Welcome to My Local School, a website designed to open up access to schools data for parents and all others with an interest in their local school.

The site contains a wealth of data from contextual information, such as data on pupil numbers and characteristics, to school performance, attendance and data on staffing and finance.

The performance data within the site is also set within context. For example schools are benchmarked against schools with similar levels of Free School Meals and compared against schools in the same "families" (groups of schools facing a broadly equivalent level of challenge). We believe that this is the best and fairest way of considering the performance of a school.

The site has been developed to allow on-line access to detailed data about the performance of a school and to help parents understand, engage with and support their local school.

Features include:

• bilingual access to information on individual schools
• postcode search displaying schools within a local area
• a pen portrait of each school as well as facilitating a more in-depth analysis of a school's performance against contextual measures
• a direct link to the school's most recent Estyn report
• option to view information as a table or chart
• flexible charts - by clicking the items in the chart legend the user is able to add/remove data items and tailor the display of the chart
• access to curriculum choices offered to the school at key stage 4 and a detailed breakdown of banding scores for each school
• glossary and frequently asked questions tabs

If you have any queries or feedback, please send any feedback you may have to the ims@wales.gsi.gov.uk mailbox marking the e-mail as "Query/Feedback about My Local School"

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have been supportive of the development of the portal including in particular parents, teachers, the Association of Directors Wales (ADEW), the teacher unions, Estyn, Governors Wales and contacts at local authorities. This advice and support has been appreciated.

Croeso i FyYsgolLeol, gwefan i'w gwneud yn haws i rieni ac i bawb arall sydd â diddordeb gael gweld data am ysgolion.

Mae cyfoeth o ddata ar y safle, o wybodaeth gyd-destunol, er enghraifft data ar niferoedd disgyblion a nodweddion amdanynt, i berfformiad ysgolion, lefelau presenoldeb a data am staffio a chyllid.

Mae data perfformiad ysgolion yn cael eu gosod yn eu cyd-destun hefyd. Er enghraifft, caiff ysgolion eu meincnodi yn erbyn ysgolion sydd â lefelau tebyg o Brydau Ysgol am Ddim a chânt eu cymharu ag ysgolion sydd yn yr un "teulu" (grŵp o ysgolion sy'n wynebu lefel her weddol debyg). Rydym o'r farn mai dyma'r ffordd orau a thecaf o ystyried perfformiad ysgol.

Mae'r safle wedi'i ddatblygu i'w gwneud yn bosibl gweld data manwl ar-lein am berfformiad ysgol ac i helpu rhieni i ddeall eu hysgol leol, ymgysylltu â hi a'i chefnogi.

Ymhlith ei nodweddion mae:

• mynediad dwyieithog i wybodaeth am ysgolion unigol
• dull chwilio am ysgol o fewn ardal leol ar sail cod post
• disgrifiad o bob ysgol yn ogystal â dadansoddiad manylach o'i pherfformiad yn ei gyd-destun
• dolen uniongyrchol i adroddiad diweddaraf Estyn am yr ysgol
• opsiwn i weld yr wybodaeth ar ffurf tabl neu siart
• siartiau hyblyg - drwy glicio ar yr eitemau yn y siart, mae'r defnyddiwr yn gallu ychwanegu/cael gwared ag eitemau data a theilwra ffurf y siart
• mynediad i ddewisiadau'r cwricwlwm a gynigir yng nghyfnod allweddol 4 a dadansoddiad manwl o'r sgorau bandio ar gyfer pob ysgol
• tabiau geirfa a chwestiynau cyffredin

Os oes gennych gwestiynau neu adborth, anfonwch e-bost i ims@cymru.gsi.gov.uk gan roi "Cwestiwn/Adborth am Fy Ysgol Leol" fel teitl.

Hoffem achub ar y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i bob un ohonoch sydd wedi cefnogi datblygiad y porthol, gan gynnwys yn benodol rieni, athrawon, Cymdeithas Cyfarwyddwyr Addysg Cymru, undebau athrawon, Estyn, Llywodraethwyr Cymru a chysylltiadau mewn awdurdodau lleol. Rydym wedi gwerthfawrogi'r cyngor a'r gefnogaeth hon.