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Accessibility statement for the Achieving for Children website

This accessibility statement applies to this Achieving for Children website. 

This website is run by Achieving for Children. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

  • Find content in two or more ways
  • Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
  • Control distracting flickering or movement
  • Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • Access the content in a logical order even if styling is removed
  • Navigate most of the website using speech recognition software

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, including:

Third-party plugins (Google Maps, Google Recaptcha, Google Translate, YouTube embeds) which currently do not meet certain WCAG 2.2 success criterion 4.1.2 (Name, Role, Value). Also, you may come across older PDF documents that are not fully accessible to screen reader software. We are actively seeking solutions and alternatives.

Some of our documents are hosted on third-party platforms, such as Google Drive, and may open using Google’s document viewers rather than through a standard PDF viewer. While we strive to ensure all our content is accessible, we recognise that third-party platforms may have different levels of accessibility.

If you experience any difficulty accessing documents via Google Drive, please email us on [email protected], and we will provide the content in an alternative, accessible format upon request.

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, please email us:

[email protected]

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

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

Achieving for Children 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

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard.

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

We have done everything within our power to make our website comply, but some content and functionality provided from third-parties does not meet WCAG 2.2 success criterion.

  • 4.1.2 (name, role, value) potentially disables compatibility with assistive technology, such as screen readers, screen magnifiers, and speech recognition software, used by people with disabilities. This must be resolved by said third parties. As such, we cannot be sure when these issues will be resolved.
  • 1.4.10 reflow - some content does not reflow properly when viewed on small screens or when the page is zoomed in. This can make the content difficult to access. The Recite Me Accessibility toolbar is third party software and therefore outside of our control. We have made Recite Me's product team aware of this issue. They are currently investing development time into investigating this and will inform us once it has been resolved.

Content that’s not within 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 endeavour to meet accessibility standards. However, while we try to avoid this as much as possible, some of our newer PDFs might also have graphics that might not be picked up by a screen reader.
  • Live video - we do not plan to add captions to informal live video streams because it is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We continuously monitor website and application accessibility trends and aim to resolve the third-party compliance issues as soon as possible. We are also committed to making all new website content and features accessible.

We have actioned several improvements to enhance our website's accessibility by conducting a full WCAG 2.2 AA Accessibility Audit and actioning fixes identified as part of that audit completed on 13 June 2024.

We have invested in the Recite Me accessibility tool which is available on our website. We recognise that this tool does not contribute to our work to make our website comply with accessibility regulations. However, user feedback suggested that some users would find this tool helpful. This is particularly relevant to people that require information in languages other than English.

If you would like to provide feedback about the accessibility of the website, then please email us: [email protected]

Developments to the website in line with user feedback about accessibility will be evaluated in line with what is likely to make the largest impact to our users and the cost of achieving these objectives.

Preparation of this accessibility statement 

This statement was prepared on 28 August 2020. It was last reviewed on 10 March 2025.

This website was last tested on 13 June 2024 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out by This is Focus Limited. They tested using a combination of manual and automated testing. They chose a representative sample of pages for testing the website’s accessibility to include different layouts, content structures, and functionalities across the website, ensuring they covered key areas such as the homepage, forms, search functionality and content-heavy pages.

Please contact us if you need more information about accessibility: [email protected]