The inspectorate carried out a monitoring visit to the London Borough of Bromley's children's services in March with a specific focus on progress to improve early help for children and families.
This is the sixth visit since the overall effectiveness of the department was judged to be "inadequate" in June 2016.
Inspectors found that the use of multi-agency teams based around children's centres is ensuring vulnerable families are swiftly offered a wide range of support, in areas such as domestic abuse, parenting, housing, education and employment.
Such early help is also helping the council to cut the number of child in need and child protection plans, inspectors found.
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