Academic year 2022/23

Key stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment

Phonics screening check and key stage 1 attainment of pupils in England at national and LA level. This release includes pupil characteristic breakdowns.

WarningThis publication has been superseded by Phonics screening check attainment
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Pre-release access list

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
Permanent Secretary
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
Minister of State (Minister for Schools)
Special Adviser, Lead for general education policy 
Special Adviser, Parliamentary and communications
Director General for schools group
Director General for families group
Director General for strategy group
Director(s) for Curriculum and General Qualifications
Director of regulation for GQ and National Assessments (Ofqual) 
Chief Executive Officer, Standards and Testing Agency 
Chair of Ofqual
Chief Regulator of Ofqual
Deputy Chief Regulator of Ofqual
Deputy Director, Schools Accountability Division 
Deputy Director for STEM education
Deputy Director, Schools Strategy and Support Division 
Grade 6, Intervention, Faith and Accountability Division 
Grade 6, Head, Disadvantage Policy Unit
Deputy Director, Assessment Research and Development, STA. 
Grade 6, Head of Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, STA
Grade 6, Head of Assessment Research and Psychometrics , STA
Senior Manager, Regulation of National Assessments, Ofqual
Grade 7 team lead for English policy 
Grade 7, Senior Schools Strategy Advisor, School Strategy and System Division. 
Grade 7, Curriculum & Qualifications Analysis & Research team
Grade 7, English Hubs Policy Lead (HEALD) 
Grade 7, English Hubs Delivery Lead (HEALD) 
Grade 7, Principal Scientific Officer (Strategic Attainment and Recovery Analysis)
Grade 7, Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team
Senior Executive Officer Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team
Senior Executive Officer, English Curriculum Policy Advisor (HEALD) 
Senior Statistical Officer, Strategic Attainment and Recovery Analysis
Senior Analytical Officer, Communications
Grade 7, Data and Analysis Unit
Senior Executive Officer, Data and Analysis Unit
Higher Analytical Officer, Data and Analysis Unit
Senior Executive Officer, Regional Data Analysis Team, Ofsted 
Chief Media Officer
Deputy Head of News 
Higher Analytical Officer, Communications
Higher Executive Officer, Private Secretary to Director General, Strategy Group
Executive Officer, Communications
Executive Officer, English Curriculum Policy Support (HEALD) 
Social Media Officer, x2 
Chief Media Officer, No10
Senior Media Officer, No10