Besides DfE professional and production staff the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.																
																
Secretary of State, Private Office																
Ministers of State, Private Office																
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Schools), Private Office																
Special Advisors, Private Office																
Permanent Secretary, Private Office																
Director General, Education Standards Directorate																
Director General, Infrastructure & Funding Directorate																
Acting Director, Academies Group																
Chief Analyst																
Deputy Director, Accountability, Assessment & Flexible Resource Division																
G6, Accountability, Assessment & Flexible Resource Division																
G7, Accountability, Assessment  & Flexible Resource Division																
G6, Behaviour, Attendance and Disadvantage Division																
G7, Behaviour, Attendance and Disadvantage Division*2																
SEO, Behaviour, Attendance and Disadvantage Division																
G7, Curriculum & Standards Division																
G7, Curriculum & Standards Division																
HEO, Curriculum & Standards Division																
Deputy Director, Academies Operations and Strategy Division *2																
G6, Academies Operations and Strategy Division																
G7, Academies Central Operations Division																
G7, Academies Operations and Strategy Division																
SEO, Academies Policy Division																
G6, Infrastructure, Funding & Longitudinal Analysis Division																
G7, Infrastructure, Funding & Longitudinal Analysis Division																
HStO, Infrastructure, Funding & Longitudinal Analysis Division																
G7, Free Schools Group																
Regional Data Analyst, Ofsted																
Deputy Director, Communications Group																
Senior Press Officer * 2																
Press Officer																
																
																
The following press organisations were also given pre release access up to 24 hours before release.
																
BBC
BBC Look North
Bolton News
Cumberland News 
Daily Echo
Daily Gazette
Derby Telegraph
Eastern Daily Press
Essex County Standard
Evening Standard
Gloucestershire Echo
Grimsby and Scunthorpe Media
Hull Daily Mail
Isle of Wight County Press
ITV
Kent Messenger
Leicester Mercury
Lincolnshire Echo
Local World
News & Star
Newsquest
North West Evening Mail
Oldham Evening Chronicle
Oxford Mail
Press Association
Shropshire Star
South London Press
Sunderland Echo
The Daily Mail
The Guardian
The Independent
The Mail
The Mirror
The News
The Sun
The Telegraph
Times Education Supplement
Wigan Evening Post