Rydw i wedi ystyried yr ystod o dystiolaeth oedd ar gael i mi mewn perthynas â’r mater hwn ac wedi dod i’r casgliad y dylai cyfleoedd asesu barhau i fod ar gael ym mis Ionawr 2014 i’r myfyrwyr ddechreuodd eu cyrsiau Safon Uwch ym Medi 2012. Yn fy marn i, byddai’n anghywir rhwystro myfyrwyr oedd yn credu, pan ddechreusant eu cyrsiau, y byddai asesiadau Ionawr ar gael iddynt rhag cael y cyfleoedd asesu hyn. Mae’n fater i sefydliadau dyfarnu ddewis a fyddant yn cynnig y cyfleoedd asesu hyn, ond hyderaf mai lles y dysgwyr fydd y brif flaenoriaeth yn eu penderfyniadau nhw hefyd.
I have now considered the range of evidence available to me in relation to this issue and have concluded that for those students who started their A level courses in September 2012, assessment opportunities should remain available to them in January 2014. In my view, it would be wrong for me to deny these students the assessment opportunities which, when they started their courses, they believed would be available to them. It is a matter for awarding organisations to choose whether they will offer these assessment opportunities but I trust they will also put the interests of learners at the heart of their decisions.