English: No. I also call upon my Conservative colleagues to join me in applying pressure on the Government to improve the prospects of future generations of young people throughout Wales, regardless of their financial background. To those who believe grammar schools are a relic of some sepia-tinted bygone era, I would offer one word: PISA. This December, the latest PISA results will be published, and there are early signs in the corridors of this place that the Welsh Government is already preparing its excuses. Since 2007, Wales has slipped down the PISA rankings. As more countries have joined, Wales has slumped from twenty-second in science to joint thirty-sixth, dropped 10 places in maths, and fallen from twenty-ninth in reading to forty-first. What surprises will PISA bring this time? In 2012, Wales performed worse on average in science, maths and English than did England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. At the time, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader, Kirsty Williams, tweeted: 'Really sad and angry that 14 years of Welsh Labour Education Policy has led us to these #PISA results.' Now, as education Secretary, will Kirsty Williams stand firm behind this statement and drive forward a policy that delivers real change? The time has come for a bold new vision for education in Wales, and at the centre of this vision should be the principle of diversity - diversity of teaching styles, school aims and priorities. In 2006, according to the National Grammar Schools Association, pupils in England's 164 grammar schools produced more than half the total number of A-grade A-levels in the more robust A-level subjects than those produced by in up to 2,000 comprehensive schools. It is clear that selective state schools produced some of the best performances in examinations, based on league tables. From this experience - [Interruption.] From this experience, as the UK Government's most senior civil servant responsible for education quality, the previous chief inspector of schools, Chris Woodhead, states, unequivocally, 'grammar schools have contributed more to social mobility than any other institution this country has known'. In his statement Chris Woodhead went further and said abolishing grammar schools may also be seen as attempting to impose a one-size-fits-all education system on an area. Thankfully for children in England, the Government have heeded the advice of the experts and backtracked on the earlier catastrophic decision to prevent the establishment of new grammar schools. But what about Wales? Will the Government - [Interruption.] Will the Government put political dogma to one side and place young people ahead of ideology? Will you do that? When the PISA results were last published the First Minister was quoted as saying to all three opposition parties, 'If you don't like it, what would you change?' So, to Carwyn Jones, on behalf of the disenfranchised and passed-over schoolchildren everywhere, I say, 'choice'. Grammar schools provide an opportunity for students from low-income families to escape poverty and gain a high standard of education without recourse to the fee-paying sector.
Welsh: Na wnaf. Rwyf hefyd yn galw ar fy nghyd-Aelodau Ceidwadol i ymuno â mi i roi pwysau ar y Llywodraeth i wella rhagolygon cenedlaethau o bobl ifanc yn y dyfodol ledled Cymru, waeth beth fo'u cefndir ariannol. I'r rhai sy'n credu bod ysgolion gramadeg yn grair o ryw oes sepia o'r gorffennol, rwy'n cynnig un gair: PISA. Y mis Rhagfyr hwn, cyhoeddir y canlyniadau PISA diweddaraf, ac mae arwyddion cynnar yng nghoridorau'r lle hwn fod Llywodraeth Cymru eisoes yn paratoi ei hesgusodion. Ers 2007, mae Cymru wedi llithro i lawr y safleoedd PISA. Wrth i fwy o wledydd ymuno, mae Cymru wedi disgyn o safle 22 mewn gwyddoniaeth i rannu safle 36, mae wedi disgyn 10 safle mewn mathemateg, ac wedi disgyn o safle 29 mewn darllen i safle 41. Pa syndod annisgwyl a ddaw gyda PISA y tro hwn? Yn 2012, perfformiodd Cymru yn waeth ar gyfartaledd mewn gwyddoniaeth, mathemateg a Saesneg na Lloegr, Gogledd Iwerddon a'r Alban. Ar y pryd, trydarodd arweinydd Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol Cymru, Kirsty Williams: Yn drist ac yn ddig fod 14 mlynedd o Bolisi Addysg Llafur Cymru wedi ein harwain at y canlyniadau #PISA hyn. Nawr, fel Ysgrifennydd addysg, a fydd Kirsty Williams yn sefyll yn gadarn y tu ôl i'r datganiad hwn ac yn bwrw ymlaen â pholisi sy'n sicrhau newid go iawn? Mae'r amser wedi dod am weledigaeth newydd feiddgar ar gyfer addysg yng Nghymru, a dylai egwyddor amrywiaeth fod yn ganolog i'r weledigaeth hon - amrywiaeth o arddulliau addysgu, amcanion a blaenoriaethau ysgol. Yn 2006, yn ôl Cymdeithas Genedlaethol yr Ysgolion Gramadeg, cynhyrchodd disgyblion yn yr 164 o ysgolion gramadeg yn Lloegr fwy na hanner cyfanswm y graddau A Safon Uwch yn y pynciau Safon Uwch mwy cadarn na'r hyn a gynhyrchwyd mewn hyd at 2,000 o ysgolion cyfun. Mae'n amlwg fod ysgolion gwladol detholus wedi cynhyrchu rhai o'r perfformiadau gorau mewn arholiadau, yn seiliedig ar dablau cynghrair. O'r profiad hwn - [Torri ar draws.] O'r profiad hwn, fel y mae gwas sifil uchaf Llywodraeth y DU sy'n gyfrifol am ansawdd addysg, y prif arolygydd ysgolion blaenorol, Chris Woodhead, yn datgan yn ddiamwys, mae ysgolion gramadeg wedi cyfrannu mwy at symudedd cymdeithasol nag unrhyw sefydliad arall y mae'r wlad hon wedi ei adnabod erioed. Yn ei ddatganiad aeth Chris Woodhead ymhellach a dweud efallai y gellid gweld diddymu ysgolion gramadeg hefyd fel ceisio gosod un system addysg sy'n addas i bawb mewn ardal. Yn ffodus i blant yn Lloegr, mae'r Llywodraeth wedi gwrando ar gyngor yr arbenigwyr ac wedi ailfeddwl ynglŷn â'r penderfyniad trychinebus cynharach i atal sefydlu ysgolion gramadeg newydd. Ond beth am Gymru? A fydd y Llywodraeth - [Torri ar draws.] A fydd y Llywodraeth yn rhoi dogma gwleidyddol o'r neilltu ac yn gosod pobl ifanc o flaen ideoleg? A wnewch chi hynny? Pan gyhoeddwyd y canlyniadau PISA ddiwethaf, dyfynnwyd y Prif Weinidog yn dweud wrth bob un o'r tair gwrthblaid, 'Os nad ydych yn ei hoffi, beth fyddech chi'n ei newid?' Felly, wrth Carwyn Jones, ar ran y plant ysgol sydd wedi'u difreinio a'u hanghofio ym mhob man, rwy'n dweud, 'dewis'. Mae ysgolion gramadeg yn rhoi cyfle i fyfyrwyr o deuluoedd incwm isel ddianc o afael tlodi a chael addysg o safon heb orfod troi at y sector sy'n talu ffioedd.