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. 2025 Aug 25;25:2912. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23471-z

Table 1.

Participant demographic and school characteristic information

Participant roles n
 Headteacher/Principal 5
 Deputy Headteacher/Principal 6
 Class Teacher 7
 Teaching Assistant 2
 Physical Education Lead 8
 Dedicated Physical Education Teacher 4
 Parent Teacher Association Chair 1
School characteristics
Urban/rural classifications
 Urban 10
 Suburban 8
 Rural 1
Free School Meal1%
 Below national average (23.8%) 10
 Above national average (23.8%) 9
School postcode Index of Multiple Deprivation 2
 1–3 9
 4–6 6
 7–10 4
School Lower Layer Super Output Area 3 Black Asian and Minority Ethnic 4 %
 Below national average (18.3%) 8
 Above national average (18.3%) 10
 No data 1
Number of pupils in school
 0-200 1
 201–400 6
 401–600 7
 601+ 4
 No data 1

1 a UK government scheme to provide free meals at school to children from low income families

2 a measure of area deprivation, with 10 being least deprived and 1 being most deprived

3 a geographic hierarchy designed to improve the reportingof small area statistics in England and Wales

4 defined as all ethnic groups except white ethnic groups