Table 1 Characteristics of the schools participating in SPEEDY study compared with available data on eligible Norfolk schools.

School location

- Urban (>10,000 inhabitants)

32.6%

34.7%

- Town and fringe

39.1%

38.0%

- Village

23.9%

20.7%

- Hamlet & isolated dwelling

4.3%

6.6%

Independent school

3.3%

7.5%

Free school meals (% children) (median)

9.0%

9.0%

Norfolk Healthy Schools participation (%)

38.2%

42.6%

Ethnicity (% non-British White) (median)

5.2%

4.6%

Weight status (%)*

- overweight

13.4%

13.8%

- obese

16.7%

15.8%

No of year 5 pupils (median)

31

31

Sex (% boys in Year 6)*

52.5%

51.0%