English: I believe that there is a huge amount of value to be placed on an internal exercise that looks at the strengths and the weaknesses of an individual institution and, more importantly, what steps are going to be taken to make that institution better. We know, from all the international evidence and research, that schools as learning organisations are a feature of high-performing education systems, and that's what I want for the children of Wales. But we also know that self-evaluation does need to have an element of peer review. That's why we will have schools working together to provide that. Not only does it provide an excellent opportunity to verify an internal exercise, it promotes the spirit of collaboration between our schools - something that we have not been good at in our system in the past, and we need to improve upon. And that was one of the features of the OECD report into the Welsh education system. The validation will be carried out by Estyn. The Member says maybe we should just leave all of this to Estyn, but, realistically, the inspection cycle would leave huge gaps when Estyn would be able to get to a school. This will be an annual process that will be undertaken, and therefore we can have real live time. One of the problems of our current inspection system is that a school can go many, many, many years before Estyn comes back to inspect that school again. And, you know, for better or for worse, an inspection report can become out of date quite quickly. I know of schools that have moved immeasurably in a short period of time, and also we have schools that have done well, and there's lots of evidence of this across the border in England, where a school has done well and then, after inspection, performance and standards drop immediately because the threat of an inspection report isn't due for years and years' time. So, actually, this gives us a much better, and a much more robust, system where these things are being constantly looked at and challenged. I have no plans to change the current model of education funding, but, of course, I will look at every opportunity to maximise school budgets and maximise the amount of investment that the Welsh Government can put into our education system.
Welsh: Credaf fod llawer iawn o werth i'w roi ar ymarfer mewnol sy'n edrych ar gryfderau a gwendidau sefydliad unigol ac, yn bwysicach na hynny, pa gamau a gymerir i wneud y sefydliad yn un gwell. Rydym yn gwybod, ar sail yr holl dystiolaeth a'r ymchwil rhyngwladol, bod ysgolion fel sefydliadau sy'n dysgu yn nodwedd o systemau addysg sy'n perfformio'n dda iawn, a dyna'r hyn yr wyf yn ei ddymuno i blant Cymru. Ond rydym yn gwybod hefyd fod angen elfen o adolygiad gan gymeiriaid ar yr hunanwerthuso hwnnw. Dyna pam y bydd gennym ysgolion sy'n gweithio gyda'i gilydd i ddarparu hynny. Nid yn unig y bydd yn gyfle ardderchog i wirio ymarferiad mewnol, ond bydd yn hyrwyddo ysbryd cydweithio rhwng ein hysgolion - rhywbeth nad ydym wedi llwyddo i'w gyflawni yn ein system yn y gorffennol, ac mae angen inni wella ar hynny. A dyna oedd un o nodweddion adroddiad y Sefydliad ar gyfer Cydweithrediad a Datblygiad Economaidd ar system addysg Cymru. Estyn fydd yn cynnal y gwaith dilysu. Dywed yr Aelod efallai y dylid gadael hyn i gyd i Estyn, ond, mewn gwirionedd, byddai'r cylch arolygu yn gadael bylchau enfawr pryd na fyddai Estyn yn gallu cyrraedd ysgol. Proses a gaiff ei chynnal yn flynyddol yw hon, ac felly cawn amser byw real. Un o'r problemau gyda'r system arolygu bresennol yw y gall ysgol fod am lawer iawn o flynyddoedd cyn y bydd Estyn yn mynd yn ôl i arolygu'r ysgol honno eto. Ac, er gwell neu er gwaeth, gall adroddiad arolygu ddyddio'n gyflym iawn. Rwy'n gwybod am ysgolion sydd wedi newid yn anfesuradwy mewn cyfnod byr o amser, ac mae gennym ni ysgolion hefyd sydd wedi gwneud yn dda, a cheir llawer o dystiolaeth o hynny dros y ffin yn Lloegr, bod ysgol wedi gwneud yn dda ac yna, ar ôl arolwg, mae perfformiad a safonau yn disgyn ar unwaith gan na fydd y bygythiad o adroddiad arolygiad ar y gorwel am flynyddoedd lawer eto. Felly, mewn gwirionedd, bydd hyn yn rhoi system well o lawer i ni, a system llawer mwy cadarn, lle bydd y pethau hyn yn cael eu harchwilio a'u herio'n gyson. Nid oes gennyf unrhyw gynlluniau i newid y model presennol o gyllido addysg, ond, wrth gwrs, byddaf yn rhoi ystyriaeth i bob cyfle i fanteisio i'r eithaf ar gyllidebau ysgolion a chynyddu swm y buddsoddiad y gall y Llywodraeth Cymru ei roi yn ein system addysg.