Key stage 2 attainment: National headlines
Accredited official statistics on the headline statistics on attainment in key stage 2 national curriculum assessments in England.
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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 |
| Minister of State |
| Director General, Schools Group |
| Director General, Strategy Group |
| Special Advisor x5 |
| SEO, Private Secretary to Tony Foot |
| Private Secretary, Permanent Secretary's office |
| G6, Media Officer |
| HEO, Media Officer , Communications Group |
| G7, News and social media |
| CEO, Standards and Testing Agency (STA) |
| DD, Assessment Research and Development (STA) |
| DD, KS2 assessments, STA |
| Director, Curriculum and General Qualifications, Schools group |
| DD, Schools Group |
| DD, Head of Schools and Pupils Analysis Division |
| G6, Head of English |
| Grade 7, English Curriculum Policy Lead, HEALD |
| HEO, Policy Advisor English Curriculum |
| HEO, Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team |
| G6, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| G7, Maths Policy team, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| SEO, Policy Advisor, English, Maths, Music and Arts Division |
| G7, Disadvantage and Disparities analysis (SAFAD) |
| HEO, Science and Design Technology Curriculum |
| Senior Manager, Regulation of National Assessments, Ofqual |
| Director of Policy and Strategic Relationships, Ofqual |
| Deputy Chief Regulator of Ofqual |
| Chair of Ofqual |
| Executive Director General Qualifications |
| Senior Manager, national assessment regulation, Ofqual |
| DD, School Strategy and System Reform |
| G7, Delivery Unit |