The overall level of good and higher ratings are a 10 percentage point improvement on 17 months earlier, according to the report, Children's Social Care in England 2019.
The comparisons as of 31 March this year are made with councils' last inspections under the Single Inspections Framework as of October 2017.
The analysis comes following the first full year under the new inspections of local authority children's services (Ilacs) framework, which was introduced on 1 January 2018.
The proportion judged "inadequate" has dropped from 22 per cent to 13 per cent over the same period.
While there have been improvements on overall effectiveness, the rate of "good" or "outstanding" child protection services remains low.
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