English: Thank you for your response. I know that you're very aware of the situation that arose at Ruthin School in my region. And before saying any more, I think we should thank Kelly Williams, the Daily Post journalist who did so much to expose the situation there and to bring it to the attention of the wider public, and also to help bring matters to a head. And now that some of those heads that needed to roll have rolled, we need to look forward, of course, and work with the school, but we also need to learn wider lessons from this terrible episode that we encountered at Ruthin. And it became clear, of course, that independent schools aren't subject to the same rules as local authority schools, and that's of a huge concern, particularly when things, of course, go wrong. Now, some of the things that have been suggested to me that need addressing include making sure that those who teach in independent schools should be registered with the Education Workforce Council. We need to look at ways of ensuring more rigid requirements on councils of management, or governing bodies as most of us would describe them. We really do need representatives who are appointed by local authorities. We need to make sure that there are representatives of teachers and parents and pupils on those bodies. We need to extend the powers of Estyn so that they can remove governors and senior leadership when there are issues around professional concerns. Now, not all of this is devolved and I appreciate that you wouldn't, maybe, be able to address all of those issues, but I just want to understand what the Welsh Government is now doing to address some of the deficiencies that are clearly in the system so that we can make sure that the experience at Ruthin School isn't one that can happen anywhere else in future.
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb. Gwn eich bod yn ymwybodol iawn o'r sefyllfa a gododd yn Ysgol Rhuthun yn fy rhanbarth. A chyn dweud mwy, rwy'n credu y dylem ddiolch i Kelly Williams, newyddiadurwr y Daily Post a wnaeth gymaint i ddatgelu'r sefyllfa yno ac i dynnu sylw'r cyhoedd ehangach ati, a hefyd i helpu i ddod â phethau i ben. A chan fod rhai o'r pennau oedd angen eu torri bellach wedi'u torri, mae angen inni edrych ymlaen, wrth gwrs, a gweithio gyda'r ysgol, ond mae angen i ni hefyd ddysgu gwersi ehangach o'r bennod ofnadwy hon a welsom yn Rhuthun. A daeth yn amlwg, wrth gwrs, nad yw ysgolion annibynnol yn ddarostyngedig i'r un rheolau ag ysgolion awdurdodau lleol, ac mae hynny'n destun pryder enfawr, yn enwedig pan fydd pethau'n mynd o chwith. Nawr, mae rhai o'r pethau yr awgrymwyd i mi fod angen mynd i'r afael â hwy yn cynnwys sicrhau y dylai'r rhai sy'n dysgu mewn ysgolion annibynnol fod wedi cofrestru gyda Chyngor y Gweithlu Addysg. Mae angen inni edrych ar ffyrdd o sicrhau gofynion mwy cadarn i gynghorau rheoli, neu gyrff llywodraethu fel y byddai'r rhan fwyaf ohonom yn eu disgrifio. Mae gwir angen cynrychiolwyr sydd wedi'u penodi gan awdurdodau lleol arnom. Mae angen inni sicrhau bod cynrychiolwyr athrawon a rhieni a disgyblion ar y cyrff hynny. Mae angen inni ymestyn pwerau Estyn fel y gallant ddiswyddo llywodraethwyr ac uwch arweinwyr pan fydd problemau'n codi sy'n ymwneud â phryderon proffesiynol. Nawr, nid yw hyn i gyd wedi'i ddatganoli ac rwy'n derbyn na fyddech yn gallu mynd i'r afael â'r holl faterion hynny o bosibl, ond rwyf eisiau deall beth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei wneud yn awr i fynd i'r afael â rhai o'r diffygion sy'n amlwg yn y system fel y gallwn sicrhau nad yw'r profiad yn Ysgol Rhuthun yn un a all ddigwydd yn unman arall yn y dyfodol.