Conservative leadership candidate Liz Truss has been criticized for comments about the quality of education at her Leeds school, which she said caused children to be “disappointed”.
In statements at the launch of her financial plan, the Secretary of State is expected to describe seeing “children who failed and were disappointed by low expectations” during her stay at Roundhay School in the 1990s.
These are the latest in a series of claims about their education that have been swept away locally, this time by the council and the local MP, who called them “shameful”.
Fabian Hamilton, who has been the deputy for Leeds North East, which includes Roundhay School, since 1997, said Truss “has shown he knows little about” the area.
He said: “First, he erroneously suggested that Roundhay was a red walled seat and has now criticized our working teachers and Leeds school staff.
“Roundhay School has been an excellent educational institution for decades and its staff and students are real assets to our community. It is a shame that Liz Truss has decided to attack them today.”
Earlier, Truss’s claims that he grew up in a “red-walled” seat were described as “laughable,” while his comments that he had spent too much time learning about racism and sexism in it were also criticized. place to read or write.
The North Leeds school was rated “satisfactory” by Ofsted inspectors during Truss ’stay there and is now rated“ exceptional ”.
Speaking of his plans to “level up conservatively” on Thursday, Truss, who went to Oxford University after Roundhay School, is expected to add: “Everyone in our great country should be born with the same opportunities and to be able to know that the people where they are born have a chance.
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“My mission in politics is to give every child, every person, the best opportunity to succeed, and that their success in life depends solely on their work and talent, not on their background or where they are from.”
Labor Councilor Jonathan Pryor, who heads Leeds City Council’s education executive, said: “The only people who frustrate children are the Conservatives. I think it’s important to remember that funding per student has been cut. 8% since the Conservatives came in in 2010. And if she wins this competition, I would love to see her reverse some of these cuts in schools. ”
“He could have gone to school here in Yorkshire, an education that put him in the race to be prime minister, so it may not have been so bad, but in reality, all he seems to do now is scum the march to try to win the favor of Westminster’s friends.