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Kirklees: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Kirklees Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the WYCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000034.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Kirklees for 2026–27: £2,062.42 of a £2,441.07 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

All Hallows CofE Primary Academy (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
All Hallows' CofE (VA) Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Oak CofE Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
Oak CofE Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026

In the last twelve months: 10 opened (9 academy converter, 1 new provision), 9 closed (9 academy converter)

Golcar Junior Infant and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Grange Moor Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Hepworth Junior and Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Hightown Junior Infant & Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 May 2026
Reinwood Community Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Reinwood Infant and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Roberttown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior and Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 January 2026
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Windmill CofE (VC) Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
Fable House — open; reason recorded: new provision, 20 July 2026
Grange Moor Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
Hepworth Junior and Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
Hightown Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 June 2026
Manor Road Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
Reinwood Infant and Nursery School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Reinwood Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Roberttown CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 February 2026
St John’s CE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Windmill CofE Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Kirklees reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Kirklees: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£377.0 million
Highways and transport services	£5.3 million
Children's social care	£96.7 million
Adult social care	£197.7 million
Public health	£35.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£20.0 million
Cultural and related services	£19.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£45.3 million
Planning and development services	£5.4 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£22.1 million
Other services	£10.4 million
Total service expenditure	£834.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Kirklees in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 447,847 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 39 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £20,911 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £601 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 32.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 4.7% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £208,987 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 58.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 57.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 95.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 61.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 16,870 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

69 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 29, Independent / Other 14, Green Party (E&W) 12, Conservative and Unionist 9, Liberal Democrats 5.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 69 councillors, by ward

Craig Wiles (Reform UK) — Almondbury
Gill Floyd (Reform UK) — Almondbury
Pip Harvey (Reform UK) — Almondbury
David Knight (Green Party (E&W)) — Ashbrow
Martin Price (Green Party (E&W)) — Ashbrow
Simon Duffy (Green Party (E&W)) — Ashbrow
Akhtar Kasia (Independent / Other) — Batley East
Aziz Daji (Independent / Other) — Batley East
Habiban Zaman (Independent / Other) — Batley East
Khuram Amjad (Independent / Other) — Batley West
Yusra Hussain (Independent / Other) — Batley West
Zahid Kahut (Independent / Other) — Batley West
Elizabeth Smaje (Conservative and Unionist) — Birstall & Birkenshaw
Joshua Sheard (Conservative and Unionist) — Birstall & Birkenshaw
Philip James (Reform UK) — Birstall & Birkenshaw
Andrew Pinnock (Liberal Democrats) — Cleckheaton
Kath Pinnock (Liberal Democrats) — Cleckheaton
Michael Howard (Reform UK) — Cleckheaton
Brian Moughtin (Reform UK) — Colne Valley East
Mark Smith (Reform UK) — Colne Valley East
Michael Simmons (Reform UK) — Colne Valley East
Dave Rowan (Reform UK) — Colne Valley West
Stephan Dransfield (Reform UK) — Colne Valley West
Tracy Clayton (Reform UK) — Colne Valley West
Abdul Jabar (Green Party (E&W)) — Crosland Moor
Alex Vickers (Green Party (E&W)) — Crosland Moor
Imran Safdar (Green Party (E&W)) — Crosland Moor
Christine Smith (Reform UK) — Dalton
John Hardie (Reform UK) — Dalton
Luke Fallas (Reform UK) — Dalton
Simon Brophy (Reform UK) — Denby Dale
Timothy Bamford (Conservative and Unionist) — Denby Dale
Tina Bamford (Conservative and Unionist) — Denby Dale
Eric Butterworth (Reform UK) — Dewsbury East
Graham France (Reform UK) — Dewsbury East
Maciej Kapsa (Reform UK) — Dewsbury East
Chris Kennedy (Reform UK) — Dewsbury South
Hanifa Darwan (Independent / Other) — Dewsbury South
Masood Ahmed (Independent / Other) — Dewsbury South
Ammar Anwar (Independent / Other) — Dewsbury West
Khalid Patel (Independent / Other) — Dewsbury West
Tanisha Bramwell (Independent / Other) — Dewsbury West
Maryam Jawaid (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenhead
Richard Burton (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenhead
Toby Cooper (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenhead
Glennis Harrison (Reform UK) — Heckmondwike
Lee Cliff (Reform UK) — Heckmondwike
Simon Holbrook (Reform UK) — Heckmondwike
Charles Greaves (Independent / Other) — Holme Valley North
Julia Roebuck (Independent / Other) — Holme Valley North
Richard Noon (Independent / Other) — Holme Valley North
Damian Brook (Conservative and Unionist) — Holme Valley South
David Birch (Reform UK) — Holme Valley South
Robert Butler (Reform UK) — Holme Valley South
Bill Armer (Conservative and Unionist) — Kirkburton
John Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Kirkburton
Richard Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Kirkburton
Anthony Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Lindley
Ashleigh Robinson (Liberal Democrats) — Lindley
David Ridgway (Liberal Democrats) — Lindley
Jane Barraclough (Reform UK) — Liversedge & Gomersall
Sarah Wood (Reform UK) — Liversedge & Gomersall
Susan Maxfield (Reform UK) — Liversedge & Gomersall
James O'Leary (Reform UK) — Mirfield
Martyn Bolt (Conservative and Unionist) — Mirfield
Matthew Maude (Reform UK) — Mirfield
Andrew Cooper (Green Party (E&W)) — Netherton & Newsome
Karen Allison (Green Party (E&W)) — Netherton & Newsome
Susan Lee-Richards (Green Party (E&W)) — Netherton & Newsome

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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