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Staffordshire: 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.

Staffordshire County Council: County (upper tier), England, West Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000028.

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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 Staffordshire for 2026–27: £1,686.42. 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 recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Stafford Manor High School (secondary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 February 2027
Stafford Manor High School (secondary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 11 opened (6 academy converter, 3 new provision, 1 reason not recorded, 1 academy free school), 7 closed (6 academy converter, 1 closure)

Edenhurst Preparatory School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Ilam CofE (VA) Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Leonard's CofE (A) First School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
St Modwen's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Achieve Beyond Schools, Stafford — open, 15 September 2026
Greywood Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 1 September 2026
Ilam Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
Ladybird Manor School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 22 December 2025
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
St Gabriel's Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Leonard's Church of England First School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
St Modwen's Catholic Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
Sutherland School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 31 March 2026
The Manor School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 18 June 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 Staffordshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Staffordshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£527.1 million
Highways and transport services	£75.3 million
Children's social care	£248.5 million
Adult social care	£378.3 million
Public health	£51.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)	none budgeted
Cultural and related services	£12.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£52.1 million
Planning and development services	£7.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£8.1 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,360.7 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).

Staffordshire in numbers

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

Total population: 907,153 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 44 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,775 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £641 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 23.9% 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: 2.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £250,633 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 62.5 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: 63.0 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: 6.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 85.4% 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: 126.1 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: 32,585 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

62 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 45, Conservative and Unionist 11, Independent / Other 3, Labour Party 1, Green Party (E&W) 1, Stafford Borough Independents 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 62 councillors, by ward

Rhys Machin (Reform UK) — Audley & Chesterton
Mike Broom (Reform UK) — Biddulph North
Bob Egginton (Reform UK) — Biddulph South & Endon
Nicholas Lakin (Reform UK) — Bradwell & Porthill
Neil Parton (Reform UK) — Brereton & Ravenhill
Chris Large (Independent / Other) — Brewood
Andrew Clissett (Reform UK) — Burntwood North
Robin Hall (Reform UK) — Burntwood South
Peter Mason (Reform UK) — Burton South
Conor Wileman (Conservative and Unionist) — Burton Tower
Michael Carver (Reform UK) — Burton Town
Syed Hussain (Labour Party) — Burton Trent
Martin Murray (Reform UK) — Cannock Town
Warwick McKenzie (Reform UK) — Caverswall
Alex Hunt (Reform UK) — Chadsmoor
Gary Bentley (Reform UK) — Cheadle & Checkley
Thomas Baker (Reform UK) — Cheslyn Hay Village, Featherstone & Shareshill
Su Beardmore (Reform UK) — Churnet Valley
Val Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Codsall
Philip White (Conservative and Unionist) — Dove
Jeremy Pert (Conservative and Unionist) — Eccleshall & Gnosall
Jon Pendleton (Reform UK) — Etching Hill & The Heath
Michelle Woods (Reform UK) — Great Wurley & Essington
Rhys Mandry (Reform UK) — Hawks Green, Rawnsley & Cannock Wood
Paul Jones (Reform UK) — Hednesford North
Anthony Screen (Reform UK) — Kidsgrove
Victoria Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Kinver
Charlotte Kelly (Reform UK) — Leek Rural
Sonny Edwards (Reform UK) — Leek South
Matthew Wallens (Reform UK) — Lichfield City North
Colin Greatorex (Conservative and Unionist) — Lichfield City South
Tracey Dougherty (Reform UK) — Lichfield Rural East
Richard Holland (Conservative and Unionist) — Lichfield Rural North
Alex Farrell (Conservative and Unionist) — Lichfield Rural South
Janet Higgins (Reform UK) — Lichfield Rural West
Lynn Dean (Independent / Other) — May Bank & Wolstanton
Catherine Brown (Conservative and Unionist) — Needwood Forest
Helen Williams (Reform UK) — Newcastle Rural
Adam Griffiths (Reform UK) — Newcastle South
Daniel Cecil (Reform UK) — Norton Canes, Heath Hayes & Wimblebury
Craig Humphreyson (Reform UK) — Penkridge
Ian Cooper (Independent / Other) — Perrycrofts
James Hodges (Reform UK) — Perton
Mark Nixon (Reform UK) — Silverdale & Knutton
Paul Williams (Reform UK) — Stafford Central
Chris Gilbert (Reform UK) — Stafford North
Ann Edgeller (Conservative and Unionist) — Stafford South East
Antonia Orlandi-Fantini (Reform UK) — Stafford South West
Andrew Mynors (Reform UK) — Stafford Trent Valley
Jack Rose (Green Party (E&W)) — Stafford West & Rural
Sean Bagguley (Reform UK) — Stone Rural North
Jill Hood (Stafford Borough Independents) — Stone Urban
Barry Martin (Reform UK) — Stretton
Martin Rogerson (Reform UK) — Talke & Red Street
Nicholas Thompson (Reform UK) — The Cotes/Two Rivers
Hayley Coles (Reform UK) — The Heaths
Gary Hales (Reform UK) — Uttoxeter Rural
Patrick Allen (Reform UK) — Uttoxeter Town
Wayne Luca (Reform UK) — Watling
Simon Tagg (Conservative and Unionist) — Westlands, Thistleberry & Keele
Gordon Munro (Reform UK) — Wilnecote
Marie Shortland (Reform UK) — Wombourne

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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