Table 3.

 Baseline characteristics of state secondary schools in England and Avon and schools in the study

Characteristic	Schools in England (n=3177)	Schools in Avon (n=60)	Schools eligible to take part in study (n=49)	Schools that declined to take part in study (n=25)	Schools that participated in study (n=24)
Median % of pupils entitled to free school meals	12.7	12.9	13.0	13.2	12.9
% of pupils obtaining five or more A-C grades in GCSEs	47.9	43.0	42.5	42.2	43.0
Median No of pupils in a year group	162	156	158	160	156
No (%) of schools in which contraception is taught mainly in year 9	N/A	9 (15)	7 (14)	3 (12)	12 (50)
No (%) of schools with team led sex education	N/A	28 (47)	23 (47)	8 (32)	14 (58)