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Pre-release access list: national curriculum assessments at key stage 1 and phonics screening checks in England, 2018

Updated 25 October 2019

Applies to England

Besides DfE professional and production staff the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release:

  • Secretary of State
  • Minister of State for Schools
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the School System
  • Permanent Secretary, Private Office
  • Special Advisers x2, Private Office
  • Senior Policy Adviser, Private Office
  • Higher Executive Officer, Private Office
  • Director General, Education Standards Directorate
  • Chief Operating Officer and Director General of Operations Directorate
  • Deputy Director, Data Outputs Division & Deputy Head of Professions for Statistics
  • Director for Accountability, Qualifications and Curriculum
  • Deputy Director, Curriculum and Standards Division
  • Grade 6, Curriculum Policy Unit
  • Grade 7, Curriculum Policy Unit
  • Senior Executive Officer, Curriculum Policy Unit
  • Higher Executive Officer, Curriculum Policy Unit
  • Deputy Director, Assessment Policy and Communications, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Deputy Director, Test Operations, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Grade 6, Assessment Policy and Communications, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Grade 6, Test Operations Delivery, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Grade 6, Mathematics in Schools Unit
  • Grade 7, Assessment Policy Unit, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Higher Executive Officer, Assessment Policy Unit, Standards and Testing Agency
  • Chief Media Officer
  • Senior Press Officer
  • Senior Media Officer
  • Senior Analytical Officer, Data and Insight Division, Ofsted
  • Higher Analytical Officer, Data and Insight Division, Ofsted
  • Director, Regulation National Assessments, Ofqual (SCS1)
  • Deputy Chief Regulator, Strategy, Risk and Research, Ofqual (SCS1a)
  • Chief Regulator, Ofqual (SCS2)