Accessibility Statement

This website is run by St Michael’s Primary School and Nursery and this statement applies to www.stmichaelsprimary.co.uk. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, this means that you can:

·         Zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen.

·         The layout and text will reflow to a single column when zoomed (except for tables).

·         You can navigate the website using speech recognition software (dependent on the speech recognition software itself).

·         You can listen to most of the website using a screen reader (dependent on the screen reader)

·         The main menu is structured as an unordered list.  Users of many assistive technologies can navigate by and within lists.

·         The language property is identified in the header of the page -this is useful for screen readers as it allows them to read the content appropriately.

·        Translate button - There is a translate button at the top right hand side of the page that can be used to translate the website content into a different language.

https://abilitynet.org.uk/ has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Accessibility Features

Things which you can control which will help:

·        Enabling the accessibility widget.  This widget allows the end user to control things like font sizes, contrast etc.  This can be turned on by clicking Sites from the dashboard -> Settings -> Set “Add accessibility toolbar on the page” to Yes then click Save.

·        You can add semantic headings to the content on your site.  We suggest making sure to make use of these - they are available in the editing menu at the top left.  There are choices of various heading options.

·        Make the website text as simple as possible to understand.

·        Add image captions to be displayed below images.

·        If adding an image to a text box, you can edit the “Alternative description” field to provide a brief description of the image. This only works for images added within a text box at the moment.

Non Compliance with the Accessibility Regulations

The website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to to the exemptions listed below:

Non Compliant Content

·       Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software.

·         Videos do not have captions.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, or if you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email: admin@st-michaels.essex.sch.uk
• call: 01206 546412
• write to: St Michaels Primary School and Nursery, Camulodunum Way, Colchester, CO2 9RA