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Site Accessibility
Schools are partially exempt but do need an accessibility statement.
Updated 20 hours ago
All UK service providers have a legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010. Schools and nurseries are partially exempt.
All our sites are fully responsive and built in accordance with the WCAG 2.1AA accessibility standards.
Schools are partially exempt but do need an accessibility statement.
Here is a basic template you can use:
Accessibility statement
Get help to use this website and view our accessibility statement.
This accessibility statement applies to the ‘School Name Here’ Website
This website is run by ‘School Name Here’ with realsmart technology. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.
For example, that means you should be able to:
change colours, contrast levels and fonts
zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
Website accessibility
We believe that this website is accessible and compliant with the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.
Request an alternative accessible format
Contact our School Office Team if you need information on this website in a different format. This can include an accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille.
Email: ‘School Email Address here’.
We will consider your request and get back to you within 20 days.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. Contact the Education Web Team if you find any problems not listed on this page.
Email: ‘School Email Address here’.
We will consider your request and get back to you within 20 days.
Enforcement procedure
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’).
If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Contact us and feedback
Contact our School Office Team if you have any questions or feedback about this website's accessibility.
Email: ‘School Email Address here’.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
‘School Name Here’ is committed to making its website accessible. This is under the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed.
Improving accessibility
How and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website.
Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
Some of our older PDFs and downloadable documents do not meet accessibility standards. However, we plan to ensure that moving forward all PDFs meet WCAG 2.1 Accessibility standards.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they're not essential to providing our services.
We are developing a strategy to ensure that documents which are essential to providing our services, are made accessible. This includes:
information on how users can access our service
forms published in word documents and PDFs
The strategy prioritises PDFs that are opened and used regularly or have information that is a statutory requirement.
We plan to ensure that all essential PDFs meet accessibility regulations by April ‘Date Here’.
Live Video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 30 June 2025. It was last reviewed on ‘Date Here’.
This website was last tested on ‘Date Here’. The test was carried out by our school website team.
The test was carried out by ‘add name of organisation that carried out test, or indicate that you did your own testing’. The most viewed pages were tested by our website team. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.
The government have provided an example accessibility statement which you can amend and customise for your school or MAT website.