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 for Skills
Minister for Schools Standards
6 x Special Advisers
Deputy Director, Press Office
G7 Media Officer
Senior Media Officer
Media Officer
G7 Social Media Officer
Senior Social Media Officer
Director General, Skills Group
Director General, Schools Group
Director General, Strategy Group
Director, Skills Strategy
2 x Director, Technical Qualifications and Essential Skills
Director, Regions and Providers
Director, Higher Education
Director, Further Education
Director, Skills Journey
Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Director, Careers Readiness
Deputy Director, Skills Policy Analysis
G6, Skills Strategy
G6, Head of Work Experience and Construction Industry
G7, Work Experience and Devolution
G7, Careers and FE Enrichment

Date updated	Summary of update
23 July 2026	Added institution level data to API
28 May 2026	First published

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