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Pan gyhoeddais fod cyfres arholiadau haf 2020 wedi'i chanslo oherwydd y coronafeirws, dywedais hefyd na fyddem yn cyhoeddi mesurau perfformiad. Roedd y penderfyniad hwnnw'n ymwneud â’r holl fesurau perfformiad ysgolion ac ôl\-16 ar gyfer blwyddyn academaidd 2019/20\.


Mae'n glir y bydd yr amharu parhaus ar ysgolion a darparwyr ôl\-16 â goblygiadau i’r cymwysterau a ddyfernir y flwyddyn nesaf hefyd, yn enwedig i’r rheini sy'n gyrsiau dwy flynedd. Felly, dyma roi gwybod i chi nawr y bydd y penderfyniad i atal y trefniadau arferol ar gyfer mesurau perfformiad Cyfnod Allweddol 4 a'r chweched dosbarth yn ymestyn i flwyddyn academaidd 2020/21\.


Yn y sector ôl\-16, bydd effaith wahanol ar ddarparwyr (dosbarthiadau chwech, sefydliadau AB, dysgu seiliedig ar waith a dysgu oedolion) a rhaglenni gwahanol. Bydd rhai deilliannau yn 2020/21 yn adlewyrchu rhaglen dwy flynedd, a bydd eraill yn seiliedig ar flwyddyn o astudio. Felly, byddwn yn mynd ati i ystyried y ffordd orau o ymdrin â’r mesurau perfformiad ôl\-16 yn 2020/21\. Byddwn yn ymgynghori â'r sector cyn gwneud unrhyw benderfyniad pendant, er mwyn ystyried beth fyddai'n ddefnyddiol i’w helpu gyda’u prosesau monitro a sicrwydd ansawdd eu hunain.


Bydd yn ofynnol i bob ysgol a darparwr ôl\-16 barhau i gynnal hunanwerthusiad effeithiol ar gyfer gwella'n barhaus. Mae ein trefniadau gwerthuso, gwella ac atebolrwydd ni’n gofyn iddynt ystyried ystod eang o wybodaeth sy’n berthnasol i gyd\-destun yr ysgol eu hun wrth hunanwerthuso a nodi blaenoriaethau ar gyfer gwella. Golyga hyn y bydd ysgolion, gyda chymorth yr awdurdodau lleol a'r consortia rhanbarthol, yn defnyddio'r gwybodaeth sydd ganddynt ar lefel disgyblion am gyrhaeddiad a deilliannau eraill i fyfyrio ar eu trefniadau presennol a'u gwella.


Yn 2020/21, fel ar gyfer 2019/20, ni fydd y data ynghylch dyfarniadau cymwysterau yn cael eu defnyddio i adrodd ar ddeilliannau cyrhaeddiad ar lefel ysgol, awdurdod lleol neu gonsortia rhanbarthol, ac ni cheir eu defnyddio i ddal ysgolion i gyfrif am ddeilliannau eu dysgwyr. Rwyf eisoes wedi rhoi sicrwydd na fydd y dyfarniadau'n cael eu defnyddio yn y modd hwn, ac roedd hyn yn hanfodol i sicrhau bod modd dyfarnu canlyniadau teg i ddysgwyr sy’n seiliedig ar raddau a aseswyd gan ganolfannau, a bennwyd heb y pwysau sy'n gysylltiedig â mesurau perfformiad neu drefniadau atebolrwydd.


Rwy'n hyderus y bydd y dyfarniadau a roddir eleni yn deg ac yn gadarn. Bydd iddynt yr un gwerth â'r rheini a gyflawnwyd gan unrhyw gohort arall, a byddant yn cael eu cyhoeddi fel Ystadegau Swyddogol, ar lefel genedlaethol, na fydd yn cynnwys mesurau perfformiad.


 


 







Translation:


 
When I announced the cancellation of the 2020 summer examinations series, due to the coronavirus pandemic, I also confirmed that we would not be publishing performance measures. That decision covered all school and post\-16 performance measures for the 2019/20 academic year.


It is clear that there will also be implications of the ongoing disruption to schools and post\-16 providers for qualifications awarded next year, particularly those which are two year courses of study. I am, therefore, providing early clarity that the suspension of Key Stage 4 and legacy sixth form performance measures will be extended to the 2020/21 academic year.


In the post\-16 sector, the range of providers (sixth forms, FE institutions, workbased learning and adult learning) and different types of programmes are affected in different ways. Some outcomes in 2020/21 will reflect a two\-year programme for learners, while others are covering a single year of study. We will, therefore, consider the best approach to post\-16 performance measures for 2020/21\. The sector will be consulted, before any firm decision is taken, in order to consider what would be useful to help their own monitoring and quality assurance processes.


All schools and post\-16 providers will continue to be required to undertake effective self\-evaluation to support continuous improvement. Our evaluation, improvement and accountability arrangements require consideration of a broad range of information relevant to a school’s own context when undertaking self\-evaluation and identifying improvement priorities. This will involve schools, with support from local authorities and regional consortia, using the learner level information they have on attainment and other outcomes to reflect on and improve their existing arrangements.


In 2020/21, as for 2019/20, qualification awards data will not be used to report on attainment outcomes at a school, local authority or regional consortium level and must not be used to hold schools to account for their learners’ outcomes. My previous assurances that awards will not be used in this way were essential in ensuring learners could be awarded fair outcomes, based on objective centre assessed grades, arrived at without the pressure associated with performance measures or accountability arrangements.


I am confident that the qualifications awarded this year will be fair and robust. They will have the same value for learners as those achieved by any other cohort and will be published as Official Statistics, at a national level, which will not include performance measures.