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Warwickshire: 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.

Warwickshire County Council: County (upper tier), England, West Midlands. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000031.

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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 Warwickshire for 2026–27: £1,903.86. 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

Kingsbury Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Kingsbury Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 8 opened (5 academy converter, 2 new provision, 1 academy free school), 7 closed (5 academy converter, 1 closure, 1 result of amalgamation/merger)

Great Alne Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Henry Hinde Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Princethorpe (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
St Peter's Catholic Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 August 2026
Chestnut Place — open; reason recorded: new provision, 18 February 2026
Nunhold House Outdoor Learning Centre — open; reason recorded: new provision, 14 May 2026
Our Lady's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Joseph's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
St Peter's Catholic Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 September 2026
Watling Meadows Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy free school, 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 Warwickshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Warwickshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£541.8 million
Highways and transport services	£38.0 million
Children's social care	£165.8 million
Adult social care	£279.5 million
Public health	£29.9 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£2.4 million
Cultural and related services	£10.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£26.1 million
Planning and development services	£9.3 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	£33.1 million
Central services	£11.5 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,148.4 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).

Warwickshire in numbers

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

Total population: 632,207 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £26,869 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £690 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 19.7% 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: 2.7% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £307,489 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 62.9 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: 63.3 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: 7.8 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 88.3% 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: 154.2 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: 27,800 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

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

Councillors by party: Reform UK 19, Liberal Democrats 14, Conservative and Unionist 8, Green Party (E&W) 6, Independent / Other 4, Labour Party 3, Restore Britain 2, Whitnash Residents Association 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 57 councillors, by ward

Dean Richards (Conservative and Unionist) — Admirals & Cawston
James Norris (Liberal Democrats) — Alcester
Wayne Briggs (Reform UK) — Arbury
James Crocker (Reform UK) — Arden
Robert Gisbourne (Reform UK) — Atherstone
Rob Howard (Reform UK) — Attleborough
Edward Harris (Independent / Other) — Baddesley & Dordon
George Finch (Reform UK) — Bedworth Central
Stan Carvell (Reform UK) — Bedworth East
Neil Garland (Reform UK) — Bedworth North
Chris Morris (Reform UK) — Bedworth West
Sarah Feeney (Labour Party) — Benn
Cliff Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Bidford & Welford
Stephen Pimm (Liberal Democrats) — Bilton & Hillside
Senthil Karadiar (Labour Party) — Brownsover & Coton Park
Jan Matecki (Independent / Other) — Budbrooke & Bishop's Tachbrook
John Waine (Reform UK) — Bulkington & Whitestone
Dale Bridgewater (Reform UK) — Camp Hill
Robert Aitkenhead (Reform UK) — Coleshill North & Water Orton
Scott Cameron (Restore Britain) — Coleshill South & Arley
Ben Edwards (Liberal Democrats) — Cubbington & Leek Wootton
Dale Keeling (Conservative and Unionist) — Dunsmore & Leam Valley
Anne-Marie Sonko (Reform UK) — Earl Craven
Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrats) — Eastlands
Christopher Kettle (Conservative and Unionist) — Feldon
Adrian Warwick (Conservative and Unionist) — Fosse
Luke Shingler (Independent / Other) — Galley Common
Jennifer Warren (Reform UK) — Hartshill & Mancetter
Yousef Dahmash (Conservative and Unionist) — Hillmorton
Tracey Drew (Green Party (E&W)) — Kenilworth Park Hill
Richard Dickson (Liberal Democrats) — Kenilworth St. John's
Chris Mills (Conservative and Unionist) — Kineton & Red Horse
Stuart Green (Reform UK) — Kingsbury
Mark Stevens (Green Party (E&W)) — Lapworth & West Kenilworth
Jonathan Chilvers (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Brunswick
Max Langer (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Clarendon
Jennifer McAllister (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington Milverton
Sarah Boad (Liberal Democrats) — Leamington North
Will Roberts (Green Party (E&W)) — Leamington Willes
Dan Glover (Reform UK) — New Bilton & Overslade
Michael Bannister (Reform UK) — Nuneaton Abbey
Darren Cheshire (Reform UK) — Nuneaton East
Stephen Shaw (Reform UK) — Polesworth
Jo Barker (Conservative and Unionist) — Shipston
Andy Crump (Conservative and Unionist) — Southam, Stockton & Napton
Nigel Golby (Reform UK) — Stockingford
David Curtis (Liberal Democrats) — Stour & the Vale
Lorraine Grocott (Liberal Democrats) — Stratford North
Kate Rolfe (Liberal Democrats) — Stratford South
Steve Albon (Liberal Democrats) — Stratford West
Luke Cooper (Restore Britain) — Studley
Sam Jones (Independent / Other) — Warwick North
Nicki Scott (Green Party (E&W)) — Warwick South
John Holland (Labour Party) — Warwick West
Keith Kondakor (Green Party (E&W)) — Weddington
George Cowcher (Liberal Democrats) — Wellesbourne
Judy Falp (Whitnash Residents Association) — Whitnash

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.

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