In the 28 November update of this release (Further Education and Skills: November 2024), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:

Secretary of State for Education
Minister for Skills
Minister for Children and Families
Special Advisers (4 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Skills
Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
Deputy Director, News and Social Media
Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Director, Further Education Oversight
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Student Funding Policy Deputy Director
Senior Designer – Social Media
Senior Press Officer
Media Officer
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Funding Policy Manager
FE Funding – Free courses for jobs
Team leader, Community learning
Post-16 essential digital skills
Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
Essential Skills and Multiply
Apprenticeship Quality Policy
Student Funding Policy – Advanced learner loans

In the 18 July update of this release (Further Education and Skills: July 2024), beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:

Secretary of State for Education
Minister for Skills
Minister for Children and Families
Special Advisers (4 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Skills
Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
Deputy Director, News and Social Media
Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Senior Designer - Social Media
Senior Videographer
Chief Media Officer
Senior Press Officer
Media Officer
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer (2 recipients)
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Apprenticeship Quality Policy
Funding Policy Manager
FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
FE Funding - AEB
Team leader, Community learning
Post-16 essential digital skills
Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
Essential Skills and Multiply

In the March update to this release, 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 Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
Special Advisers (4 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Skills
Director, Professional and Technical Education
Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
Deputy Director, News and Social Media
Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Deputy Head of Digital Engagement and Creative Content
Social Media Officer (Senior Content Producer)
Chief Media Officer
Media Officer
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Apprenticeship Quality Policy
Funding Policy Manager
FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
FE Funding - AEB
Team leader, Community learning
Post-16 essential digital skills
Essential Skills and Multiply
Senior Manager Apprentice Assessment
Deputy Director, Apprenticeship Quality
Head Of Apprenticeships Content
Senior Policy Advisor
Head Of FE System Performance

In the original version of this release (Further Education and skills: January 2023) published on 25 January 2023, beside Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.

Secretary of State for Education
Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the School System and Student Finance)
Special Advisers (4 recipients)
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Skills
Director, Professional and Technical Education
Deputy Directors, Post-16 Access Participation and Applications
Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science
Director of Apprenticeships and Skills Bootcamps
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
Programme Deputy Director, Apprenticeships
Deputy Head of Digital Engagement and Creative Content
Social Media Officer (Senior Content Producer)
Chief Media Officer
Media Officer
Head of Apprenticeships Parliamentary Team
Apprenticeship Parliamentary Team Officer
Apprenticeships Funding Analyst
Funding Policy Manager
FE Funding - Free courses for jobs
FE Funding - AEB
Team leader, Community learning
Post-16 essential digital skills
Adult essential skills - English, maths and ESOL
Essential Skills and Multiply

Date updated	Summary of update
25 January 2024	Updated to add links to the interactive data visualisation tool
25 January 2024	First published

Updates to Academic year 2023/24Further education and skills

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