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
Minister for Children and Families
Minister for Skills
Minister for School Standards
Permanent Secretary
Special Adviser, Every Child Achieving and Thriving, Best Start in Life
Special Adviser, Keeping Children Safe, non-policy functions and speeches
Special Adviser, Communications
Special Adviser, Communications and parliament
Special Adviser, Skills for Opportunity and Growth, and Women & Equalities
Private Office of the Secretary of State
Chief Social Worker For Children And Families
Director General of Strategy Group (DA)
Director General of Families Group
Director Children’s Social Care
Chief Analyst, Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science (SARDIS) & Strategic Data Transformation
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics Division, Head of Profession for Statistics
Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Director, News and Social media division
SEO, Senior Media Officer, Children and Families
Grade 6, Communications
Grade 7, Communications
Deputy Director, Families Group Analysis
G7, Team Leader, Children in Need and Looked After Children Analysis, Children’s Social Care Analysis and Research (CSCAR)
Directors of CSC Strategy and Care system
Deputy Directors, Outcomes, Care Leavers and Capital
G6, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
G7, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
SEO, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
G6 Children’s Social Care
G7, Children’s Social Care Strategy and Engagement Team, Families Group
G6, Best Start in Life Unit
G6, System Leaders and School Improvement Analysis Unit
G6, Children's Social Care Policy
G7, Care Leaders Team

Date updated	Summary of update
1 July 2025	New content (tables and explanatory text) added on outcomes at the early years foundation stage.
10 April 2025	First published

Updates to Reporting year 2024Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

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