English: We are in danger of comparing apples and pears. In my constituency, in the secondary schools serving my young people: 65 per cent of pupils at Llanishen High School got five As to Cs, including language and maths; 76 per cent at Bro Edern; 86 per cent at Cardiff High School. So, which one did better? Well, superficially, Cardiff High did, but what proportion of this school has special educational needs? How many free-school-mealers are there? Well, far below average is the answer. So, I just want to focus a little bit on the achievements of a school where I'm a governor, St Teilo's, where 61 per cent of pupils got five GCSEs, including a language and maths, and that is only just 1 per cent below the national average. That is in a school that has over one in five pupils in receipt of free school meals, 3.5 per cent of children have a statement of special educational need, and 3.5 per cent are pupils being looked after by the local authority, which is the highest in Wales. So, comparing like with like, the school is the second highest performing in its family of schools, which is the 20 per cent to 30 per cent free-school-meal benchmarking group. And this is where we should be making these comparisons. It's about whether schools of a similar nature are doing as well as other schools who are facing some of the challenges that we know young people face that impact on their education, and, clearly, poverty is one of them. So, I think that St Teilo's is doing brilliantly, because, for children in receipt of free school meals, they've increased their performance every year for the last five years, and they currently stand at 36 per cent, which is much higher than the average in the family of schools they're in. And looking to the future, this summer, two thirds of the children in year 10 who are in receipt of free school meals attained a grade C or above in English literature, meaning there was no gap in performance between the most affluent and least affluent pupils. That, I think, is a real achievement, and I thank the pupils and the teachers at St Teilo's for that fantastic performance.
Welsh: Rydym mewn perygl o gymharu afalau a gellyg. Yn fy etholaeth i, yn yr ysgolion uwchradd sy'n gwasanaethu fy mhobl ifanc: cafodd 65 y cant o ddisgyblion Ysgol Uwchradd Llanisien bum gradd A i C gan gynnwys iaith a mathemateg; 76 y cant yn Ysgol Bro Edern; 86 y cant yn Ysgol Uwchradd Caerdydd. Felly, pa un a wnaeth orau? Wel, yn arwynebol, Ysgol Uwchradd Caerdydd, ond pa gyfran o'r ysgol hon sydd ag anghenion addysgol arbennig? Sawl un sy'n cael cinio ysgol am ddim? Wel, llawer is na'r cyfartaledd yw'r ateb. Felly, rwyf am ganolbwyntio ychydig ar gyflawniadau ysgol lle rwy'n llywodraethwr, sef Teilo Sant, lle cafodd 61 y cant o'r disgyblion bum TGAU gan gynnwys iaith a mathemateg, a dim ond 1 y cant yn is na'r cyfartaledd cenedlaethol yw hynny. A hyn mewn ysgol sydd â dros un o bob pum disgybl yn cael prydau ysgol am ddim, mae gan 3.5 y cant o blant ddatganiad o angen addysgol arbennig, ac mae 3.5 y cant yn ddisgyblion sy'n derbyn gofal gan yr awdurdod lleol, sef y lefel uchaf yng Nghymru. Felly, o gymharu tebyg â thebyg, mae'r ysgol yn perfformio'n well na phob ysgol arall ond un yn ei theulu ysgolion, sef y grŵp meincnodi 20 y cant i 30 y cant o brydau ysgol am ddim. A dyma lle y dylem fod yn gwneud y cymariaethau hyn. Mae'n ymwneud ag i ba raddau y mae ysgolion o natur debyg yn gwneud cystal ag ysgolion eraill sy'n wynebu rhai o'r heriau y gwyddom fod pobl ifanc yn eu hwynebu, sy'n effeithio ar eu haddysg, ac yn amlwg, mae tlodi yn un ohonynt. Felly, credaf fod Teilo Sant yn gwneud yn wych, oherwydd eu bod wedi cynyddu eu perfformiad bob blwyddyn am y pum mlynedd diwethaf ar gyfer plant sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim, ac ar hyn o bryd maent ar 36 y cant, sy'n llawer uwch na'r cyfartaledd yn y teulu ysgolion y maent ynddo. Ac wrth edrych i'r dyfodol, yr haf hwn, cafodd dwy ran o dair o'r plant ym mlwyddyn 10 sy'n cael prydau ysgol am ddim radd C neu uwch mewn llenyddiaeth Saesneg, sy'n golygu nad oedd bwlch yn y perfformiad rhwng y disgyblion mwyaf cefnog a'r disgyblion lleiaf cefnog. Mae hynny, rwy'n meddwl, yn gyflawniad go iawn, a diolch i'r disgyblion a'r athrawon yn Teilo Sant am y perfformiad gwych hwnnw.