Beside DfE Professional and production staff the following post holders are given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release. 
•	Prime Minister
•	Deputy Prime Minister
•	Secretary of State for Education
•	Minister of State for Schools
•	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (education and childcare)
•	Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Lords
•	Director General for Education Standards
•	Deputy Director, Strategy, Performance and Private Office Group
•	PS Advisers
•	Deputy Director, Education Standards Directorate
•	Deputy Head of News, News Division
•	Director, Closing the Gap
•	Deputy Director, Behaviour and Attendance in Schools Division
•	Deputy Director, Assessment and Programme Development Division 
•	Team Leader, Assessment and Programme Development Division
•	Team Leader, Behaviour and Attendance in Schools Division
•	Team Leader, Infrastructure, Funding and Longitudinal Analysis Division
•	Executive Officer, Behaviour and Attendance in Schools Division
•	Senior Press Officer x2