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
Minister for Early Education
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
Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
Director General of Strategy Group (DA)
Director General of Families Group
Chief Analyst, Director of Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Intelligence & Science (SARDIS) & Strategic Data Transformation
Deputy Director, News and Social Media Division
Head of Profession, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Deputy Head of Profession, Data Insight and Statistics Division
Director, Children's Social Care - Strategy and Care System
Director, Children's Social Care - Safeguarding and Workforce
Grade 6, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
Grade 7, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
Senior Executive Officer, Outcomes, Care Leavers, and Capital
Deputy Director Families Analysis
Grade 7, Team Leader, Children in Need and Looked After Children Analysis, Children’s Social Care Analysis and Research (CSCAR)
Senior Executive Officer, Children in Need and Looked After Children Analysis, Children’s Social Care Analysis and Research (CSCAR)
Grade 6, Communications
Grade 7, Communications
Higher Executive Officer, Media Officer , Children and Families
Head of Social Media Content
Social Media Officer

Date updated	Summary of update
5 May 2026	Updated with revised national file for KS4 (API file only)
2 April 2026	First published

Updates to Reporting year 2025Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England

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