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I am today publishing revised guidance clarifying the policy and process by which the Welsh Government will make decisions about funding placements for young people with learning difficulties at a specialist further education (FE) establishment. This is designed to ensure greater transparency and understanding of the Welsh Government’s decision making process. The revised guidance now includes clearer timescales within which we and other interested parties seek to act and a mechanism for young people and/or their parent/carer to take issue with decisions made by the Welsh Government.


The Welsh Government is firmly committed to an inclusive education system. The Welsh Government believes that all young people who have a learning difficulty should be afforded equitable access to further education (FE) at a mainstream FE institution (FEIs), through the delivery of inclusive options available locally to meet their needs. FEIs normally meet the education and training needs of the majority of young people who have a learning difficulty. Where a young person’s needs cannot be met at an FEI then the Welsh Government will secure the specialist provision considered necessary to meet their identified needs.


The Welsh Government understands the severity and complexity of a young persons’ learning difficulty will differ from person to person. Therefore all applications for funding are considered on a case by case basis and on their individual merit. Decisions regarding provision to meet a young person’s needs, including the required duration and the programme of study, are based on an assessment of the young person’s education and training needs.


I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in reviewing and strengthening this guidance.







Translation:


 
Heddiw, rwy'n cyhoeddi canllawiau diwygiedig sy'n egluro’r polisi a’r broses a ddefnyddir gan Lywodraeth Cymru i wneud penderfyniadau ynghylch ariannu lleoliadau i bobl ifanc ag anawsterau dysgu mewn sefydliad addysg bellach arbenigol. Diben hyn yw sicrhau mwy o dryloywder a dealltwriaeth am broses Llywodraeth Cymru o wneud penderfyniadau. Mae'r canllawiau diwygiedig bellach yn cynnwys amserlenni mwy pendant y byddwn ni a phobl eraill sydd â diddordeb, yn ceisio gweithredu o’u mewn. Mae hefyd yn amlinellu system sy'n galluogi pobl ifanc a/neu eu rhieni/gofalwyr i herio'r penderfyniadau a wneir gan Lywodraeth Cymru.

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi ymrwymo'n llwyr i gael system addysg gynhwysol. Rydym yn credu y dylid rhoi mynediad cyfartal i bob person ifanc ag anhawster dysgu at addysg bellach mewn sefydliad addysg bellach prif ffrwd, drwy ddarparu’r opsiynau cynhwysol sydd ar gael yn lleol i ddiwallu eu hanghenion. Fel arfer, mae sefydliadau addysg bellach yn diwallu anghenion addysg a hyfforddiant y rhan fwyaf o bobl ifanc sydd ag anhawster dysgu. Mewn achosion pan nad yw anghenion y person ifanc yn gallu cael eu diwallu mewn sefydliad addysg bellach, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn sicrhau bod darpariaeth arbenigol ar gael i ddiwallu eu hanghenion.

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn deall bod lefel difrifoldeb a chymhlethdod anawsterau dysgu yn amrywio o unigolyn i unigolyn. Felly, mae pob cais am gyllid yn cael ei ystyried fesul achos unigol. Caiff penderfyniadau am y math o ddarpariaeth sydd ei hangen i ddiwallu anghenion person ifanc, gan gynnwys hyd a math y rhaglen astudio, eu gwneud ar sail asesiad o anghenion addysg a hyfforddiant y person ifanc.

Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i bawb oedd ynghlwm yn y gwaith o adolygu ac atgyfnerthu'r canllawiau hyn.