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Accessibility Statement

Marriotts School website accessibility statement

Marriotts school is committed to making this website accessible to visitors with disabilities and is continually working to increase its accessibility and usability.

Marriotts School strives to conform to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1, Level AA. These recommendations outline how to make website content accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities.
We are on a regular basis seeking opportunities to bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility.

If for any reason you cannot access any of the material on our website, please email admin@marriotts.herts.sch.uk and we will work to resolve the problem as soon as possible.

Perceivable

High visibility version

 

Brail, large print other support

 

 

 

 

Embedded pages

Increase text size

 

There is a link at the homepage footer (located where partially sighted users would expect to find it)

Any of our information can be requested in large print or brail by contacting admin@marriotts.herts.sch.uk

The site carries a large number of downloadable policies and statements, these may not be compatible with audio reading software and so it may be necessary to share these in large print or brail until alternative solutions are implemented.

These pages are compatible with audio reading software

Increase text size by zooming in on the page, this increases the content but does not distort it

Operable

Keyboard only users

 

There are commands that enable keyboard only users to navigate the site. For example using only the tab key, esc and enter

Understandable

English as a second language

 

Our content is written in plain English we aim to provide information in the clearest form and without using confusing terminology.

A large choice of alternative languages are available by clicking the globe icon at the top right hand corner of the website

Robust

Support

 

The website is written in HTML and so is widely accessible by different technologies and ageing tech. It is also designed for use on tablets and mobile phones.

We publicise contact details on the contacts link of all pages

 

Objectives to improve accessibility

Avoid the use of colour to distinguish data

Embed text rather than upload PDF documents

Upload word documents where possible

Include captions in videos

Maintain visually strong formatting (strong text colour against background colour, no special effects against text / information)

Highlight compatible audio reading software or assistive software

Avoid technical / specialist phrases

Avoid / explain acronyms

Maintain consistency

 

Updated October 2021