Liz Truss criticised for saying her Leeds school ‘let down’ children

Liz Truss is expected to say of her time at school that she saw ‘children who failed and were let down by low expectations’. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Tory leadership candidate Liz Truss has been criticised for comments about the quality of education at her Leeds school, which she claims caused children to be “let down”.

Speaking at the launch of her economic plan, the foreign secretary is expected to describe seeing “children who failed and were let down by low expectations” during her time at Roundhay school in the 1990s.