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Accessibility Statement

This Accessibility statement applies to Askham Bryan College website – www.askham-bryan.ac.uk

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.

Our recently installed accessibility and language toolbar, provided by Userway, makes it accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible by offering a range of features including:

  • Have the text on our website read aloud
  • Change font sizes and colours
  • Customise background colour
  • Translate text into more than 50 different languages
  • Access a fully integrated dictionary and thesaurus
  • Read accessible PDFs

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

live video streams do not have captions

Some of our content (which are built and hosted through third-party software) may not be fully accessible by screen readers

Feedback and contact information

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

Email enquiries@askham-bryan.ac.uk.ac.uk

Call: 01904 772277

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

If you cannot view the maps on each of our ‘Colleges’ pages, call or email us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, email: enquiries@askham-bryan.ac.uk or call 01904 772277.

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

Askham Bryan 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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

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

Live video – We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting 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.

Non-accessible content

Some of our services include third party content which we have no control over such as a link to external information, documents, videos and forms. If you have a problem with any of the content hosted on this website, please contact us using the methods above and we will try to help.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. The monitoring widget will temporarily remediate this issue, but we plan to add the permanent fix to add text alternatives for all necessary images by July 2027. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

Many documents are in non-HTML formats, for example PDF. They are not accessible in a number of ways including missing text alternatives and missing document structure. We are currently exploring remediation options to rectify and will provide guidance to staff in the 2026/27 academic year to make any new documents accessible before uploading the website.

What are we doing to improve accessibility

The following issues were highlighted by AXE automated monitoring tool in April 2026 and resolved by June 2026:

ISSUE 2464-A-2 — WCAG 2.4.7 Focus Visible

ISSUE 2464-A-3 — WCAG 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide

ISSUE 2464-A-6 — WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value

ISSUE 2464-A-4 — WCAG 2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)

ISSUE 2464-A-7 — WCAG 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)

ISSUE 2464-A-5 — WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)

ISSUE 2464-A-16 — WCAG 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap

ISSUE 2464-A-1 — WCAG 2.4.2 Page Titled

The Userway accessibility tool can temporarily remediate issues whilst on the site to help improve accessibility in line with 2.2 AA standard.

Further scanning, monitoring, testing will take place from September 2026 through to 2027 academic year by adding the Userway monitoring extension to help highlight any elements that remain non-compliant outside of the remediating tool. We will work with in our web developers to deploy permanent code fixes where necessary by continuing to sample pages.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 25 June 2026. This website was tested through a sample of pages and re-tested in July 2026 by the Government Digital Services and all issues detected have been resolved.

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