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This accessibility statement and 'Road Map' applies to www.sgscol.ac.uk
Last updated: 01/11/2023

Introduction

We at SGS College are committed to ensuring that our website is accessible to everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities. We continuously strive to improve our website's accessibility, adhering to web accessibility standards and guidelines. This accessibility statement outlines our efforts to make www.sgscol.ac.uk more user-friendly for all visitors.

Conformance Status

We are dedicated to ensuring our website complies with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at the AA level. We periodically review our website to evaluate and improve accessibility.

Currently, our website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard due to non-compliance elements. We are working towards achieving AA status and will be publishing our 'Road Map' shortly.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of www.sgscol.ac.uk. If you encounter any accessibility issues or have suggestions for improvement, please let us know. You can contact us by:

Accessibility Features

To enhance accessibility, we have implemented the following features:

  • Alternative Text: We provide alternative text for images, enabling screen readers and text-to-speech software to describe visual content to users.
  • Keyboard Navigation: You can navigate our website using just a keyboard, making it easier for users who cannot use a mouse.
  • Colour Contrast: We have partially ensured adequate colour contrast to improve readability for users with visual impairments. See '‘'Road Map' for further details.
  • Text Resizing: You can adjust the text size on our website to suit your preferences.

Assistive Technology Compatibility

Our website is designed to work well with common assistive technologies, including:

  • Screen readers (e.g., JAWS, NVDA, Voiceover)
  • Screen magnifiers
  • Speech recognition software

Ongoing Improvements

We are committed to ongoing efforts to improve the accessibility of our website. Regular accessibility audits, testing, and user feedback help guide these improvements.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or encounter any accessibility issues, please contact us at:

Alternative Access

If you require information from our website in an alternative format, please contact us using the provided contact information, and we will work to accommodate your request.

Accessibility Statement Updates

We will review and update this accessibility statement periodically to reflect our ongoing commitment to inclusivity.

This accessibility statement was last updated on 01/11/2023

Our Road Map to Improving Accessibility

We are currently updating this section of our website.

COMPLETED ACTIVITIES

  • Create a Digital Accessibility Working Group to drive policy and best practice.
  • Initial audit of website to establish defects and identify areas for improvement, using WAVE and AxeDev Tools including Google Lighthouse extensions.
  • Monthly accessibility reviews and maintenance of public-facing website - ONGOING

ONGOING ACTIVITIES

  • Continue to migrate web pages from an unresponsive template to a responsive template.
  • Update remaining forms to an accessible template (focusing on most used).

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

January - February 2024

  • Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colours meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds.
  • Fix issues where alt text was appearing as an empty string or " " on decorative images.
  • Fix issues with invalid attributes of 'time' tags on news articles.
  • Fix issues with lack of explicit labels on forms.
  • Fix issues where users encounter 'keyboard traps'.
  • Develop and implement an updated responsive template on our public-facing website.

March 2024

  • Remove all PDF items (policies and procedures) and replace them with HTML pages to improve accessibility.
  • Fix our bulleted lists to ensure semantically correct elements.
  • Remove inaccessible and irrelevant videos from our YouTube channel and website.

FUTURE ACTIVITIES

  • Review and implement third-party plugins like 'accessiBe' to further improve website accessibility controls.
  • Continue with monthly audits and update this page as objectives are completed.

Last updated: 01/11/2023

Last updated, 18th January 2021 @ 3:00pm.