Ofsted will release its findings in September

Inspectors have returned to Bristol's schools.

Ofsted will be looking at how the city's schools are managed by the local education authority - the city council - and whether or not children are getting the education they deserve.

The inspections, which will not focus on individual schools, will last three weeks,

In 2001, the authority was criticised for its lack of planning.

New advice

It was reported that head teachers had lost confidence in the council's ability to make sensible decisions.

And the education of Key Stage Three pupils was described as "wholly inadequate".

The council was ordered to take independent advice.

Ofsted's findings will be published in September.