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

Date updated	Summary of update
28 November 2024	Added link through to new Phonics screening check attainment release
12 October 2023	First published

Updates to Academic year 2022/23Key stage 1 and phonics screening check attainment

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