Separate focused visits by Ofsted to Waltham Forest and Barking and Dagenham councils were made last month to assess how well their multi-agency safeguarding hubs (Mash), which deal with child protection and children in need concerns, are performing.
Waltham Forest's Mash was found to offer timely responses to referrals and since the inspectorate's last visit in 2014, when children's services were rated "requires improvement" overall, has increased the number of partners involved in the arrangement.
It now includes professionals from children's social care, early help services, health, education, police, probation, housing, youth offending and London Victim Support.
Partners are also surveyed regularly to ensure there is a strong understanding among them of children's social care issues.
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