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.
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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 |