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' A good government website should be universally accessible, usable and engaging. ' - Office of the e-Envoy
School Websites - Advice and Information
Schools in our local authority are developing their own web presences using a variety of tools and methods.
This development is to be applauded, but care must be taken to adhere to existing accessibility requirements and standards of design and user experience.
Help and advice from a variety of sources, governmental and at a local authority level are available to download from this page.
Please use the navigation element below to jump down the page to the desired information.
General Accessibility Advice
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that this guidance was published in March 2006 since when guidelines on Web accessibility have
progressed somewhat, albeit not sufficiently for Becta to modify their guidance to the sector as yet.
That is, while Becta's guidance is good enough it should be considered along side version 2 (draft) of the guidelines which can be
found at:
www.w3c.org/wai
W3C - World Wide Web Consortium website for advice on web publishing standards.
Terminology for Accessibility and Assistive Technology document.
Schools' websites accessibility guides are available to download below as either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
The schools' websites accessibility guide is available as either Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format, separated into chapters.
Part 1: In order to optimise the appeal of any site it makes sense to consider the diversity of potential users. Part 1 of this guide introduces website accessibility.
Part 2: Part 2 of this accessibility guide aims to show you how a website can exclude disabled people, the technologies people may be using to access your website and the types and presentation of c...
Part 3: There are a variety of legal and practical reasons for site owners and developers to implement accessibility within their website. Part 3 of this guide gives an overview of the main consider...
Part 4: It is important to stick to the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Guidelines, which provide the most widely accepted set of international guidelines for ac...
Part 5: This article gives a guide to the appropriate level of compliance for website accessibility and highlights the accessibility issues that had caused the most difficulties in accessing and und...
Part 6: Part 6 of the website accessibility guide takes you through compliance checks and tools and provides advice about how to test your site for compliance with the World Wide Web Consortium's (...
Part 7: Part 7 of the guide explains the requirements for each Level A WAI compliance checkpoint and provides advice about how to test your website and make necessary changes.
Part 8: Part 8 of this guide gives advice on implementing Level Double A WAI requirements, which includes colour, layout and size considerations for various types of users.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
For further information please contact:
Dr Isobel Fleming, Teaching and Learning Consultant, ICT
Tel: (01482) 392475
E-mail 1: isobel.fleming@eastriding.gov.uk
E-mail 2: primary.ict@eastriding.gov.uk
Andy Nunn, Teaching and Learning Consultant, ICT (hands-on support for schools)
Tel: (01482) 392473
E-mail 1: andy.nunn@eastriding.gov.uk
E-mail 2: secondary.ict@eastriding.gov.uk
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