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: Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson
Minister for Schools Standards, Georgia Gould
Minister for Skills, Baroness Smith.
Minister for children and families, Josh MacAlister
Minister for Early education, Olivia bailey
Permanent Secretary, Susan Acland-Hood
Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary, Sarah Skinner
SPAD – Communications, Owain Mumford
SPAD – Communications, Milly Lynch
SPAD - Skills for Opportunity and Growth, and Women & Equalities, Rosy Roche
SPAD - Keeping Children Safe, non-policy functions and speeches, Tim Waters
SPAD - Every Child Achieving and Thriving, Best Start in Life, Vicky Salt
DG, Digital and infrastructure group, Ian Knowles
DG, Strategy and Operations Group, Tony Foot
DG, Schools group, Julia Kinniburgh
Chief media Officer, Press Office, Ellie Agnew
Media Officer, Press Office, Georgia Cronin
Media Officer, Press Office, Holly Bullen
Chief media officer, Press Office, Sam Glanz
Deputy Director, Data Insight and Statistics, Delphine Robineau
Deputy head of profession of statistics, Laura Selby
Head of Children and schools unit , Charlotte Housden-Rowe
Head of Children and schools unit, Natasha Hassall
Deputy Director, press office, Andrew Darby
Head Of SEND and AP Analysis, David Amos
SENDAP Analyst, Naomi Powell
SENDAP Analyst, Ben Randall
SENDAP analyst, Neide Philips
SENDAP analyst, Rohan Kapur
SENDAP analyst, Joe Ball
SENDAP analyst, Aoife Bermingham
Deputy director, Local Accountability and Improvement Division, Claire Burton
SEND System integration and accountability, Stacey Schofield

Date updated	Summary of update
29 June 2026	Note explaining type of need data added.
11 June 2026	First published

Updates to Academic year 2025/26Special educational needs in England

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