diff --git a/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/release_precedence.py b/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/release_precedence.py
index 52080c6..1a63779 100644
--- a/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/release_precedence.py
+++ b/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/release_precedence.py
@@ -11,8 +11,23 @@ requirements, can load it.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import re
+
 import pandas as pd
 
+_SLUG_YEAR = re.compile(r"^(\d{4})-(\d{2})(?:-|$)")
+
+
+def slug_to_time_period(slug: str) -> str | None:
+    """A release slug's academic year as a time_period: '2022-23' → '202223'.
+
+    Suffixed slugs ('2024-25-revised', '2025-26-provisional') give the same
+    year, so newest_first places them by year; read as unknown, a revised
+    release went last and lost its year to the first release.
+    """
+    match = _SLUG_YEAR.match(slug or "")
+    return match.group(1) + match.group(2) if match else None
+
 
 def newest_first(releases: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
     """Releases by time_period, newest first. A release whose time_period is
diff --git a/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/tap.py b/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/tap.py
index d550b80..541ef8b 100644
--- a/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/tap.py
+++ b/pipeline/plugins/extractors/tap-uk-ees/tap_uk_ees/tap.py
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ from tap_uk_ees.ks4_summary import (
     headline_record,
     headline_rows,
 )
-from tap_uk_ees.release_precedence import drop_owned_periods, newest_first, periods_in
+from tap_uk_ees.release_precedence import (
+    drop_owned_periods,
+    newest_first,
+    periods_in,
+    slug_to_time_period,
+)
 
 CONTENT_API_BASE = (
     "https://content.explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/api"
@@ -40,14 +45,6 @@ def get_content_release_id(publication_slug: str) -> str:
     return resp.json()["id"]
 
 
-def _slug_to_time_period(slug: str) -> str | None:
-    """Convert a release slug like '2022-23' to a time_period like '202223'."""
-    parts = slug.split("-")
-    if len(parts) == 2 and len(parts[0]) == 4 and len(parts[1]) == 2:
-        return parts[0] + parts[1]
-    return None
-
-
 def get_all_releases(publication_slug: str) -> list[dict]:
     """Return all releases for a publication as dicts with 'id' and 'time_period'.
 
@@ -72,7 +69,7 @@ def get_all_releases(publication_slug: str) -> list[dict]:
             total_pages = paging.get("totalPages", 1)
 
         for r in releases:
-            time_period = _slug_to_time_period(r.get("slug", ""))
+            time_period = slug_to_time_period(r.get("slug", ""))
             result.append({"id": r["id"], "time_period": time_period})
 
         if page >= total_pages:
diff --git a/pipeline/tests/test_ees_release_precedence.py b/pipeline/tests/test_ees_release_precedence.py
index 09ce3ae..104fcae 100644
--- a/pipeline/tests/test_ees_release_precedence.py
+++ b/pipeline/tests/test_ees_release_precedence.py
@@ -76,3 +76,25 @@ def test_only_the_ks4_results_stream_opts_in():
     opted_in = [chunk.split('(')[0] for chunk in source.split('\nclass ')[1:]
                 if re.search(r'_newest_release_owns_period\s*=\s*True', chunk)]
     assert opted_in == ['EESKS4PerformanceStream']
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('slug, period', [
+    ('2024-25', '202425'),
+    ('2024-25-revised', '202425'),
+    ('2025-26-provisional', '202526'),
+    ('latest', None),
+    ('', None),
+])
+def test_a_release_slug_gives_its_year_whatever_its_suffix(precedence, slug, period):
+    # KS2 already publishes "2024-25-revised" and "2025-26-provisional". An
+    # unread suffix sent the release last, behind the provisional one for the
+    # same year, which then owned the year and dropped every revised row.
+    assert precedence.slug_to_time_period(slug) == period
+
+
+def test_within_a_year_the_api_order_is_kept(precedence):
+    # The API lists a year's revised release before its first release.
+    releases = [{'id': 'revised', 'time_period': '202526'},
+                {'id': 'first', 'time_period': '202526'},
+                {'id': 'older', 'time_period': '202425'}]
+    assert [r['id'] for r in precedence.newest_first(releases)] == ['revised', 'first', 'older']