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

Minister for Skills

Minister of State

Permanent Secretary

Director General, Schools Group

Director General, Strategy Group

DG, Regions group

Special Advisor x 5

G6, Media Officer

G7, News and social media

HEO, Media Officer , Communications Group

CEO, STA

G7, Psychometrician, STA

G6, School Strategy Unit

DD, School Strategy Unit

SEO, Private Secretary

Dir, Regions group

DD, Regions group

Grade 6, Regions group

G7, Data & Analysis function, Regions group

SEO, Data & Analysis function, Regions group

Senior Manager, National Assessments, Ofqual

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

DD, Schools Group

G6, Head of English

Grade 7, English Curriculum Policy Lead, HEALD

HEO, English Curriculum Policy Officer

G7, Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team Leader

SEO, Pre-16 Maths Policy Advisor, STEM education

HEO, Pre-16 Maths Policy Advisor, STEM education

G6, STEM

Pre-16 Maths Curriculum Policy Team

G7, Head of Science Curriculum Policy

SEO, Science Policy Lead STEM in Education

DD, STEM education, Schools Group

DD, Head of Families Analysis, Families Group

G7, Schools Regulation and Quality

Table showing updates to this release
Date updated	Summary of update
22 April 2025	Planned update with final institution level data in line with Compare School and College Performance (CSCP) update
25 February 2025	Added section on "Attainment in Multi-academy trusts"
12 December 2024	Planned update with revised data.
10 September 2024	First published

Updates to Academic year 2023/24Key stage 2 attainment

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