Strike chaos to hit classrooms across the region

Soaring numbers of schools across Staffordshire and the Black Country are closing on Wednesday due to the public sector strike, it was revealed today.

The number of Staffordshire schools telling parents to keep pupils home is now more than 100 – twice the number that had declared their intentions last week.

Scroll down to see the full list of schools affected.

And 75 schools in Wolverhampton are also expecting to shut down as well as more than 50 in Walsall, 30 in Sandwell and 36 in north Worcestershire.

Across the region more than 100,000 public sector staff, from head teachers to council cleaners, will be out on strike in a row over reforms to their pensions.

It is the biggest industrial action since the General Strike of 1926 and will also see long queues at airports, including Birmingham, as passport control staff walk out.

Councils are still unable to reveal the impact on services as it will not be known until Wednesday who has turned up for work. Walsall Council has already cancelled Walsall and Willenhall markets.

However South Staffordshire Council chief executive Steve Winterflood is expecting "minimum disruption" and for bin collections to carry on.

Long queues are expected at airports including Birmingham and Heathrow as staff checking passports walk out.

Wolverhampton City Council's chief executive Simon Warren said today: "We have a statutory duty to deliver effective and efficient services and we will do all we can to minimise the impact of any disruption, especially on the most vulnerable."

Despite last-minute pleas from the Goverment, unions have pressed on with arrangements for marches, rallies, picketing and protests across the UK.

Staffordshire schools that will be closed on Wednesday

Alleyne's High, Stone; Bilbrook Middle; Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Primary, Stafford; Brewood Middle; Bradley Heath Junior; Kinver; Cardinal Griffin Catholic High, Cannock; Chadsmoor CE Junior in Cannock; Charnwood Primary, Lichfield; Chaselea Short Stay, Cannock; Chase Terrace Technology College, Burntwood; Cherry Trees, Wombourne (open to purple and yellow classes); Cheslyn Hay Sport & Community High; Cheslyn Hay Community Primary; Chetwynd Centre, Stafford; Christ Church Primary, Lichfield; Erasmus Darwin Academy, Burntwood; Five Ways Primary, Cannock; Foley Infants, Kinver; Fulfen Primary, Burntwood; Great Wyrley Performing Arts High; Holly Grove Primary, Burntwood; King Edward VI High, Stafford; Lane Green First, Codsall; Lichfield Dyslexia Centre; Manor Hill First, Stone; Marshlands Primary, Stafford; Oakridge Primary, Stafford, Oulton First, Stone (Nursery, reception and Year 1 open); Ounsdale High, Wombourne; Penkridge Middle, Penkridge; Perton Middle School, Perton; Perton Sandown First; Princefield First, Penkridge (reception classes JB and JU will remain open); Queens Croft High, Lichfield; Redhill Community Primary, Cannock; Rocklands, Lichfield; Sir Graham Balfour, Stafford; Springhill Primary, Burntwood; Stafford Sports College; St John's Primary, Stafford; St John's First, Bishopswood (partial closure, Year 3 and Year 4 closed for the morning only); St Joseph's Catholic Primary, Lichfield; St Mary's Catholic Primary, Cannock; St Mary and St Chad First, Brewood; St Paul's Primary, Stafford; St Thomas More Catholic Primary, Great Wyrley; The Grove Primary and Nursery, Stafford; Walton High, Stafford; Walton Priory Middle, Stone; Whitgreave Primary, Featherstone; Willows Primary, Lichfield.

Walsall schools that will be closed on Wednesday

Special schools: Castle Special School; Elmwood; Jane Lane School; Mary Elliot; Oakwood; Old Hall; Phoenix Primary.

Nurseries: Alumwell Nursery; Lane Head Nursery; Millfields Nursery; Ogley Hay Nursery; Rowley View Nursery; Sandbank Nursery; Valley Nursery.

Primary schools: Abbey Primary; Alumwell Infants; Alumwell Junior; Barcroft Primary; Beacon Primary; Bentley Drive Primary; Birchills CofE Primary; Blakenall Heath Junior; Bloxwich CofE JMI; Blue Coat Junior; Brownhills West; Busill Jones Primary; Butts Primary; Caldmore Community Primary; Castlefort JMI; Christ Church CofE JMI; Cooper and Jordan County Bridge; Croft Community; Delves Infant; Delves Junior; Edgar Stammers; Fibbersley Park; Green Rock; Greenfield; Holy Trinity; King Charles; Kings Hill; Leamore; Leighswood; Lindens; Lodge Farm JMI; Lodge Farm Primary; Meadow View; Millfield; Moorcroft Wood; Mossley; North Walsall; Old Church; Palfrey Infant; Palfrey Junior; Pelsall Village; Pheasey Park Farm; Pinfold Street; Pool Hayes; Radleys; Rough Hay; Rushall; Ryders Hayes; Salisbury; Short Heath; St Annes; St Bernadettes; St Francis; St Giles; St James; St Johns; St Josephs; St Peter's; Walsall Wood; Whestone Field; Woodlands.

Secondary schools: Aldridge; Alumwell Business and Enterprise College; Blue Coat; Brownhills; Grace Academy; Joseph Leckie; Pool Hayes; Queen Mary's High; Shelfield; Shire Oak; St Francis of Assisi; Streetly; Willenhall.

Schools in Dudley which will be closed on Wednesday (subject to change):

Primary schools: Amblecote Primary, Amblecote; Ashwood Park Primary, Wordsley; Belle Vue Primary, Wordsley; Blanford Mere, Kingswinford; Blower's Green Primary, Dudley; Bramford Primary, Coseley; Brierley Hill Primary; Brockmoor Primary, Brierley Hill; Bromley Hills, Kingswinford; Brook Primary, Wordsley; Cotwall End Primary Sedgley; Crestwood Primary, Kingswinford; Dawley Brook, Kingswinford; Dudley Wood, Dudley; Foxyards Primary, Tipton; Glynne Primary, Kingswinford; Greenfield Primary, Stourbridge; Ham Dingle Primary; Pedmore Primary; Hasbury Primary, Halesowen; Hurst Green Primary, Halesowen; Hurst Hill Primary, Coseley; Kates Hill Primary; Maidensbridge Primary, Kingswinford; Manor Way Primary, Halesowen; Mount Pleasant Primary, Quarry Bank; Netherbrook Primary, Netherton; Netherton CofE, Netherton; Newfield Park, Halesowen; Pedmore CofE; Peter's Hill, Amblecote; Priory Primary, Dudley; Quarry Bank Primary: Queen Victoria Primary, Sedgley; Roberts Primary, Lower Gornal; Russells Hall Primary; St Chad's RC Primary, Sedgley; St Joseph's RC, Dudley; St Joseph's RC, Stourbridge; St Mark's CofE, Pensnett; St Mary's RC, Brierley Hill; Straits Primary, Lower Gornal; Thorns Primary, Quarry Bank; Withymoor Primary, Quarry Bank; Wollescote Primary.

Secondary schools: Crestwood, Kingswinford; Dormston, Sedgley; Earls High, Halesowen; High Arcal, Sedgley; Kingswinford; Leasowes College, Halesowen; Ridgewood, Wollaston; Summerhill, Kingswinford; Wordsley; Pedmore Technology College.

Special schools: Brier School, Kingswinford; Old Park, Dudley; Pens Meadow, Stourbridge; Rosewood, Coseley. Others: KS3 PRU at Sycamore Green Centre; Mere Education Centre and Pensnett Campus.

Wolverhampton schools closed on Wednesday

Aldersley High, Ashmore Park Nursery, Bantock Primary, Berrybrook Primary, Braybrook Centre, Bushbury Hill Primary, Castlecroft Primary, Christ Church C of E Infant, Colton Hills, Coppice High School, Corpus Christi Catholic Primary, Deansfield High, D'Eyncourt Primary, Dunstall Hill Primary, East Park Primary, Eastfield Primary, Edward the Elder Primary, Elston Hall Primary, Fallings Park Primary, Field View Primary, Graiseley Primary, Green Park, Heath Park High, Highfields, Hill Avenue Primary, Holy Trinity Catholic Primary, Kings Church of England, Kingston Centre, Lanesfield Primary, Long Knowle Primary, Low Hill Nursery, Loxdale Primary, Merridale Primary, Moreton Community, Moseley Park, New Park, Northwood Park, Oak Meadow Primary, Orchard Centre, Oxley Primary, Palmers Cross Primary, Parkfield Primary, Penn Fields Special, Penn Hall Special, Rakegate Primary, Smestow, Springdale Junior, SS Mary & John's Catholic Primary, St Alban's Church of England Primary, St Andrew's Church of England Primary, St Anthony's Catholic Primary, St Bartholomew's C of E Primary, St Edmunds Catholic, St Jude's Church of England Primary, St Luke's Church of England Primary, St Martin's Church of England Primary, St Mary's Catholic Primary, St Michael's Catholic Primary, St Patrick's Catholic Primary, St Paul's Church of England Primary, St Peter's Collegiate, St Teresa's Catholic Primary, Stow Heath Infant, Stow Heath Junior, Stowlawn Primary, Tettenhall Wood, Trinity Church of England Primary, Uplands Junior, Warstones, Wednesfield High, West Park Primary, Westacre Infant, Westcroft, Whitgreave Infant, Whitgreave Junior, Woden Primary, Wodensfield Primary, Wood End Primary, Woodfield Infant, Woodthorne Primary, Star & Crescent Children's Centres, North East Wolverhampton Academy.

Schools in Wolverhampton open or partially closed

Berrybrook Children's Centre, Bilston Nursery (closed for Year 3), Bilston Church of England Primary, Broadmeadow Nursery Special, Bushbury Nursery, Claregate Primary (open to Year 3, Year 5 and nursery only), Dove Children's Centre, Dovecotes Primary (open for Nursery, Reception, Year 3 and Year 5), Eastfield Nursery, Giffard Catholic Primary, Goldthorn Park Primary (partially open), Grove Primary (closed for Key Stage 2 pupils), Holy Rosary Catholic Primary, Manor Primary, Midpoint Centre (open to small groups only), Our Lady & St Chad's Catholic (open to Years 10, 11, 12 and 13, closed to Year 7, 8 and 9), Perry Hall Primary, Phoenix Nursery, Spring Vale Primary, Springdale Infant (Infant open, Nursery closed), St Michael's Church of England Primary, St Stephen's Church of England Primary, Villiers Primary, Wilkinson Primary, Windsor Nursery/Centre for Children (Nursery closed, Centre for Children open), Woodfield Junior (partially open).

Wolverhampton schools yet to announce a decision

Christ Church C of E Junior (possible closure, to be confirmed), St Thomas's Church of England Primary (may be open to some pupil groups), Wolverhampton Girls High.