John Owen was found dead in October 2001 at Porthcawl

The Clywch report into abuse by drama teacher John Owen at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen was written by Peter Clarke, the Children's Commissioner for Wales.

It called for wholesale changes in the way children were protected at schools.

But parents are worried at progress on these changes. The assembly government denied it was dragging its feet.

The parent who first raised concerns about Owen told BBC Wales' Maniffesto programme that she was disappointed that, in her view, so little had changed over the last 12 months.

Peter Clarke investigated John Owen in the Clywch report

"I feel that people have been very dismissive of the report - they haven't taken it at all seriously," said the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

"Peter's work seems to have gone unnoticed by the majority and his recommendations.... have not been implemented."

This view is echoed by the solicitor who represented the victims and their families.

Hywel James said that parents were worried that the process of implementing the recommendations has taken a long time, especially the idea of establishing tribunals to hear childrens' complaints.

"There was a promise that things would change and there are recommendations in front of the government at the moment," he said.

"But the feeling the parents have is that the process has been very slow and that the tribunals will not be implemented."

Jane Davidson said nearly all recommendations had been accepted

But assembly Education Minister Jane Davidson denied the Welsh Assembly Government was dragging its feet.

"I have accepted nearly all recommendations and the commissioner's office understands why there is a problem with implementing some," she said.

"The important thing is to implement them no matter when."

She added that implementing the Clywch report involved changing legal guidelines and that further consultation was necessary over the coming months.

Deputy Children's Commissioner Sara Reid acknowledged that much of Clywch had been implemented, although not as much as they had hoped for.

This, she said, was due to the necessary consultation and policy formulation period which had to be gone through.

'Well-known'

The Clywch report, which was published in July 2004, described how Owen serially sexually abused pupils over a period of two decades.

Owen - who killed himself before his trial - was well-known throughout the Welsh language community.

He taught at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen for 17 years before resigning in 1991 and going on to create the children's series Pam fi, Duw? (Why me, God?).