As I see it :
Funding is critical ,however its how that fund is managed ,deployed and performanced manager thereafter.
The teaching of Welsh alongside English should show as a positive performance when matched against a single region/country.
The original point is about falling standards ,not just benchmarking , so are we are talking about standards falling from a single point in our history or before devolution .
Like it lump it NHS and Schools in Wales have had its critics,they have been managed by the same political party over that tenership.
I'm no aTory , just wanting the best for my country , so by calling the party I support to account is correct in my view.