English: Well, Bethan, this is an issue of social justice for me. No child's educational outcomes should be dictated to because of the circumstances of their birth or of their family's ability to support their education. That's why I make no apologies, as I said, for spending over £90 million this year on the education of those learners. Now, what we know is that schools find this resource invaluable, that two thirds of schools are using the resource effectively to make a difference to those most vulnerable learners, but I want all schools to make effective use of this resource, and that's why we have, via our regional consortia, newly employed specific advisers to work with schools to ensure that this money that is being made available to individual schools is used to best effect. What we also know is that we need to intervene as soon as possible in a child's education, and that's why we have doubled the amount of PDG going into our youngest pupils' education, because if we can ensure that there is no attainment gap at the age of 11, that gives us a better chance of ensuring that children go on to obtain very good GCSE results. But I'm always keen to look to how we can develop and spread best practice, and that includes consideration of a Wales-specific Sutton Trust toolkit. At the moment, that is the gold standard against which schools are asked to judge decisions they're making about expenditure. I believe it's now time to look at developing a specific Welsh toolkit that recognises the specific cultural circumstances of the Welsh education system.
Welsh: Wel, Bethan, i mi, mae hwn yn fater o gyfiawnder cymdeithasol. Ni ddylai canlyniadau addysgol unrhyw blentyn gael eu pennu yn sgil amgylchiadau eu geni neu allu eu teulu i gefnogi eu haddysg. Dyna pam nad wyf yn ymddiheuro, fel y dywedais, am wario dros £90 miliwn eleni ar addysg y dysgwyr hynny. Nawr, yr hyn a wyddom yw bod ysgolion o'r farn fod yr adnodd hwn yn hynod o werthfawr, fod dwy ran o dair o ysgolion yn defnyddio'r adnodd yn effeithiol i wneud gwahaniaeth i'r dysgwyr mwyaf agored i niwed, ond rwyf am i'r holl ysgolion wneud defnydd effeithiol o'r adnodd hwn, a dyna pam ein bod, drwy ein consortia rhanbarthol, newydd gyflogi cynghorwyr penodol i weithio gydag ysgolion er mwyn sicrhau bod yr arian hwn a ddarperir i ysgolion unigol yn cael ei ddefnyddio yn y ffordd orau. Yr hyn a wyddom hefyd yw bod angen inni ymyrryd cyn gynted â phosibl yn addysg plentyn, a dyna pam rydym wedi dyblu faint o'r grant datblygu disgyblion sy'n mynd i gefnogi addysg ein disgyblion ifancaf, oherwydd os gallwn sicrhau nad oes bwlch cyrhaeddiad rhwng plant 11 oed, mae hynny'n rhoi cyfle gwell inni sicrhau bod plant yn mynd yn eu blaenau i gael canlyniadau TGAU da iawn. Ond rwyf bob amser yn awyddus i ystyried sut y gallwn ddatblygu a lledaenu arferion gorau, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys ystyried pecyn cymorth Ymddiriedolaeth Sutton penodol ar gyfer Cymru. Ar hyn o bryd, dyna'r safon aur y gofynnir i ysgolion farnu penderfyniadau a wnânt ynghylch gwariant yn ei herbyn. Credaf ei bod bellach yn bryd ystyried datblygu pecyn cymorth penodol ar gyfer Cymru sy'n cydnabod amgylchiadau diwylliannol penodol y system addysg yng Nghymru.