28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Well, the plan is a matter of public record. So, the plan sets out a range of interventions, both in terms of recruitment, professional learning and others. So, I'm very happy to do anything I can to help the committee have any further information it would…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yn union.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yn union.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Wel, rwy yn hyderus ei fod e ar y trywydd iawn, ond y 'trywydd iawn' yw'r geiriau iawn i'w defnyddio, achos mae e'n heriol. Does dim dwywaith am hynny. Mae'n heriol i recriwtio athrawon i ddysgu'r Gymraeg neu drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Mae hwn wedi bod yn her…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Hapus ateb unrhyw beth, ie.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Wel, jest i ddweud, dyw'r newidiadau yna ddim wedi cymryd effaith eto, jest i fod yn glir. Un o'r pethau sydd yn galonogol iawn am Seren, rwy'n credu, yw'r synnwyr yma fod rhwydwaith o gysylltiadau a pherthnasau yn cael eu datblygu hefyd. Felly, mae hynny yn…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Gallaf i jest ddweud, ar y pwynt arall roeddech chi'n ei wneud, a gwnes i ddim ymateb iddo fe: rŷn ni wedi bod yn gwneud adjustments i Seren bron bob blwyddyn, a dweud y gwir, achos rŷn ni'n dysgu pethau o berfformiad pob un flwyddyn, ac mae'r ffocws dros y…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Na.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Wel, i fod yn gwbl blaen, dyw e ddim yno i gyflawni i bob un disgybl, mae e yno i gyflawni i'r disgyblion sydd a'r gallu i berfformio'n uchel iawn mewn pynciau ac sydd angen y gefnogaeth i sicrhau eu bod nhw'n gallu cael y cyfle i wneud hynny. Felly, dyna'r—…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
—that may be helpful.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
—the policy change is the reason for it. But we can provide more detail for you on that, and—
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
The point I think you're asking about is in relation to GCSE outcomes over the period that spans before and after the pandemic. I think that's the point I was seeking to clarify. There is a changed pattern of early entry and a significant increase in the…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Between which—?
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yes.
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yes. Well, I think their quote related—to be fair to the chief inspector, I think that quote related to particular responses of the Government to particular recommendations, rather than an overall level of disappointment, I hope. There were two, I think, in…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Well, attendance is a critical priority for us, as it is, I think, for most systems as a consequence of COVID in particular, but obviously that's not the entire picture; we all know that. And we need to make sure we are seeing increases in attendance in all…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
I don’t think I would recognise that picture, if I’m honest. I don’t think that is my experience. I think what we are discovering, partly because of the curriculum reforms, is that cluster working is essential for curriculum reform to succeed, let's be clear…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Well, just on that—
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
—so that you can make sure that there's a consistent comparison. The point I made in the earlier question, I suppose, has a bearing on this as well, Laura, which is around making sure that we have a suite of policies that are designed to close the attainment…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
So, that data that you’re comparing aren’t comparing apples with apples because there was a change in entry patterns and in the take-up of certain GCSEs in some of those years. I’d be happy, Chair, if you’d find it helpful for us to write to you with…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
The attainment gap prior to the pandemic is a slightly more nuanced picture, I think, than the question assumes. So, at various points in the school journey, the attainment gap has been closing; at other points, it's been stubborn, if I can use that term. I…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yes. I mean, I specifically haven't pointed the finger of blame at anybody. I've outlined the programme of reforms, Chair, that we have under way. One is around curriculum, one is around school improvement and one is a significant investment that we're making…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Since 2016, Chair, we've had the Seren programme. It's a fully funded programme that provides super-curricular support, if I can describe it in that way, for our highest performing learners. There are just over 23,000 learners between years 8 and 13 currently…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Chair, I was hoping not to dress things up, I was hoping to engage with the data in a way that I hope the committee and those watching would find useful. On the picture in relation to performance in Wales, it's worth painting that broader picture that the…
28 Chwefror 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Well, if you take into account the point I just made about the participation rates and the bias in the figures, I think that's part of the general picture. If you take that into account, our relative position in reading and maths has remained broadly stable…
