Table 2.
Proportion of schools meeting all four nutritional criteria per school year
| ST 2012 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| All schools using tool | 64 | 554† | 604 | 519 | 635 | 547 | 464 | 451 | ||||||||
| Meeting nutritional criteria‡ | 6 | 9·4 | 59 | 10·6 | 160 | 26·5* | 140 | 27·0* | 181 | 28·5* | 181 | 33·1* | 150 | 32·3* | 153 | 33·9* |
| Schools using tool for first time§ | 55 | 430 | 343 | 123 | 177 | 85 | 53 | 44 | ||||||||
| Meeting nutritional criteria | 4 | 7·3 | 38 | 8·8 | 58 | 16·9* | 24 | 19·5* | 13 | 7·3 | 9 | 10·6 | 4 | 7·5 | 11 | 25·0* |
ST, spring term.
†
Includes ninety-four schools participating in the pre/post study from 2011 and 2013 (i.e. not self-selected).
‡
All four nutritional criteria, based on a school’s final audit for that school year.
§
Schools who had completed an audit prior to launch date were excluded.
*
Significantly different from reference year 2012/13, the first complete school year: P < 0·01.