The national average is 82 per cent, up one per cent on the previous year. Among the most impressive increases were in London where 89 per cent of 16- and 17- year-olds are now involved in education and training, a leap of four per cent.
The South West is one of four regions where involvement in education and training is below the national average. The others are: Yorkshire and the Humber; the East Midlands; and the North West.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of the charity 4Children, said the South West's rurality and pockets of social deprivation could be the root of its poor performance. She is optimistic that future figures will improve in all regions.
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