English: But that won't ensure that every single child is educated in an adequate building, and that is the point that I'm making. This funding squeeze represents difficult decisions for schools right across Wales, not just in the Rhondda, but I recently wrote to schools in my constituency and I just wanted to note a couple of responses here today. One Rhondda primary school has had to make cuts of over £15,000, including cutting the school caretaker's hours to save £5,000. That headteacher anticipates further cuts over the next two years. This is a new school, but there is a need for internal painting and new carpets, which can't be afforded. While that school is facing cuts, pupil numbers are increasing. Treorchy Comprehensive School faces equally difficult decisions - £230,000 has been cut this year, with no corresponding drop in pupil numbers. This would be much worse if they hadn't spent huge amounts of time and effort generating an independent income through staff and volunteers. Further cuts are expected, with the local authority indicating that it will make what it euphemistically calls 'school-based efficiency savings'. To a certain extent, I do sympathise with the Cabinet Secretary. I recognise that Westminster, through its policy of austerity, has pursued relentless cuts that have seen our funding squeezed, but how much more can our schools take? We cannot afford for the education of our future generations to suffer because of austerity. So, I implore the Cabinet Secretary to look again at these cuts that are being imposed upon our schools and do everything in her power to reverse them.
Welsh: Ond ni wnaiff hynny sicrhau bod pob plentyn yn cael ei addysgu mewn adeilad digonol, a dyna'r pwynt rwy'n ei wneud. Mae'r wasgfa ariannol hon yn creu penderfyniadau anodd i ysgolion ar draws Cymru, nid yn unig yn y Rhondda, ond ysgrifennais at ysgolion yn fy etholaeth yn ddiweddar ac roeddwn am nodi un neu ddau o'r ymatebion yma heddiw. Mae un ysgol gynradd yn y Rhondda wedi gorfod gwneud toriadau o dros £15,000, gan gynnwys cwtogi oriau'r gofalwr ysgol i arbed £5,000. Mae'r pennaeth yn rhagweld toriadau pellach dros y ddwy flynedd nesaf. Mae hon yn ysgol newydd, ond mae angen paentio'r tu mewn a gosod carpedi newydd, ac ni ellir fforddio gwneud hynny. Er bod yr ysgol honno'n wynebu toriadau, mae nifer y disgyblion yn cynyddu. Mae Ysgol Gyfun Treorci yn wynebu penderfyniadau yr un mor anodd - cafodd £230,000 ei dorri eleni, heb unrhyw ostyngiad cyfatebol yn nifer y disgyblion. Byddai hyn yn waeth o lawer pe na baent wedi treulio llawer iawn o amser ac ymdrech yn cynhyrchu incwm annibynnol drwy staff a gwirfoddolwyr. Disgwylir toriadau pellach, gyda'r awdurdod lleol yn nodi y bydd yn gwneud yr hyn y mae'n ei alw'n 'arbedion effeithlonrwydd yn seiliedig ar ysgolion'. I ryw raddau, rwy'n cydymdeimlo ag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rwy'n cydnabod bod San Steffan, drwy ei pholisi cyni, wedi gweithredu toriadau didostur sydd wedi rhoi pwysau ar ein cyllid, ond faint yn rhagor y gall ein hysgolion ei gymryd? Ni allwn fforddio gweld addysg cenedlaethau'r dyfodol yn dioddef oherwydd cyni. Rwy'n erfyn ar Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet felly i edrych eto ar y toriadau hyn sy'n cael eu gorfodi ar ein hysgolion ac i wneud popeth yn ei gallu i'w gwyrdroi.