This accessibility statement applies to the Cardinal Allen Catholic High School website at www.cardinalallen.org.uk.
This website is run by Cardinal Allen Catholic High School. 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 know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- live video streams do not have captions
- there’s a limit to how far you can magnify the maps on 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 the school at office@cardinalallen.org.uk.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please email office@cardinalallen.org.uk
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.
If you cannot view the maps on our ‘contact us’ page, please 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
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School 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 AA standard.
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to some of the non-accessible content listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
PDF Documents
Many of our PDFs are not compliant for the following reasons:
- Ensure the first heading in a PDF is a H1 (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 1.3.1)
- Ensure PDFs specify a default language (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 3.1.1)
- Ensure PDF headings follow a logical order (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 1.3.1)
- Specify headings for every PDF (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 1.3.1)
- Fix untagged PDFs (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 1.3.1)
- Some use colours that do not meet minimum contrast (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 1.4.3)
- Ensure PDFs are machine readable (WCAG 2.0 success criterion A 1.1.1)
- Some PDFs do not have alt-text for images (WCAG 2.0 success criterion A 1.1.1)
- Define a title for all PDFs (WCAG 2.1 success criterion WCAG A 2.4.2)
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. For example, we do not plan to fix the archive of board meeting minutes, financial statements or other heritage documents. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards. Many PDF documents on this website have been optimised for web viewing, embedded using Issuu. Where we have used Issuu, most PDFs are available to download for local use.
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.
Maps
Our website makes use of embedded maps from Google Maps. Where these are not accessible, essential information is always provided in an accessible format like an address.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 4th December 2024.
This website was last tested on 4th December 2024 against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard using Axe. The website is audited yearly against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard.
