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
Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary
Director General, Digital and Infrastructure
Director General, Schools Group
Special Advisor
DD, Communications Group
Communications Group
Social Media Officer
Media Officer
Director, Curriculum and General Qualifications, Schools group
DD, Head of Schools Strategy Unit, Schools Strategy Unit
G7, School Strategy Advisor
G6, Senior Policy Advisor, Schools Strategy Unit
G7, Curriculum and Qualifications analysis team leader, Schools and Pupils Analysis (division)
HEO English Policy, EMMAD
G6, English policy, EMMAD
DD, English, Maths, Music and the Arts policy
G6, Policy Lead for Arts, Music and Humanities (EMMAD)
G6, Policy Lead for Maths & Curriculum strategy
G7, Art & Design, Music, Dance, Drama GCSEs and equivalents
G7, Policy Lead for Science/D&T
G7, Policy Lead for Computing
G7, Policy Lead for Languages
G7, Strategic Attainment and Recovery Analysis
G7, Senior Delivery Analyst, Delivery Unit
Deputy Chief Regulator of Ofqual
Chair of Ofqual
Executive Director General Qualifications, Ofqual
DG, Regions Group
G6, Head of Delivery, Regions Group
SEO, Data and Analysis Unit
HEO, Data and Analysis Unit
DD, Schools and Pupils Analysis Division
G6, Schools Strategy Analysis
G6, Accountability policy
G7, Accountability policy

Date updated	Summary of update
27 October 2026	This update has a new school file in the supporting document section, as well as small changes to the metadata
15 October 2026	First published

Updates to Academic year 2025/26Key stage 4 performance

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