Windsor and Maidenhead children's services was taken over by mutual Achieving for Children - which also runs children's services in the London boroughs of Kingston and Richmond - in August last year.
The move was taken after the quality of support for vulnerable children was found to have deteriorated since the service was rated by the inspectorate as "requires improvement" in 2015.
During a monitoring visit in November, inspectors found that the senior leadership team in the department is more stable and that staff morale in "front door" social work services had improved.
The multi-agency safeguarding hub provides an effective service, inspectors also found.
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