Following a visit under the Inspection of Local Authority Children's Services (ILACS) framework, which has replaced the single inspection framework (SIF), Ofsted found a number of positive developments within children's services in the Greater Manchester borough since its last inspection in 2014, when it was also graded as requires improvement.
However, it warned that managers within the department are too preoccupied with compliance and need to pay more attention to the quality of social work practice.
"Leaders have been successful in making improvements to many areas of the service, often in response to previous inspection findings," the report states.
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