Tower Hamlets children's services was handed Ofsted's lowest rating in April 2017 after inspectors found that children were being left in abusive situations for too long.
But during a monitoring visit in March the inspectorate found that children at risk of immediate harm are now responded to swiftly. Thresholds for intervening are also "well embedded and applied consistently in most cases", says Ofsted in a letter to the council.
This latest visit looked specifically at the work of the assessment and intervention and family support and protection teams.
Inspectors say that the quality of social worker assessments of cases has significantly improved, which is leading to better planning of how children can best be supported.
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