English: Developments in English-medium schools can have a great impact on the development of Welsh-medium schools. If an English-medium school is established, then that will have an impact on the Welsh-medium provision in that area. There is a recent example - Elin might mention Bridgend - where there was a lack of consultation in establishing an English-medium school, and that obviously had an impact on Welsh-medium education. There was a lack of consultation on the impact of that on the Welsh language. The same thing happened, or it is happening, in Neath Port Talbot as we speak: a proposal to establish a large English-medium primary school in Pontardawe with 700 children. That would lead to the closure of three or four English-medium primary schools. But, in the same area, we have Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Trebannws, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe, which generally speaking are in buildings of poor quality. Having a large new English-medium school at the bottom of the valley, with a swimming pool and so on and so forth, is bound to attract children to it. And that in turn would be detrimental to Welsh-medium education. There is a judicial review - and Elin can tell you more about that in a moment - where we expect that Neath Port Talbot in not having consulted on the impact of those proposals on the Welsh language in full will be criticised by the tribunal. But the development of English-medium schools aren't currently included within the WESPs as such. There is no mention of the impact of building an English-medium school on the growth of Welsh-medium education in those areas. It's a question then as to whether education in Wales can develop, whether English-medium schools can be developed without any barriers, without consideration being given to the Welsh language. And one could make a strong argument that the WESPs should require local authorities to give consideration to the linguistic impact of any new school that they open.
Welsh: Mae datblygiadau mewn ysgolion Saesneg yn gallu effeithio'n fawr ar ddatblygiadau ysgolion Cymraeg. Os yw ysgol Saesneg yn cael ei sefydlu, bydd hynny o reidrwydd yn cael effaith ar y ddarpariaeth Gymraeg yn yr ardal honno. Mae yna enghraifft ddiweddar - efallai bydd Elin yn sôn am Ben-y-bont - lle'r oedd yna ddiffyg ymgynghori wrth sefydlu ysgol Saesneg, a hynny o reidrwydd wedyn yn mynd i gael dylanwad ar addysg Gymraeg. Roedd diffyg ymgynghori o ran effaith hynny ar y Gymraeg. Digwyddodd yr un peth, neu mae e ar ganol digwydd, yng Nghastell-nedd Port Talbot: cynnig i sefydlu ysgol gynradd Saesneg fawr ym Mhontardawe, gyda 700 o blant. Byddai hynny'n golygu cau tair neu bedair ysgol gynradd Saesneg. Ond, yn y cyffiniau, mae Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Trebannws, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pontardawe, ar y cyfan mewn adeiladau digon diffygiol. A byddai cael ysgol gynradd fawr Saesneg ar lawr y cwm gyda phwll nofio a phob adnodd arall yn rhwym o ddenu plant. Byddai hwnna, yn ei dro, yn andwyol i addysg Gymraeg. Mae yna adolygiad barnwrol - gall Elin sôn fwy am hwnna mewn munud - lle rydyn ni'n disgwyl bod Castell-nedd, wrth beidio ag ymgynghori ar effaith hynny ar y Gymraeg yn llawn, yn mynd i gael ei feirniadu gan y tribiwnlys. Ond, dyw datblygiadau ysgolion Saesneg ddim ar hyn o bryd yn rhan o'r CSCA fel y cyfryw. Does dim sôn am beth fyddai dylanwad codi ysgol Saesneg ar dwf addysg Gymraeg yn yr ardaloedd hynny. Mae'n gwestiwn wedyn a ydy addysg yng Nghymru yn gallu datblygu, ydy twf addysgol yn Saesneg yn gallu cael ei sefydlu heb rwystr heb ystyriaeth o'r effaith ar y Gymraeg. Mae yna le cryf i ddadlau y dylai'r CSCA orfodi awdurdodau lleol i roi ystyriaeth i beth yw dylanwad ieithyddol unrhyw ysgol sydd yn cael ei sefydlu ganddyn nhw.