, Social Media, and Regional/Trade Press Comms

Special adviser - Women & Equalities Policy

Special adviser - Policy, Speeches, and Political Engagements

Special adviser - Policy

Special adviser - Communications

Permanent secretary

Chief Analyst and Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight and Science

Deputy Director - press office

Deputy Director - SEND and alternative provision

Deputy Head of Profession (Statistics)

Director - Vulnerable Childrens Unit

Director General – Digital and Infrastructure Group

Director General for Schools

Director General for Strategy

Director of Schools Systems, Academies and Reform

Director, SEND and Alternative Provision

Economist - SEN and AP analysis

Head of Children & Schools Statistics

Head of Profession (HoP) for statistics

Head of SEND Insights Unit

Head of schools and funding analysis

Head of Unit - Statutory Support and EHCPs

Head of Unit - SEND & Alternative Provision Directorate

Media officer

Policy advisor - Statutory Support and EHCPs

Social media officer

Team Leader - Assessment and Child Experience Unit

Team Leader - School and Pupils Statistics

Team leader - SEN and AP analysis

Team leader - SEND and alternative provision

Team leader - SEND Local Partnerships

Team leader - Specialist commissioning

Team leader - SEND First Tier Tribunal

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal team - Ministry of Justice

Statistician - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice

Team leader - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice

Head of Statistics - Civil and administrative justice - Ministry of Justice

Date updated	Summary of update
29 June 2026	Correction made to annual reviews metadata, and suppressions applied to account for LA-level data quality limitations.
25 June 2026	First published

Updates to Reporting year 2026Education, health and care plans

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