Accessibility statement for Support for early career teachers
This accessibility statement applies to the Support for early career teachers website.
This website is run by the Department for Education. We want as many people as possible to be able to use it. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
- navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- navigate most of the website using 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:
- the focus order is not always logical
- there are multiple instances of identical link text which take the users to different pages
- users navigating with Dragon Naturally Speaking cannot expand accordion elements
- videos do not include an alternative audio description track
- YouTube video iframes lack an appropriate title
- the focus indicator does not always have sufficient contrast when tabbing to page elements
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:
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days.
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, contact: continuing-professional-development@digital.education.gov.uk
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 service’s accessibility
The Department for Education 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 listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Links with identical text are not distinguished by their accessible labels. This could confuse screen reader users. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.4 (link purpose (in context).
We plan to resolve this by: March 2025
Duplicated 'In your notepad' headings are present. For users who navigate via headings using a screen reader, this may introduce confusion when the same heading is announced twice. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.6 (headings and labels).
We plan to resolve this by: March 2025
The following issues are caused by an external video player and therefore, we aren’t able to provide dates for resolution:
The focus indicator does not always have sufficient contrast when tabbing through the embedded YouTube videos. This can make it difficult for keyboard-only users to track the elements in focus. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.7 (focus visible).
Accordion elements, such as the ‘Video transcript’ accordions, cannot be expanded using voice commands when navigating the site using Dragon Naturally Speaking (speech recognition software). This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (name, role, value).
Videos do not include an alternative audio description track. Users with low vision may have difficulty interpreting visually what is happening. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.2.5 (audio description (pre-recorded).
YouTube video iframes lack an appropriate title describing the frames contents. Screen reader users may not be able to determine the content within the iframes. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.1 (bypass blocks).
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are planning to prioritise and resolve the issues that have been identified and are within our control by the dates outlined within the issue description.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 21 October 2024.
This website was last tested on 20 August 2024. The test was carried out by Zoonou.
Zounou used WCAG-EM to define a representative selection of pages and test approach.