Pre-release access list: local authority inspection outcomes as at 31 March 2025
Published 25 September 2025
Applies to England
The phrase ‘pre-release access’ refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles that govern pre-release access are featured in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.
The data contained in the statistical release has been used by Ofsted for operational reasons, meaning that access to this data has been available to a number of Ofsted employees for the purpose of meeting business needs and discharging functions.
Access to this statistical release has not been given to the Ofsted employees referred to in the previous paragraph. With the exception of the analysts who produce the output and other employees involved in the production process, only individuals included in the list below have been given 24-hour pre-release access.
Access granted to | Department |
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His Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI) | Ofsted |
Principal Private Secretary to HMCI | Ofsted |
Private Secretary to HMCI | Ofsted |
Deputy His Majesty’s Chief Inspector | Ofsted |
National Director, Regulation and Social Care | Ofsted |
Deputy Director, Social Care, Inspection Policy and Development | Ofsted |
Deputy Director, Social Care and Regulatory Practice | Ofsted |
Director, Insights and Research | Ofsted |
Chief Statistician | Ofsted |
Director, Strategy and Engagement | Ofsted |
Deputy Director, Communications | Ofsted |
Senior Media Officer | Ofsted |
Senior Media Officer, Social Care | Ofsted |
Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education |
Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Education | Department for Education |
Senior Media Officer | Department for Education |
Director General, Families | Department for Education |
Deputy Director, Children’s Social Care Operational Policy and National Delivery | Department for Education |
Head of Children’s Social Care National Programme, Regions Group | Department for Education |
Team Leader, Vulnerable Children Analysis, Regions Group | Department for Education |
Head of Vulnerable Children’s PMO, Regions Group | Department for Education |
Chief Social Worker for Children and Families | Department for Education |
Private Secretary to Chief Social Worker for Children and Families | Department for Education |
Head of Systems Policy for Children’s Social Care | Department for Education |