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Schools Challenge Cymru formally rolled out in our Pathways to Success Schools this September. The schools and the Schools Challenge Cymru Advisers have been working together over the summer and into the new term to develop and submit their School Development Plans. Each school now has a plan in place, which sets out their priorities and the actions required to address their individual development needs, focused on improving teaching, learning and leadership within the school. All of these plans are tailored to meet the needs of the individual schools and will form the basis of their accelerated improvement journey over the coming year.


To support them on this journey, all of our Pathways to Success Schools have now received an initial allocation of funding. These were agreed following a period of consideration and close scrutiny of each school’s plan by the Schools Challenge Cymru Champions and my officials. The allocations are based on each school’s individual needs and will support the implementation of a bespoke package of improvement activity.


The Schools Challenge Cymru Advisers have established Accelerated Improvement Boards in each of their schools. These boards, along with the SCC Advisers, will provide support and challenge to the schools to ensure delivery against their plans, and to drive forward rapid improvement. They will also play a key role in keeping key stakeholders informed of progress, including practitioners, local authorities, consortia and Welsh Government officials.


As Schools Challenge Cymru Advisers work with their schools additional needs will inevitably emerge or be identified which will require further action. To manage this, and to ensure that the Challenge maintains pace, the allocation of funding must be dynamic. Given this fluidity, final funding allocations for year 1 of the programme for each of the Pathways to Success Schools will be published at the end of the summer term in 2015\.


In addition to the funding being made available to schools directly for improvement activity, each education consortium has been allocated Schools Challenge Cymru funding to build capacity at a regional level and to drive collaboration. This activity includes investing in Improvement Hubs, developing school to school partnerships and continuing professional development for leaders and practitioners.


This collaborative and focused approach is based on the principle of ‘school\-led improvement’, with knowledge and expertise being identified from within the system and shared across it.  By placing an emphasis on effective collaboration, Schools Challenge Cymru aims to foster a collective sense of responsibility, with everyone working together to ensure that Welsh learners are supported to reach their full potential.


The School Challenge Cymru Advisers will play a key role in supporting this collaboration, ensuring that schools and practitioners are empowered to work with each other to find solutions to the challenges that they face.


I am pleased to note that the Pathways to Success Schools have embraced their role and that they are all proceeding at pace with the implementation of the activities identified in their plans. Their progress will be an important contribution towards the overall raising of standards in the Welsh education system and the learning they develop, in partnership with schools from across Wales, will prove invaluable.







Translation:


 
    Ym mis Medi, cyflwynwyd yn ffurfiol Her Ysgolion Cymru yn ein Hysgolion Llwybrau Llwyddiant. Mae’r ysgolion a Chynghorwyr Her Ysgolion Cymru wedi bod yn cydweithio dros yr haf ac i mewn i’r tymor newydd i ddatblygu a chyflwyno eu Cynlluniau Datblygu ar gyfer ysgolion. Bellach mae gan bob ysgol gynllun, sy’n amlinellu eu blaenoriaethau a’r camau y mae angen eu cymryd er mwyn mynd i’r afael â’u hanghenion datblygu unigol. Mae’r rhain yn canolbwyntio ar wella addysgu, dysgu ac arweinyddiaeth o fewn yr ysgol. Mae’r holl gynlluniau hyn wedi’u teilwra i ddiwallu anghenion yr ysgolion unigol a byddant yn sail i’r gwaith gwella carlam yn ystod y flwyddyn i ddod. 

 I’w helpu, mae pob un o’n Hysgolion Llwybrau Llwyddiant wedi derbyn dyraniad cyllid cychwynnol erbyn hyn. Cytunwyd ar hyn yn dilyn cyfnod o ystyried a chraffu gofalus ar gynllun pob ysgol. Hyrwyddwyr Her Ysgolion Cymru a’m swyddogion innau wnaeth y gwaith hwn. Mae’r dyraniadau yn seiliedig ar anghenion unigol pob ysgol a byddant yn eu helpu i weithredu eu rhaglenni gwella penodol. 

 Mae Cynghorwyr Her Ysgolion Cymru wedi sefydlu Byrddau Gwella Carlam ym mhob un o’u hysgolion. Bydd y byrddau hyn, ynghyd â’r Cynghorwyr, yn helpu’r ysgolion ac yn eu herio er mwyn sicrhau eu bod yn cyflawni eu cynlluniau, ac i hyrwyddo gwelliant cyflym. Byddant hefyd yn chwarae rôl allweddol wrth roi gwybodaeth gyson i’r prif grwpiau perthnasol am y cynnydd a wneir, gan gynnwys ymarferwyr, awdurdodau lleol, consortia a swyddogion Llywodraeth Cymru.

 Wrth i Gynghorwyr Her Ysgolion Cymru gydweithio â’u hysgolion, mae’n anochel y daw anghenion ychwanegol i’r amlwg a fydd yn galw am gamau pellach. Er mwyn rheoli hyn, ac i sicrhau bod yr Her yn cadw’i momentwm, mae’n rhaid i’r broses o ddyrannu cyllid fod yn ddeinamig. Caiff y dyraniadau cyllid terfynol, felly, ar gyfer blwyddyn 1 y rhaglen ar gyfer pob un o Ysgolion Llwybrau Llwyddiant eu cyhoeddi ar ddiwedd tymor yr haf 2015\. 

 Yn ogystal â’r cyllid sy’n cael ei roi i’r ysgolion eu hunain at ddibenion gwella, dyrannwyd cyllid Her Ysgolion Cymru ar gyfer pob consortiwm addysg er mwyn meithrin gallu ar lefel ranbarthol ac er mwyn hyrwyddo cydweithredu. Mae hyn yn cynnwys buddsoddi mewn canolfannau/grwpiau gwella, datblygu partneriaethau rhwng ysgolion a datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus ar gyfer arweinwyr ac ymarferwyr.

 Mae’r dull hwn o gydweithredu a’i ffocws penodol yn seiliedig ar yr egwyddor o welliant sy’n cael ei ysgogi gan yr ysgol ei hun, lle caiff gwybodaeth ac arbenigedd sydd eisoes yn bod eu nodi a’u rhannu ar draws y system. Drwy roi pwyslais ar gydweithredu effeithiol, mae Her Ysgolion Cymru am feithrin ymdeimlad o gyfrifoldeb ymhlith pawb, fel y gall pob un ohonom helpu i sicrhau bod dysgwyr Cymru yn cyflawni eu potensial.

 Bydd Cynghorwyr Her Ysgolion Cymru yn chwarae rôl allweddol wrth gefnogi’r ymdrech hon, gan sicrhau bod ysgolion ac ymarferwyr mewn sefyllfa i gydweithio i oresgyn yr heriau sy’n eu hwynebu.

 Rwy’n falch o gael nodi bod Ysgolion Llwybrau Llwyddiant wedi ymateb yn frwd a’u bod i gyd yn bwrw ati i weithredu eu cynlluniau. Bydd eu gwaith yn gyfraniad pwysig i godi safonau o fewn system addysg Cymru, a bydd y dysg a ddatblygant, mewn partneriaeth ag ysgolion ledled Cymru, yn amhrisiadwy.