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
Special Advisers
Permanent Secretary
Director General, Families
Director General, Digital and Infrastructure
Director, Children's Social Care Strategy and Care System
Director, Children's Social Care - Safeguarding and Workforce
Chief Social Worker for Children and Families
Deputy Director, Child Protection Safeguarding
Deputy Director, Adoption, Family Justice and Alternatives to Care
Deputy Director, Regional Cooperatives and Fostering
Deputy Director, Outcomes Care Leavers and Capital
Deputy Director, Looked After Children Placements
Deputy Director, Multi-Agency Information Sharing
Deputy Director, Family support
Section Head, Children’s Social Care Analysis and Research
Team Leader, Children Looked After Data team
Deputy Director, Media Office
Assistant Director, Media Office
Chief Media Officer
Senior Media Officer
Head of Social Media Content
Social Media Officer
Principal Officer, Safeguarding Social Care Regulation and Inspection, Ofsted
Panel Chair, National Safeguarding Practice Review Panel

Date updated	Summary of update
23 July 2026	Amended contact details
21 May 2026	First published

Updates to Reporting year 2026Serious incident notifications

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