Grantiau i ysgolion bach a gwledig / Small and rural schools grants

Grantiau i ysgolion bach a gwledig

Mae Sir Gaerfyrddin yn elwa ar grant gwerth £266,000 i gefnogi gweithio ‘ysgol i ysgol’ trwy ddatblygu gallu ac ymarfer da tu mewn i glystyrau o ysgolion.

Defnyddir y cyllid hefyd i secondio penaethiaid ac uwch-arweinwyr i arwain Ymarfer Gorau Ysgol Fach a Gwledig ac ar gyfer prosiectau arloesol sy’n canolbwyntio ar feysydd sydd ag angen penodol.

Mae cyllid ychwanegol wedi cael ei rannu rhwng rhyw 36 o ysgolion ar draws yr awdurdod i wella gallu penaethiaid ac uwch-arweinwyr i ganolbwyntio ar elfennau o wella strategol ysgolion.

Mae awdurdodau lleol ledled Cymru wedi bod yn cyflwyno ceisiadau am ran o’r cyllid gwerth £2.5m ar ôl i’r Ysgrifennydd Addysg, Kirsty Williams, gyhoeddi’r pecyn cymorth ym mis Tachwedd y llynedd. Diben y pecyn yw annog arloesi a chefnogi mwy o gydweithio rhwng ysgolion.

Mae hyn yn cynnwys defnyddio technoleg ddigidol i fynd i’r afael â phroblem ynysu proffesiynol, darparu cymorth gweinyddol yn yr ysgolion lle mae gan y pennaeth ddyletswyddau addysgu sylweddol, cefnogi cydweithredu rhwng ysgolion a’u ffederaleiddio, a lle bo hynny’n bosibl a bod galw amdano’n lleol, defnyddio cyfleusterau ysgolion at ddibenion cymunedol.

Dywedodd y Cyng. Glynog Davies, yr aelod o’r bwrdd gweithredol dros addysg a gwasanaethau plant: “Rydyn ni wrth ein boddau i groesawu’r cymorth ychwanegol hwn ar gyfer ein hysgolion bach ac ysgolion gwledig. Bydd y cyllid yn rhoi cyfleoedd gwerthfawr i ddatblygu ystod eang o weithio mewn partneriaeth trwy brosiectau i wella ysgolion penodol, wedi eu dylunio’n gyfan gwbl i gefnogi ein dysgwyr yn Sir Gaerfyrddin.”

Dywedodd Kirsty Williams: “Mae ysgolion bach ac ysgolion gwledig yn chwarae rôl bwysig yn ein cenhadaeth genedlaethol i godi safonau ac ehangu cyfleoedd i’n pobl ifanc i gyd.

“Bydd y cymorth ariannol hwn yn helpu ysgolion i weithio gyda’i gilydd er lles disgyblion, athrawon a’r gymuned ehangach. Rydw i am weld ysgolion gwledig yn gweithio’n fwy ffurfiol gyda’i gilydd ac ar draws y wlad, gan ffurfio ffederasiynau ac ystyried y posibilrwydd o rannu adeiladau â gwasanaethau eraill, er mwyn sicrhau y bydd dyfodol i adeiladau ysgol.”

Small and rural schools grants

Carmarthenshire has been awarded £266,000 to support ‘school to school’ working by developing capacity and good practice within clusters of schools.

The funding will also be used to second head teachers and senior leaders to lead Small and Rural Schools Best Practice and innovation projects focusing on key areas of specific need.

Additional funding has also been shared with some 36 schools across the authority to enhance head teacher and senior leader capacity to focus on elements of strategic school improvement.

Local authorities across Wales have been applying for a share of £2.5m grant funding after the Education Secretary Kirsty Williams revealed the support package in November last year to encourage innovation and support greater school to school working.

This includes using digital technology to combat the issue of professional isolation, providing administrative support in schools where the head teacher has significant teaching commitment, supporting collaboration and federation of schools, and where opportunities exist and there is local demand, using school facilities for community purposes.

Executive board member for education and children’s services, Cllr Glynog Davies said: “We are delighted to receive this most welcome additional support for our small and rural schools. The funding will provide valuable opportunities to develop a wide range of partnership working through specific school improvement projects, wholly designed to support our Carmarthenshire learners.”

Kirsty Williams said: “Small and rural schools play an important role in our national mission to raise standards and extend opportunities for all our young people.

“This financial support will benefit pupils, teachers, and the wider community. I want to see rural schools working more formally together and across the country, forming federations and looking into the possibility of sharing buildings with other services to ensure school buildings remain viable.”