English: Well, Presiding Officer, given that the question is about schools in the south Wales Valleys, can I give a warm welcome to Tredegar Comprehensive School pupils, who I think have joined us in the viewing gallery this afternoon? Tredegar comprehensive is the old school of Alun Davies AM. I'm not sure whether the children have a suitable role model in Mr Davies, but it's something to aspire to. And I do know that some of the pupils who are with us today are ex-pupils of Deighton Primary School, which, again, is Mr Davies's old primary school, whom I had the pleasure of meeting when they were in the primary school. But returning to Dawn's question, can I agree with you, Dawn, that it's totally unacceptable for children's success to be determined by their social or economic circumstances? And underpinning all of our work is the belief that someone's ability to benefit from education should not be determined by where they live, what their background is or what their parents' income is. As I said in my first answer, we are investing unprecedented amounts in the pupil development grant - over £190 million last year - to improve outcomes for some of our most disadvantaged learners, and we're also looking at different types of opportunities. We have committed a total of £1.5 million to fund shared apprenticeships across the Valleys taskforce area, and our junior apprenticeship programme offers year 10 and 11 pupils the opportunity to study full time for a future career in a college setting, from the age of 14, and that is specifically targeted at those children who may have low aspirations or are in danger of being not in education, employment or training.
Welsh: Wel, Lywydd, gan fod y cwestiwn yn ymwneud ag ysgolion yng Nghymoedd de Cymru, a gaf fi roi croeso cynnes i ddisgyblion Ysgol Gyfun Tredegar, sydd wedi ymuno â ni, rwy'n credu, yn yr oriel y prynhawn yma? Ysgol Gyfun Tredegar yw hen ysgol Alun Davies AC. Nid wyf yn siŵr a yw Mr Davies yn esiampl addas i'r plant, ond mae'n rhywbeth i anelu ato. A gwn fod rhai o'r disgyblion sydd gyda ni heddiw yn gyn-ddisgyblion ysgol gynradd Deighton, sef, unwaith eto, hen ysgol gynradd Mr Davies, a chefais y pleser o gyfarfod â hwy pan oeddent yn yr ysgol gynradd. Ond i ddychwelyd at gwestiwn Dawn, a gaf fi gytuno â chi, Dawn, ei bod yn gwbl annerbyniol i lwyddiant plant gael ei bennu gan eu hamgylchiadau cymdeithasol neu economaidd? Ac yn sail i'n holl waith, mae'r gred na ddylai ble mae rhywun yn byw, beth yw eu cefndir, na beth yw incwm eu rhieni bennu gallu rhywun i elwa o addysg. Fel y dywedais yn fy ateb cyntaf, rydym yn buddsoddi mwy nag erioed yn y grant datblygu disgyblion - dros £190 miliwn y llynedd - i wella canlyniadau ar gyfer rhai o'n dysgwyr mwyaf difreintiedig, ac rydym hefyd yn edrych ar wahanol fathau o gyfleoedd. Rydym wedi ymrwymo cyfanswm o £1.5 miliwn i ariannu rhannu prentisiaethau ar draws ardal tasglu'r Cymoedd, ac mae ein rhaglen brentisiaethau iau yn cynnig cyfle i ddisgyblion blwyddyn 10 ac 11 astudio'n amser llawn mewn coleg ar gyfer gyrfa yn y dyfodol, o 14 oed ymlaen, ac mae'r rhaglen honno wedi'i thargedu'n benodol at blant sydd heb lawer o uchelgais o bosibl, neu blant sydd mewn perygl o beidio â bod mewn addysg, cyflogaeth na hyfforddiant.