Fel y nodais yn fy natganiad blaenorol, er fy mod wedi sicrhau bod hyd at £20m ar gael ar gyfer Her Ysgolion Cymru, £16.35m oedd cyfanswm y cyllid a bennwyd ar gyfer darparu’r rhaglen. Mae rheoli’r gwariant yn erbyn y gyllideb hon o fewn y flwyddyn wedi arwain at arbedion net o 1.6% yn erbyn yr arian a neilltuwyd. Mae’r swm hwn yn adlewyrchu lefelau’r gefnogaeth a bennwyd gan Ysgolion Llwybrau Llwyddiant a’u Cynghorwyr, yn ystod blwyddyn gyntaf y rhaglen, ar gyfer eu rhoi ar ben ffordd o ran gwella a datblygu eu capasiti ar gyfer gwella yn ehangach o fewn y system.
As I set out in my previous statement, whilst I made up to £20m available for Schools Challenge Cymru, the funding identified to support its delivery totalled £16.35m. Managing spend against this budget in-year has resulted in net savings of 1.6% against the allocated envelope of funding. This amount reflects the levels of support identified by Pathways to Success Schools and their Advisers during year one of the programme, to begin securing them on their journeys of improvement, and to start building capacity for improvement more widely in the system.