During a visit to the London borough in April, inspectors found that senior managers and councillors have a determination to constantly improve children's services and are open to learning new ways of achieving this.
Senior leaders are also knowledgeable about children's services, place young people at the centre of decisions and have strong relationships with partners, inspectors added.
Leaders are particularly knowledgeable about the risk of child exploitation and reports of children going missing from home, school or care.
Inspectors were also impressed by the robust and regular oversight of work by leaders.
This includes themed audits in Hillingdon, looking at issues such as improving opportunities for young people who are not in education, employment or training.
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