Accessibility Statement

Accessibility statement for The Sixth Form Bolton

This website is run by The Sixth Form Bolton. 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
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:

Some older PDF documents may not work correctly with screen readers
Videos don’t have sign language interpreters
Videos do not have an audio description
Some elements use images with text for linking purposes. In these cases, the alternative text will be set to the text shown in the image
Certain pages contain embedded 3^rd party elements (Pathways, Virtual Tour) in frame format that may not work correctly with 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 marketing@bolton-sfc.ac.uk
call 01204 846215

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 7 days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘find us’ page, https://www.bolton-sfc.ac.uk/find-us/ 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, contact:

email: marketing@bolton-sfc.ac.uk
call: 01204 846215

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

The Sixth Form Bolton 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 WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) version 2.1 AA standard, due to the following non-compliances (and/or) the following exemptions.

Non-accessible content

The content is non-accessible for the following reason(s):

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
- Some elements use images with text for linking purposes. In these cases, the alternative text will be set to the text shown in the image
- Certain pages contain embedded 3^rd party elements (Pathways, Virtual Tour) in frame format that may not work correctly with screen readers

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. By September 2023, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

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.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

The Sixth Form Bolton is developing a new website that will be fully WCAG 2.0, WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 30.03.23 It was last reviewed on 30.03.23.

This website was last tested on 05/04/23 The test was carried out by Authenticity Digital. You can read the full accessibility test report BoltonSixth-FullAudit.xlsx