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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for COLCHESTER SIXTH FORM COLLEGE WEBSITE

This accessibility statement applies to www.colchsfc.ac.uk and was updated 20th Dec 2024

This website is run by The Sixth Form College Colchester. 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 using browser or device settings
  • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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.

How accessible this website is

We've purchased a new website (Jan '24) with a clear intention to dramatically improve the accessibility of our college website. We launched early February '24 and have worked hard in testing for areas where accessibility may still be a concern.  We test regularly and are aware that there remain some accessibility concerns in a small number of areas. These are detailed in the "compliance status" section below.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact us using the details below.

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read or audio recording please also contact us on:

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us for directions.

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’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Sixth Form College Colchester is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

The website is regularly tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard.This website is partially compliant with the [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard or Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard], due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content AND Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. We are working with our web development company to address the following:

There are a small number of areas where the links and controls do not have an accessible name when read by a screen reader. This includes the rather repetitive use of "read more" buttons on the news section of our homepage. This issue is currently with our website company and they are working on a solution. 

There are a small number of areas where our scanning software highlights issues regarding colour contrast that does not meet accessibility requirements. This issue is currently with our website company and they are working on a solution. (Clear here for more details regarding WCAG guidelines re. colour contrast) 

We are working with our commercial website provider to resolve any outstanding issues - a very significant number of issues have been remedied since launch date and we hope to have the remaining issues resolved asap. The timeline for these modifications is dictated by the work of our website company and we will provide updates as soon as they are available.

We are also aware that, on a site where pdf documents and photographs are regularly uploaded, it is important to have accessibility protocols in place. We regularly scan our website for accessibility issues using appropriate commercial software and are vigilant in checking for issues. If you are aware that any of our documentation or images fail accessibility standards, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will rectify matters. 

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

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.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. In a small number of cases, PDF documents provided to us by other organisations do not meet the necessary requirements in terms of accessibility. In these cases we highlight the issue and provide alternatives to the information.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We purchased this website (launched Feb'24) with the specific aim of improving accessibility. We are working closely with our commercial website provider to address any remaining issues, as detailed above.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 20/12/24 

This website is regularly tested against the WCAG [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard

This website was last tested on 4th November 24 against the WCAG [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard. We use a combination of commercial testing software provided by powermapper  and manual testing, employing a computing graduate for this task. 

 

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