Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement applies to: https://www.queensbridge.bham.sch.uk/
This website is run by Queensbridge School. We want as many visitors as possible to be able to use all aspects of this website.
We have made the website text as simple as possible to access.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We noted some elements of this website are not yet fully accessible.
- Some older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
- Some images may not have alternative text applied
- Some older videos may not have captions
Enforcement Prodcedure
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 accessbility
Queensbridge School is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
It is recommended visitors use an up to date standard browser. We recommend:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari (MAC)
Each of the recommended browsers provides their own suite of accessibility options, tools and addins.
Common browser accessiblity tools include:
Incremental Search
Incremental Search allows you to progressively search a web page for a particular word or phrase on a page. To enable this on your browser, press and hold Ctrl/Command and then tap F. This will open a box to type your search into. As you type, the matches will be highlighted on the page for you.
Spatial Navigation
Hitting tab will jump you to each of the items you can interact with on any page. Holding the SHIFT key and then pressing tab will take you to the previous item.
Space bar
Pressing the space bar on a web page will move the page you are viewing down to the next visible part of the page.
Short Cut Keys
Chrome / Firefox
- Home: SHIFT + ALT + 1
- Skip Navigation Menu: SHIFT + ALT + 2
Edge
- Home: ALT + 1
- Skip Navigation Menu: ALT + 2
Safari (Windows)
- Home: CTRL + ALT + 1
- Skip Navigation Menu: CTRL + ALT + 2
Safari (Apple OS)
- Home: COMMAND + ALT + 1
- Skip Navigation Menu: COMMAND + ALT + 2
Accessibility tools on your computer include:
Magnification
Windows and Apple OS operating systems provide tools to enlarge the view of users screens
Voice Control
Windows and Apple OS operating systems both provide methods to control your compuer via voice recognition
Narrator
Narrator is a screen reading tool built into the Windows operating system.
Third Party Tools
NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free third party screen reader. It can be download as follows: NVDA Download
Compliance status
We are committed to a complete review of the website and its contents with a view to ensuring the site is as accessible as it can be.
A review of existing content is currently underway with a planned completion date 1st May 2025.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some images do not have a text alternative, so people using a screen reader cannot access the information. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (non-text content).
We plan to add text alternatives for all images by 1st May 2025. When we publish new content we will ensure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
Your feedback around areas of reduced or non compliance is important. Please see the Reporting and Contact information section for details on reporting any issues to Queensbridge.
Content that is not with the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
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.
Links to other websites
We link to other websites that may offer benefit to our users, as well as embedding content provided by some external websites into some of our pages. This may include:
- news websites
- social media platforms
- official information sources, such as GOV.UK or NHS.UK.
We are not responsible for the accessibility of these or any other websites we do not manage; if you experience any accessibility issue with third-party content you should raise it with the provider of that content as we will be unable to fix it ourselves.
Preparation of this accessilibity statement
This statement was prepared on 31st January 2025.
Next review date: 1st May 2025
Reporting issues and contact information
Your feedback is very important to us and we are committed to making our school, resources and website accessible to all of our community.
If you have any suggestions as to how we can improve our services please do let us know.
If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact:
Email: enquiry@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, contact:
Email: enquiry@queensbridge.bham.sch.uk
Telephone: 0121 464 5566
We will review the request and endeavour to get back to you in 10 working days.
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