17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Rydym wedi ymrwymo i barhau i alluogi cynorthwywyr addysgu i wella eu sgiliau a'u helpu i gymryd rhan mewn dysgu proffesiynol. Rydym yn gweithio'n agos gyda'n partneriaid i hwyluso llwybrau dysgu cliriach, gan gynnwys llwybrau i gyflawni statws cynorthwyydd…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Diolch i Jack Sargeant am y cwestiwn atodol hwnnw. Wrth gwrs, mae wedi dwyn Ysgol Pen Coch i fy sylw o'r blaen, ac rwy'n falch fod y cyfle hwnnw wedi creu gallu i ymgysylltu â'r ysgol mewn perthynas â'r ddarpariaeth. Rwy'n credu ei fod yn iawn i ddweud bod yr…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Bydd athrawon yn ei hetholaeth am wybod ei bod wedi camddarllen cyllideb ddrafft y Llywodraeth. Fel y dywedais yn glir yn fy ymateb agoriadol, rydym wedi cynyddu buddsoddiad ADY mewn blynyddoedd blaenorol ac wedi ei ddiogelu yn y gyllideb hon. Dyna'r sefyllfa…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Rwyf wedi ymrwymo'n bendant i gyflawni'r diwygiadau ADY gyda'r nod o alluogi dysgwyr ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol i gael y gefnogaeth a'r cyfle cywir i gyrraedd eu potensial. Dyna pam fy mod wedi cynyddu cyllid ADY yn sylweddol ac wedi diogelu'r buddsoddiad…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
You'll know that, separately, we've undertaken a review of the middle tier and the roles and responsibilities of partners there, and I'll have more to say about that in the next couple of weeks, I think—certainly imminently. This recognises, really, that the…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
We will look at that, yes. We should look into that, I think.
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. We have, as you will know, the pathway for teaching assistants, and as we will all know as Members when we go to schools, there are a number of schools who have supported teaching assistants to become teachers. My experience—it's obviously anecdotal—is…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think that's a fair point. We are trying different approaches, to see if a better model can be developed. One example of that is that in Gwynedd, I think, from memory, they are working on a pilot to offer combined roles to teaching assistants with other…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I agree with you; I actually couldn't agree more with you, really. We were discussing this in the schools social partnership forum yesterday, actually, this very point. There are a few things here. Just to say, as you, I think, have acknowledged, the…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think there are some things we can do, and some things that are happening, actually. Some authorities have taken a slightly more standardised approach, if I can put it like that, to the design of the schools that they build. Some take a very bespoke…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think it is probably more predictable, actually, to be honest, because—. Well, there are two elements—two categories—of intervention that we make as a Government. So, broadly speaking, 65 per cent is the intervention rate for most standard projects. But you…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
It's possible. I think it's possible because of construction costs, but also because of labour market questions as well, really. So, I think that may happen for some projects, but I think, equally, it's fair to say some projects might be brought forward…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, I think—. I was making this rough calculation the other day. Someone might tell me I'm wrong, but I think the reduction in the capital budget for this year—. It depends what you're comparing it against, but it's roughly 2 per cent. We…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think it's quite complex to draw that conclusion, probably, just because it's quite a fluid programme. So, I'm not sure I could say specifically to you that this has been the overall effect of inflation, and this is the extent to which it's eroded…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. Generally, yes, because it's £40 million spread across Wales, isn't it? So, it's been more—. It's been able to be done; that's been possible.
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well—. So, what the impact hasn't been, if I can put it like that, is any individual projects coming to a standstill or anything. That hasn't happened. Essentially, what we've been able to do to try and mitigate, because that's what we're trying to do, to…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Bore da.
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. So, the overall figure that is allocated in the MEG is £35.6 million, which is made up of £16.9 million from the Welsh in education BEL, £8.9 million from the teacher development BEL, and then £9.8 million from the new, combined grant that we've just…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, so this is another example of the point I was making earlier about aligning the funding with the statutory duty. So, the new grant—the new 'Cymraeg 2050' grant—will have the Welsh education grant, professional learning, late immersion and the Siarter…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, I mean, I've just described to you four very large parts of the budget that are intended to support learners who have the greatest need in this sense that you're describing, so I think the values that we've brought to bear are very clear. On the two…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, there are a number of examples of that. We've protected PDG. We've protected the school holiday enrichment programme. We've protected education maintenance allowance. We've protected the financial contingency fund. So, all the big building blocks of…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Sure. Okay. Just to say, on PISA, PISA is useful data but it's not the most useful data that we have, in all candour. This is a pattern that has been established over some time, really. If you look at the—. I published the online personal assessments results…
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
No. So, that's the point I was making earlier—obviously too obliquely. So, we're aligning it—. Because the statutory duties are with councils, we're aligning the funding with the statutory duties, so the funding will be going to councils now.
17 Ionawr 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, I'm looking for the right word, really. So, the terms and conditions in those areas will be more prescriptive, probably, than in the other areas. That balance is still being worked out, in truth. And I think that's appropriate, because they're reform…
