Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for St. Rose’s Special School

This accessibility statement applies to the St. Rose’s website – stroses.org.uk.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. You can see a full list of any issues we currently know about in the Non-accessible content section of this statement.

  • You cannot modify line height or space of text
  • All images do not have alternative text available
  • Elements have poor contrast
  • Pages have non-descriptive links
  • Contact form elements do not have labels
  • Videos do not contain subtitles or captions

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 5 working days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or e-mail 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, contact: by e-mail accessibility@stroses.org.uk or by phone on 01453 763 793 and ask to speak to Annalisa Solla.

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 compliant, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

St. Rose’s Special 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

This website is not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard. The non-compliances are listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • The calendar element on the homepage does not correctly adjust when text spacing is changed. This fails WCAG 1.4.12 Text Spacing Level AA. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.
  • All images do not have alternative text available. This fails WCAG 1.1.1 Non-text Content Level A. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.
  • Elements have poor contrast. This fails WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) Level AA. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.
  • Pages have non-descriptive links. This fails WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value Level A and 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) Level A. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.
  • Contact form elements do not have labels. This fails 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value Level A. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.
  • Videos do not contain captions. This fails WCAG 1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded) Level A. We plan for this to be fixed by December 2023.

If you find an issue that we have yet to identify, please contact us using one of the routes described in the ‘Reporting accessibility problems with this website’ section of this statement.

Disproportionate burden

At this time, we have not made any disproportionate burden claims.

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

PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information about job vacancies and services we offer, and forms published as Word documents. We are currently working on fixing these essential documents by replacing them with accessible HTML web pages. This work will be completed by December 2023. 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. However, we aim to make all documents on our website accessible in due course. We do not have a date for when this will be completed.

Any new documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on May 18, 2023. It was last reviewed on May 18, 2023.
This website was last tested on May 16, 2023. The test was carried out by our own IT Department. The testing included some manual testing and using semi-automated tools. We choose a sample of pages to test that included a variety of content.