15 Ionawr 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu Blynyddol ar Medr
You're very welcome this morning, and thank you for joining us. Members have a series of questions this morning, and I'd like to start with Cefin, please.
15 Ionawr 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu Blynyddol ar Medr
We'll move on now to agenda item 2, which is a scrutiny session with Medr. Please may I welcome Medr and can you introduce yourselves for the record?
15 Ionawr 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Welcome to today's meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee. The public items of this meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. A Record of Proceedings will be published as usual. The meeting's bilingual and simultaneous translation…
13 Ionawr 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
Diolch i chi, Prif Weinidog. Mae rheilffordd Treherbert yn hanfodol i drigolion y Rhondda deithio i'r gwaith, i'r ysgol a'r coleg. Dros amser rhy hir roeddem ni'n gorfod defnyddio gwasanaeth annibynadwy a cherbydau a oedd yn hen ffasiwn. Mae'r gwahaniaeth a…
13 Ionawr 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Cwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog
6. A wnaiff y Prif Weinidog roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y gwelliannau a wnaed i linell Treherbert fel rhan o fuddsoddiad Metro De Cymru? OQ63669
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog Rhif 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o weddill y cyfarfod
Moving on to item 5, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix) that the committee resolves to meet in private for the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content? Yes. Thank you. We will now proceed in private.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Papurau i'w nodi
I'll now move on to item 4, which is papers to note. We have six papers to note today, the full details of which are set out on the agenda and in the paper pack. Are Members content to note the papers? Yes. Thank you.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Do Members have any additional questions that they'd like to ask? No. Thank you so much for coming in this morning and meeting with us. I hope it wasn't too stressful. We really do appreciate your time. You'll be sent a transcript to check in due course, but…
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Deb is nodding away there.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thanks, Deb. What is the main recommendation you want this committee to make in terms of the support for young people and parents when considering what their options are after year 11?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Are you okay to stay on a few extra minutes, because we are running over, as usual? How important, if at all, is the education maintenance allowance in supporting young people’s decisions to stay in post-16 education?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. We'll have some questions from Cefin now, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Deb, did you want to come in first?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you, Deb. More questions from Natasha, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Deb, did you want to come in here?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Sorry. Questions now from Carolyn.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. I'm sorry, Natasha, I didn't even realise when I was talking that I was basically covering your question.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. We now have some questions from Natasha, please.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
So, would that support earlier on in their school life be better, say, from post 14 rather than post 16, so that they've got that two-year gap to build on to move forward? Do you think that would be more helpful?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, thank you. So, it sounds like almost the more visual, tactile and involved they can be, the better, then.
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you, that's interesting. Deb, did you want to come in here?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And did she go into the A-level setting because she was pushed that way, or did she just feel that that's what we do, and because she just wasn't getting the correct advice for her within the school setting?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And did that experience give her more confidence then to move forward? Do you feel that that time out and that time within those extra settings gave her that extra boost of confidence to be able to go back?
29 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Can I ask, when she stepped outside that space, what did she do? What was the driver, then, to get her to go back into education?
