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I am providing Members with an update on the phased implementation of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal Act from September 2021\. 


In 2018, I published a draft implementation plan, which set out a three year timeframe for moving children of compulsory school age and below from the existing special education needs system to the new additional learning needs system.


The implementation plan, included learners with statements and learners with special education provision provided via school action and school action plus.  The phased approach allowed for a gradual transition to avoid overwhelming learners, schools and local authorities with the change.   


Since publication of the plan, Covid has had a significant impact on Wales and I cannot ignore the impact of this on resources available in our schools, pupil referral units, local authorities and our health service.  As a result, I have carefully considered my aims for implementing the new system, based on what is reasonably deliverable in the current circumstances.  


Therefore from 1 September 2021, the ALN system will commence for children of compulsory school age and below who:


* attend maintained schools in Nursery Years 1 and 2 and  Year 1, Year 3, Year 5, Year 7 and Year 10\) who have special educational provision via school action or school action plus;
* are detained; and
* do not have special educational needs on or before that date, regardless of their year group or setting \- including those that may attend an EOTAS setting, an independent school or who are electively home educated.


This means that children who currently have special educational provision via a statement and those who are in any form of post\-16 education, will not be included in the first year of implementation.


It remains important that we have a system that operates effectively and there is a need to continue to work through the complexities of the transition between the new and existing system and I hope to provide a further update before the end of this Senedd Term.   


As part of that update, I intend to issue an implementation guide to support planning for the commencement of the new system and the aims and objectives for years 2 and 3 of the plan.  In the meantime, through our Transformation Leads we continue to engage with those at the forefront of preparing for the transition to the new system.  I am therefore aware that we need to keep a close eye on the continued impact of the Covid\-19 pandemic, given how rapidly circumstances can develop and change.  In line with the 21 day review during the February half term, I will take the opportunity to consider conditions and if necessary revisit plans to see if further changes are required to reflect the situation and to alleviate pressure.


However, at the present time,  I remain committed to the delivery of these reforms, and on 4 January, in line with the commencement of the statutory roles of the additional learning needs co\-ordinator (ALNCo), the designated education clinical lead officer (DECLO) and the early years additional learning needs lead officer (EY ALN LO); I published the non\-statutory guidance to ensure that those undertaking these roles were enabled to do so with the most up to date information from the revised ALN Code. 


Finally, it remains the intention to lay the revised Additional Learning Needs Code and associated regulations before the Senedd in March 2021 to enable the commencement and phased roll out of the Act from September 2021\. 







Translation:


 
Rwy’n rhoi diweddariad i Aelodau ar weithredu Deddf Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol a’r Tribiwnlys Addysg (Cymru) 2018 gam wrth gam o fis Medi 2021\. 


Yn 2018, cyhoeddais gynllun gweithredu drafft, a oedd yn gosod amserlen o dair blynedd ar gyfer symud plant o oedran ysgol gorfodol ac iau o’r system anghenion addysgol arbennig sydd eisoes yn bodoli i’r system anghenion dysgu ychwanegol newydd.


Roedd y cynllun gweithredu’n cynnwys dysgwyr â datganiadau a dysgwyr â darpariaeth addysgol arbennig a ddarperir drwy Gweithredu gan yr Ysgol a Gweithredu gan yr Ysgol a Mwy. Roedd y dull gweithredu gam wrth gam hwn yn caniatáu trosglwyddo graddol er mwyn osgoi llethu dysgwyr, ysgolion ac awdurdodau lleol.   


Ers cyhoeddi’r cynllun, mae Covid\-19 wedi cael effaith sylweddol ar Gymru, ac ni allaf anwybyddu’r effaith hyn ar yr adnoddau sydd ar gael i’n hysgolion, ein hunedau cyfeirio disgyblion, ein hawdurdodau lleol a’n gwasanaeth iechyd. Oherwydd hynny, rwyf wedi ystyried f’amcanion yn ofalus ar gyfer gweithredu’r system newydd, ar sail yr hyn sy’n rhesymol i’w gyflawni yn yr amgylchiadau sydd ohoni.  


Felly, o 1 Medi 2021, bydd y system ADY yn cychwyn i blant o oedran ysgol gorfodol ac iau:


* sy’n mynychu ysgolion a gynhelir ym Mlynyddoedd Meithrin 1 a 2, Blwyddyn 1, Blwyddyn 3, Blwyddyn 5, Blwyddyn 7 a Blwyddyn 10 ac sydd â darpariaeth addysgol arbennig drwy Gweithredu gan yr Ysgol a Gweithredu gan yr Ysgol a Mwy,
* cael eu cadw’n gaeth, a
* nad oes ganddynt anghenion addysgol arbennig ar neu cyn y dyddiad hwnnw, ni waeth beth fo’u lleoliad na’u grŵp blwyddyn – gan gynnwys y rheini sy’n mynychu lleoliad addysg heblaw yn yr ysgol, ysgol annibynnol neu’n dewis derbyn addysg yn y cartref.


Mae hyn yn golygu na fydd plant sydd â darpariaeth addysgol arbennig ar hyn o bryd drwy ddatganiad a'r rhai sydd mewn unrhyw fath o addysg ôl\-16, yn cael eu cynnwys yn y flwyddyn gyntaf.


Mae'n parhau'n bwysig bod gennym system sy'n gweithredu'n effeithiol ac mae angen parhau i wneud gwaith pellach er mwyn datrys cymhlethdodau'r newid rhwng y system newydd a'r system bresennol. Rwy’n gobeithio ddarparu diweddariad pellach cyn diwedd tymor y Senedd hon.   


Fel rhan o’r diweddariad hwnnw bwriadaf gyhoeddi canllawiau gweithredu i gefnogi’r gwaith cynllunio ar gyfer cychwyn y system newydd a gosod nodau ac amcanion ar gyfer blynyddoedd 2 a 3 o’r cynllun. Er hynny, rwy'n parhau'n benderfynol i gyflwyno’r newidiadau hyn, ac ar 4 Ionawr, yn unol â chychwyn rolau statudol y Cydgysylltydd Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol (CADY), y Swyddog Arweiniol Clinigol Dynodedig Addysg (SACDA) a Swyddog Arweiniol Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol y Blynyddoedd Cynnar (SADYBC), cyhoeddais y canllawiau anstatudol i sicrhau bod y rhai sy'n ymgymryd â'r rolau hyn yn gallu gwneud hynny gyda'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf o'r Cod ADY diwygiedig. 


Yn olaf, mae'n fwriad o hyd i osod y Cod Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol diwygiedig a'r rheoliadau cysylltiedig gerbron y Senedd ym mis Mawrth 2021 er mwyn gallu cychwyn a chyflwyno'r Ddeddf gam wrth gam o fis Medi 2021\.