The department, which was criticised for putting vulnerable children at risk in a report of a focused visit in May 2018, is now rated "good".
Swindon Borough Council's director of children's services David Haley, who has been in post since late 2017, and his leadership team, have demonstrated a "systematic and relentless" drive for improvements, according to the report of the full inspection published this week.
In its last full inspection in 2014, it was judged as "requires improvement" overall.
All areas for priority action from the focused visit have been addressed and children and families receive a "prompt and proportionate response to initial contacts made to the ‘front door'".
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