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    • Accessibility Statement

     This accessibility statement applies to the website you are currently viewing for KSS school.

    This website is run by Kirkstall St Stephen's C of E (VA) Primary School. 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 using browser or device settings
    • Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
    • Navigate most of the website using a keyboard or 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 currently fully accessible:

    • Some links are missing descriptions for screen readers
    • Some images are missing alternate/descriptive text 
    • Most of our older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

    Feedback and contact information

    If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact: contactus@kirkstallss.net.

    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 3 school days.

    If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call or email us using the details on our contact page for directions.

    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

    Kirkstall St Stephen's C of E (VA) Primary 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

    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.

    • There are several images on the site that are missing alternate descriptive text
    • Some of our older policy documents may not be accessible to assistive devices

    The reasons for the non-compliance are that we have recently migrated from a very old website that didn't support modern accessibility features, so we are in the process of bringing everything up to date.

    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 September 2025. When we publish new content, we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.

    Some of our older policy documents are not accessible to assistive devices. As those policies are updated, we will ensure that the new versions of the documents are accessible.

    Disproportionate burden

    We do not currently have any accessibility issues that would be a disproportionate burden to rectify.

    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 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

    We are currently working towards becoming fully compliant with accessibility regulations. We plan to fix all our non-compliant imagery by September 2025 and as school policies and documents are reviewed and updated, they will be replaced with accessible versions of the documents.

    Preparation of this accessibility statement

    This statement was prepared on 09/03/2025. It was last reviewed on 09/03/2025.

    This website was last tested on 09/03/2025 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

    The test was carried out by Timothy Payne, our chair of Governors. The most viewed pages were tested using automated testing tools. A further audit of the website was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

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