West Sussex County Council was first issued with an improvement notice around child protection issues in March 2009.
This was followed with a further improvement notice in March 2011 after an Ofsted safeguarding and looked-after children inspection.
However, the authority's latest inspection has identified improvements and deemed the council's overall effectiveness as adequate.
“This inspection has not identified any systemic failures that have resulted in children failing to be protected,” the report said.
“The council has a clear improvement plan to address recommendations from the 2010 safeguarding and looked-after children inspection, and accelerate its existing children’s delivery programme.
“The leader of the council has ensured that the highest priority has been given to the improvement plan, which continues to be subject to rigorous internal and external scrutiny.”
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