West Midlands · Non-metropolitan district

East Staffordshire

2026/27 view

East Staffordshire · ONS E07000193

Financial position as at 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

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COUNCIL AT A GLANCE

Who runs the council and its current position

60/ 100

COUNCILMETRICS FINANCIAL HEALTH SCORE

Mixed

Compared only with non-metropolitan district councils using central government returns.

164 councils in peer group Rank 60 of 164 High confidence 2024/25 outturn · 2026/27 Q1 debt How this is calculated

Reserves cover25

Debt burden80

Liquidity93

Debt direction55

YEAR-ON-YEAR CONTEXT Change from the previous reported period Each measure uses its own official reporting timetable.

Net debt £-36.96m 2026/27 Q1 vs 2025/26 Q4

−£1.77m 5.0%

Service expenditure £21.92m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£3.83m 21.2%

Unallocated reserves £2.22m 2024/25 vs 2023/24

+£163.6k 8.0%

FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL TREND

How this council's finances have changed

Official annual outturn. Each line uses its own scale so direction remains easy to read.

Through 2024/25

Service expenditure £21.92m

50.3%

Net revenue expenditure £19.51m

46.5%

Council Tax requirement £10.09m

18.7%

Unallocated reserves £2.22m

73.8%

COUNCILMETRICS COMMUNITY SCORE Share your experience 0 of 25 responses collected before results are published

Score this council

Political controlNot yet recordedAdministration not identified

Council leaderNot identifiedParty not identified

Resident population129,6592024 estimate

Latest net debt£-36.96m2026/27 Q1 quarter end

WASTE & RECYCLING

What happens to household waste?

Official Defra measures for East Staffordshire, with like-for-like comparison against collection authorities.

2024/25

43.9%recycled

Household recycling rate

More waste recycled

1.6 percentage points vs 2023/24

71 of 196 peer authorities Peer median 42.1%

Residual waste457.6 kgper household−43.3 kg year on year

Waste collected353.7 kgper resident−25.1 kg year on year

Household waste45,899tonnes collected20,148 tonnes recycled

WHERE HOUSEHOLD WASTE WENT

Recycled versus residual waste

20,148 t recycled, composted or reused 25,751 t not recycled

RECYCLING RATE TREND

10 years of official data

43.9%

2015/162024/25

EDUCATION

Schools and education

Schools, pupil numbers and latest education outcomes across East Staffordshire.

2024/25

SCHOOLS & PUPILS

Education at a glance

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62 Open schools

22,302 Pupils

25,912 School places

86.1% Capacity utilisation

ATTAINMENT & OUTCOMES

Key Stage 4

Published outcomes for pupils living in East Staffordshire.

Attainment 8

44.3

West Midlands 44.6

England 46.1

1.8 points below England

English & maths grade 5+

42.0%

West Midlands 41.7%

England 45.4%

3.4 percentage points below England

EBacc entry

39.1%

West Midlands 37.9%

England 40.5%

1.4 percentage points below England

PROGRESS

Progress 8

-0.13

Latest published Progress 8 score, 2023/24.

A score of 0 represents the national average.

TREND

Attainment 8 over time

45.4 18/19

48.3 19/20

48.6 20/21

47.8 21/22

44.8 22/23

44.3 23/24

44.3 24/25

Education context

East Staffordshire's latest Key Stage 4 outcomes show a mixed picture when compared with West Midlands and England.

Department for Education · Key Stage 4 performance · Pupil residency

HOUSING & AFFORDABILITY

Housing costs and local earnings

House prices and affordability for East Staffordshire, based on the earnings of local residents.

2025

Median house price

£235,000

+ 16.3% over five years

Median resident earnings

£36,848

+ 25.0% over five years

House price to earnings

6.38×

Improved from 6.85× five years ago

PRIVATE RENTING

Average monthly private rent

Typical private rental cost across all property types in East Staffordshire.

£851 / month

+ 5.5% in the last year

July 2026

East Staffordshire

£851

+ 5.5%

West Midlands

£974

+ 4.5%

England

£1,451

+ 3.8%

Compared with West Midlands £123 less per month

Compared with England £600 less per month

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Housing affordability

Median house price as a multiple of median resident earnings. Lower is more affordable.

East Staffordshire

6.38×

West Midlands

6.80×

England

7.64×

Compared with West Midlands More affordable

Compared with England More affordable

Source: Office for National Statistics · Housing affordability in England and Wales · House prices year ending September · Residence-based earnings

PLANNING & HOUSING DELIVERY

Is development moving through the system?

Quarterly planning decisions and the government's latest three-year Housing Delivery Test.

2026 Q1

Applications received206this quarter+8 vs 2025 Q4

Applications decided171this quarter+19 vs 2025 Q4

Outstanding applications—at quarter end

94.2%approved

Overall approval rate161 granted10 refused+4.0 pts vs previous quarter

DECISION TIMELINESS

Decisions made within time

77.8%

Rank 274 of 294 reporting authoritiesNational median 92.5%

1.5 percentage points higher than 2025 Q4

APPLICATION MIX

Performance by development type

TypeDecisionsApprovedIn time Major366.7%0.0% Minor4989.8%73.5% Other11996.6%81.5%

QUARTERLY FLOW

Applications through the system

Last 8 quarters

HOUSING DELIVERY TEST

Homes delivered against requirement

181%

Required1,289homes over three years

Delivered2,334homes over three years

100% requirement

No consequenceHDT 2025 government assessment

CRIME & POLICING

Police-recorded crime

Latest police-recorded crime figures for East Staffordshire, excluding fraud.

Year ending Mar 2026

Recorded offences 8,456 Total police-recorded crime excluding fraud

Crime rate 65.2 offences per 1,000 residents

Annual change − 3.3% compared with the previous year

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

Recorded crime rate

Offences per 1,000 residents

East Staffordshire Your council

65.2 − 3.3%

West Midlands Region

82.2 − 1.2%

England National

83.4 − 1.5%

East Staffordshire has a recorded crime rate 20.7% below West Midlands. It is 21.8% below the England rate.

OFFENCE PROFILE

Recorded crime by category

Staffordshire

Violence 3,921

30.2 per 1,000 + 0.7%

Theft 1,903

14.7 per 1,000 − 15.5%

Public order 834

6.4 per 1,000 − 8.4%

Criminal damage 605

4.7 per 1,000 − 2.3%

Shoplifting 585

4.5 per 1,000 − 17.5%

Vehicle offences 358

2.8 per 1,000 − 16.4%

Burglary 313

2.4 per 1,000 − 6.6%

Drug offences 351

2.7 per 1,000 + 37.6%

ONS / Home Office · Police-recorded crime · Community Safety Partnership data

SCHOOLS & OFSTED

Schools and inspection outcomes

Open schools, pupil numbers and the latest published Ofsted inspection position for East Staffordshire.

62 schools

Open schools 62

Pupils 22,302

School places 25,912

Capacity used 86.1%

Primary 43 schools

9,947 pupils

Secondary 9 schools

9,950 pupils

Other / specialist 6 schools

1,332 pupils

Middle deemed secondary 3 schools

1,073 pupils

16+ provision 1 school

0 pupils

CURRENT POSITION

Inspection coverage

Latest Ofsted management information

Renewed framework 6

9.7% of open schools

Previous full framework 33

53.2% of open schools

Ungraded inspection 18

29.0% of open schools

No Ofsted record 3

4.8% of open schools

No published outcome 2

3.2% of open schools

RENEWED FRAMEWORK

Latest inspection standards

6 schools assessed

Achievement 6 assessed

Expected standard 6

Attendance & behaviour 6 assessed

Expected standard 3

Strong standard 2

Needs attention 1

Curriculum & teaching 6 assessed

Expected standard 6

Inclusion 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Leadership & governance 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Personal development 6 assessed

Expected standard 5

Strong standard 1

Safeguarding 6 assessed

Met 6

PREVIOUS FRAMEWORK

Legacy Ofsted ratings

These ratings apply only to schools whose latest full inspection remains under the previous Ofsted framework. Schools assessed under the renewed framework are shown separately above.

Outstanding 3

Good 21

Requires improvement 2

Not judged 7

LOCAL SCHOOLS

School directory

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School	Phase	Pupils	Capacity	Latest Ofsted position
All Saints CofE (C) Primary School URN 146295 · DE13 9RW	Primary	111	105	Good
All Saints CofE Academy Denstone URN 145681 · ST14 5HT	Primary	67	90	Ungraded inspection
All Saints' CofE First School URN 143959 · ST10 4SR	Primary	21	60	Good
Bramshall Meadows First School URN 149079 · ST14 5EQ	Primary	125	176	Not judged
Branston Locks Primary and Nursery School URN 150788 · DE13 9WU	Primary	86	472	No published outcome
Burton Fields School URN 147299 · DE14 2PJ	Primary	189	240	Good
Christ Church Primary School URN 151609 · DE14 3TE	Primary	353	315	Ungraded inspection
Dove CofE Academy URN 147438 · ST14 5PB	Primary	113	150	Good

School information: Get Information about Schools (GIAS). Inspection information: Ofsted monthly management information. Inspection frameworks differ over time, so renewed-framework standards and previous overall effectiveness grades are shown separately.

Published expenditure£0.00No spending file imported

Revenue budget£0.00Not imported

Reported overspend£0.00Not imported outturn

Contracts00 active

Identified suppliers0Normalised entities

PEOPLE AND PLACE

Population snapshot

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Population 129,659 2024

West Midlands region 6,187,204

Five-year population change

+7,607 residents ↑ 6.2%

East Staffordshire +6.2%

West Midlands +4.5%

England +4.3%

Growth context

East Staffordshire's population grew over five years. Its change was 1.7 percentage points above the West Midlands and 2.0 percentage points above England.

2019–2024 ONS mid-year estimates

Population estimates and labour-market measures from ONS/Nomis.Official profile

BENEFITS & FINANCIAL PRESSURE

How is Universal Credit changing in East Staffordshire?

People receiving Universal Credit and how the caseload has changed over the latest 24 months.

DWP · May 2026

PEOPLE ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT 14,883 11.5% of the 2024 resident population May 2026

CHANGE IN 12 MONTHS +5.9% +827 people

LATEST MONTHLY CHANGE +1.1% +163 since April 2026

LOCAL CONTEXT

Universal Credit recipients as a share of population

Comparison using 2024 resident population estimates.

May 2026

East Staffordshire LOCAL AUTHORITY

11.5%

West Midlands REGION

13.9%

England COUNTRY

12.3%

Percentage of the resident population receiving Universal Credit. This is not an unemployment rate.

24-MONTH TREND

People receiving Universal Credit

Monthly caseload recorded on the DWP Universal Credit system.

June 2024 May 2026

14,883 13,827 12,770

June 2024 May 2026

What does this measure?

Universal Credit provides financial support to people who are on a low income or out of work. These figures count people receiving Universal Credit, not households and not the number of people who are unemployed.

DWP Stat-Xplore

AIR QUALITY

How clean is the air?

Long-term particulate pollution across the council area, alongside measurements from local UK-AIR monitoring stations.

POPULATION-WEIGHTED ANNUAL MEAN

Fine particulate matter

No annual PM2.5 estimate is currently available.

LONG-TERM TREND

PM2.5 over time

Not enough annual data is available to show a trend.

CURRENT MONITORING

Latest station measurement

UK-AIR

PM2.5 6.6 µg/m³

Provisional

Last 24 hours 3.1 – 8.8 µg/m³

Burton-on-Trent Horninglow Automatic Urban and Rural Monitoring Network (AURN) · Urban Background Latest measurement: 2026-09-23 01:00:00+01

This is a measurement from an individual monitoring station and should not be interpreted as the current concentration across the whole council area.

HEALTH IMPACT

Particulate air pollution

No current OHID particulate-air-pollution mortality estimate is available.

Annual PM2.5 is Defra Pollution Climate Mapping data. Monitoring readings are station-specific UK-AIR measurements and may be provisional.

HOUSING LICENSING

HMOs and property licensing

Coverage not assessedNational HMO explorer

Licensed HMOsAwaiting registerOnly licensed properties will be counted

Identifiable HMO expenditureNot identifiableNot separately described in published transactions

Inspection and enforcement dataAwaiting dataNo activity source imported yet

Coverage note

A licensed HMO register has not yet been located for this council. CouncilMetrics does not estimate HMO expenditure from broad housing or social-care descriptions.

FINANCE

How this council raises and spends money

Comparable official outturn for 2024/25, reported to central government.

MHCLG official outturn

Total service expenditure

£21.92m 2024/25 actual outturn

Net revenue expenditure

£19.51m 2024/25 actual outturn

Council Tax requirement

£10.09m 2024/25 actual outturn

Unallocated reserves

£2.22m 2024/25 actual outturn

Service expenditure per resident £169

Median for councils of the same type £166 2.1% above peer median

2024/25 SERVICE SPENDING

Where the money was spent

Net current expenditure after service income.

Actual outturn

Environmental and regulatory services Gross £11.07m · Income £3.28m

£7.79m

Central services Gross £12.44m · Income £6.90m

£5.54m

Culture and related services Gross £4.63m · Income £965.5k

£3.67m

Planning and development Gross £4.72m · Income £1.76m

£2.97m

Housing Gross £2.99m · Income £729.9k

£2.26m

Public health Gross £19.0k · Income £19.0k

£0.00

Highways and transport Gross £1.11m · Income £1.43m

£-313.0k

CORE FUNDING

Selected funding sources

Major financing lines in the central return.

Council Tax requirement£10.09m

Retained business rates£8.57m

Revenue Support Grant£124.0k

UNALLOCATED RESERVES

Financial buffer

General unallocated reserves during the year.

Opening £2.06m

Closing £2.22m

£163.6k increase during 2024/25

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Revenue Outturn RS and RSX · values shown in pounds Official dataset

BORROWING AND INVESTMENTS

Balance-sheet position

A point-in-time view of debt and liquid investments at the end of 2026/27 Q1.

MHCLG quarterly return

Outstanding borrowing

£3.78m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Investments and cash

£40.74m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt

£-36.96m 2026/27 Q1 quarter end

Net debt per resident

£-285 Per resident using latest population

This council's net debt per resident £-285

Median for non-metropolitan district councils £95 399.4% lower than the peer median

QUARTERLY TREND

Borrowing, investments and net debt

2020/21 Q1 to 2026/27 Q1.

£1.77m quarterly reduction

2020/21 Q12021/22 Q32023/24 Q12024/25 Q32026/27 Q1

Latest quarterly movement −£1.77m −5.0%

Change across the series −£6.87m Net debt since 2020/21 Q1

What changed?

Net debt reduced during the latest quarter as the balance between borrowing and investments improved.

BORROWING COMPOSITION

Where the borrowing sits

PWLB, other longer-term borrowing and short-term borrowing.

2026/27 Q1

Public Works Loan Board£3.78m

MHCLG Borrowing and Investment live table · 2026/27 Q1 · values shown in pounds Official dataset

COUNCIL TAX & COLLECTION

How much council tax remains unpaid?

Council tax collection, outstanding arrears and write-offs reported to central government.

MHCLG 2025/26

Outstanding arrears

£14.76m Total outstanding at financial year-end

Collection rate

95.20% Collected against the in-year debit

Council tax written off

£0 Written off during the financial year

Council tax collected

£90.20m Receipts relating to the financial year

FIVE-YEAR TREND

How has unpaid council tax changed?

Outstanding arrears at each financial year-end.

2021/22–2025/26

OUTSTANDING ARREARS 2025/26

£14.76m

CHANGE SINCE 2021/22

+ 63.0%

+ £5.71m

ENGLAND CHANGE

+49.5%

Figures represent total outstanding council tax balances, including arrears carried forward from earlier years. Changes in council boundaries can affect historical comparisons.

OUTSTANDING ARREARS

Where does the unpaid council tax come from?

Breakdown of outstanding balances at the end of 2025/26.

£14.76m outstanding

CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR £4.69m

31.8% of outstanding arrears

EARLIER FINANCIAL YEARS £10.07m

68.2% of outstanding arrears

Current-year arrears Earlier-years arrears

Earlier-years arrears represent unpaid council tax carried forward from previous financial years. These figures do not identify individual households or establish whether balances are recoverable.

COLLECTION PERFORMANCE

How does this council compare?

England 2025/26

In-year collection rate 95.20%

England average: 95.60% · 0.40 percentage points below England

Outstanding arrears include unpaid balances from earlier financial years and are not the same as council tax uncollected during 2025/26. Monetary values are rounded for display. Official MHCLG source

SPENDING

Published directorate expenditure

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CONTRACTS

Largest contracts

Explore all 0 contracts

Contract	Supplier	Status	End date	Original value

SUPPLIERS

Largest supplier exposure

Dated transactions

Supplier	Payments	Published expenditure

PROVENANCE

Source documents

39 imported

Document	Dataset	Period	Status	Official source
Housing Delivery Test 2025 results — East Staffordshire	mhclg housing delivery test	HDT 2025–HDT 2025	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application decisions (PS2) — East Staffordshire	mhclg planning ps2	1979 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG district planning application statistics (PS1) — East Staffordshire	mhclg planning ps1	1996 Q2–2026 Q1	imported	Open
Defra local authority waste statistics — East Staffordshire Borough Council	defra local authority waste	2010/11–2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2023/24 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2023/24 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2023/24	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2022/23 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2022/23 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2022/23	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2021/22 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2021/22 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2021/22	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2020/21 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2020/21 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2020/21	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2025/26 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2025/26 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2024/25 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2024/25 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2023/24 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2023/24 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2022/23 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2022/23 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2021/22 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2021/22 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q4 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q4	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q3 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q3	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q2 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q2	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2020/21 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2020/21 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Borrowing and Investment 2026/27 Q1 — East Staffordshire	mhclg borrowing investment	2026/27 Q1	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Service Summary 2024/25 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rsx	2024/25	imported	Open
MHCLG Revenue Outturn Summary 2024/25 — East Staffordshire	mhclg revenue outturn rs	2024/25	imported	Open

How to read these figures and the Financial Health Score

Budget summaries and financial positions retain the reporting year and assurance status of their original source. Draft or unaudited values are labelled separately from audited outturn figures. The Financial Health Score uses reserves cover, net debt per resident, liquidity and quarterly debt direction from central MHCLG returns. Each component is converted to a percentile among councils of the same authority type; available components are weighted 35%, 30%, 20% and 15% respectively. A score is published only when at least three components covering 65% of the weighting are available. It is a comparative financial indicator, not an assessment of service quality or political performance.