Surrey County Council's children's services was handed the inspectorate's lowest grade in May, for the second time in four years, after inspectors found that vulnerable children were being left exposed to harm for long periods of time.
Following a monitoring visit inspectors concluded that the council is "not yet making sufficient progress" to improve services.
They are particularly concerned that children are being stepped down from child protection plans before there is strong evidence that the risks they face have diminished. Too often interventions for this group of children have to be stepped up again when concerns resurface, inspectors said.
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