Across England, there has been a half percentage point reduction in the proportion of 16 and 17 year olds classified as Neet - from six per cent to 5.5 per cent.
But Bracknell, Windsor, Blackpool and Medway areas have reported decreases of between 11 and 18 percentage points, according to recent official Department for Education figures.
The DfE cautions that large decreases could be down to discrepancies in management information changes.
However, the local authorities are attributing the improvements at least in part to the specialised efforts of support teams and pre-apprenticeship programmes.
ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT IN MEDWAY
In Medway, there was a drop of 17.5 percentage points in December 2018 to February 2019, compared to the same period in 2017/2018.
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