Accessibility Statement
Accessibility statement for Long Road Sixth Form College website.
This website is run by Long Road Sixth Form College. 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 launched a new website in September 2022 with the intention of improving the accessibility, user experience and functionality of our college website. We are continuing to work to improve areas where accessibility may be a concern and are aware that this website is only partially accessible in some areas. Through regular testing, we aim to improve accessibility across our website.
Feedback and contact information
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us via:
- 01223 631100
We’ll consider your request and aim to get back to you in 10 working 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’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
Long Road Sixth Form College 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 has been 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 in the document available to download at the bottom of this page.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
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.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We launched a new website in September 2022 with the intention of improving the accessibility, user experience and functionality of our college website. We are currently working with our website provider, e4education, to address issues of accessibility.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 11 June 2024.
This website is regularly tested against the WCAG [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard and the results published on this page.
This website was last tested on 16th April 2024 against the WCAG [2.1 or 2.2] AA standard, using a commercial testing software provided by powermapper.
