Welsh-medium Education

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 22 June 2021.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:15, 22 June 2021

(Translated)

I'd like to thank Huw Irranca-Davies, Llywydd, and I agree with him; the best way of attracting more children to Welsh-medium education is to start with young children in receipt of care. So, anything that we can do to provide enhanced facilities to welcome the youngest children so that they can access care through the medium of Welsh, then that will help us all in the longer term. The council in Bridgend has received almost £3 million from the Welsh Government in capital grants in order to deliver four Welsh-medium centres for those who are at the very beginning of their educational journey. This will bring more children forward into Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Calon y Cymoedd, and work is ongoing in the town of Bridgend, in Porthcawl, and in Bettws, too, to do exactly what Huw Irranca-Davies just suggested.