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BBC Wales has published figures on the performance of individual secondary schools in Wales. This publication was based on data they had requested and received under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI).


 


Officials provided the information to BBC in line with our legal obligations under FOI.  Details of the request and our response can be seen on the Welsh Government FOI disclosure log.


 


We took steps to ensure that those who work in and with schools were alerted to the release of data in advance of its publication by the media.


 


The BBC have chosen to use the data released to them to generate a simplistic league table, ranking schools based on a single performance indicator.


 


I remain absolutely committed to the belief that there is no role for league tables in the improvement agenda for Wales.  They can be divisive and misleading and do not in themselves promote improvement.  If league tables were the key to high performing schools then England would be at the top of the PISA scores.  But it is not – by some distance.


 


In my statement on 2 February I emphasised the importance of using robust data to drive improvement within schools and across the system.  Robust self\-evaluation and target\-setting using performance data plays a vital role in promoting continuous improvement.  For this reason, we have provided all maintained primary and secondary schools with the all\-Wales core data set.  This provides key information about school performance in a consistent, transparent and accessible format.


 


One of the best\-performing countries according to a range of education measures is Finland where they do not have league tables.  Like Finland we need to focus on using data effectively to look at school performance and comparator schools, schools with similar socio\-demographics and learning from the data.  


 


To strengthen accountability of the system I am working with officials to introduce a national system for banding schools.  This is not a return to league tables based on crude measures of pupil performance in public examinations.  The school banding system will allow learners, their parents and carers, education professionals, governors and local authorities to understand a school’s performance in context.


 


I have established the School Standards Unit, lead by Dr Brett Pugh, to act as a catalyst to generate ambition in the sector and improve outcomes for our children and young people.  The unit is working in partnership with the four local authority consortia and with officials from across my department to maximise the capacity for school improvement throughout Wales.  It will draw on expertise from across the school system to ensure there is a sharp focus on implementation.  


 


Let us not forget that year on year in Wales our young people’s levels of attainment continue to rise.  The construction of league tables by the media must not be a distraction from our shared goal of securing long term, sustainable improvements that deliver the world class education our young people deserve and need.







Translation:


 
Mae BBC Cymru wedi cyhoeddi ffigurau ar berfformiad ysgolion uwchradd unigol yng Nghymru. Roedd y cyhoeddiad hwn wedi’i seilio ar ddata roeddent wedi gofyn amdano ac wedi ei dderbyn o dan Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth 2000\.

 

Darparodd fy swyddogion yr wybodaeth i’r BBC yn unol â’n dyletswyddau cyfreithiol o dan y Ddeddf. Mae manylion y cais a’n hymateb ninnau ar gofnod datgeliadau Llywodraeth Cymru. 

 

Gwnaethom yn siŵr fod y rheini sy’n gweithio mewn ysgolion, a’r rheini sy’n gweithio gyda hwy, yn gwybod ymlaen llaw bod yr wybodaeth yn cael ei rhyddhau, cyn iddi ymddangos yn y cyfryngau.

 

Mae’r BBC wedi dewis defnyddio’r data a ryddhawyd iddynt i greu cynghrair wedi’i gorsymleiddio, sy’n rhestru ysgolion yn ôl un dangosydd perfformiad yn unig.

 

Rwy’n dal i fod yn gwbl argyhoeddedig nad oes lle i gynghreiriau wrth wella ysgolion yng Nghymru. Gallant beri cynnen yn ogystal â bod yn gamarweiniol ac nid ydynt, ohonynt eu hunain, yn ysgogi gwelliant. Os mai cynghreiriau yw’r allwedd i ysgolion rhagorol, yna Lloegr fyddai ar frig sgoriau PISA. Ond nid dyna’r sefyllfa – o bell ffordd.

 

Yn fy natganiad ar 2 Chwefror, pwysleisiais bwysigrwydd defnyddio data cadarn i ysgogi gwelliant mewn ysgolion ac yn y system drwyddi draw. Mae mynd ati’n frwd i hunanwerthuso a gosod targedau gan ddefnyddio data ar berfformiad yn allweddol i hyrwyddo gwelliant parhaus. Am y rheswm hwn, rydym wedi darparu set data craidd Cymru gyfan i’r holl ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd a gynhelir. Felly, mae ganddynt wybodaeth allweddol am berfformiad yr ysgol mewn fformat cyson, tryloyw a hygyrch. 

 

Y Ffindir, lle na cheir unrhyw gynghreiriau ysgolion, yw un o’r gwledydd sy’n perfformio orau mewn nifer o ddangosyddion addysg. Fel y Ffindir, mae angen i ninnau ganolbwyntio ar ddefnyddio data’n effeithiol er mwyn edrych ar berfformiad ysgolion ac ysgolion cymharu \- sef ysgolion tebyg o ran demograffeg cymdeithasol \- a dysgu o’r data hwnnw.

 

Er mwyn i’r system fod yn fwy atebol, rwy’n gweithio gyda fy swyddogion i gyflwyno system genedlaethol ar gyfer bandio ysgolion. Nid dychwelyd at gynghreiriau ysgol ar sail mesuriadau amrwd o berfformiad disgyblion mewn arholiadau cyhoeddus mo hyn. Bydd y system bandio ysgolion yn caniatáu i ddysgwyr, eu rhieni a’u gofalwyr, gweithwyr addysg proffesiynol, llywodraethwyr ac awdurdodau lleol ddeall perfformiad ysgolion yn eu cyd\-destun.

 

Rwyf wedi sefydlu’r Uned Safonau Ysgolion, dan arweiniad Dr Brett Pugh, i sbarduno uchelgais yn y sector ac i wella canlyniadau i blant a phobl ifanc. Mae’r uned yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â’r pedwar consortia o awdurdodau lleol, ynghyd â swyddogion o bob rhan o’m hadran, i gynyddu gallu ysgolion ledled Cymru i wella. Bydd yn manteisio ar arbenigedd pob rhan o’r system ysgolion i sicrhau bod y pwyslais ar gyflawni.

 

Ni ddylem anghofio fod lefelau cyrhaeddiad pobl ifanc Cymru yn codi, flwyddyn ar ôl blwyddyn. Ni ddylai ymdrech gan y cyfryngau i ddyfeisio cynghreiriau ysgolion olygu ein bod yn colli golwg ar ein nod ni oll o sicrhau gwelliannau cynaliadwy, hirdymor a fydd yn arwain at addysg o’r radd flaenaf i’n pobl ifanc. Dyna sydd ei angen arnynt, a dyna y maent yn ei haeddu.