Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for www.cirencester.ac.uk

This website is run by Cirencester College. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this site. This means you should be able to:

  • Change colours, contrast levels, and fonts

  • Zoom in up to 300% without text spilling off the screen

  • Navigate most of the site using only a keyboard

  • Navigate most of the site using speech recognition software

  • Listen to most of the site using a screen reader (including recent versions of JAWS, NVDA, and VoiceOver)

We also aim to keep our text clear and simple to understand.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

This site includes an accessibility tool called accessiBe, which lets you adjust the design and navigation to suit your needs. These adjustments follow WCAG 2.1 AA and AAA guidelines.

We know that some parts of the site are not fully accessible:

  • Most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software

  • Some online forms are difficult to use with just a keyboard

  • There is no “skip to main content” link for screen reader users

  • Some images do not have text alternatives

  • Older videos may be missing captions and audio descriptions

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:

We will consider your request and respond within 5 working days.

If you cannot view the map on our ‘Contact Us’ page, please phone or email us for directions.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking to improve accessibility. If you find any problems not listed here, or believe we are not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Marketing Team at:
marketing@cirencester.ac.uk

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018. If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Cirencester College is committed to making this website accessible in line with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Disproportionate burden

Some accessibility features are currently not possible without significant cost or technical difficulty.

For example:

  • Our embedded videos are hosted on third-party platforms (YouTube and Vimeo), which do not fully support audio descriptions. This fails WCAG success criterion 1.2.5 (Audio Description – Pre-recorded).

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. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word 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 test and update this site regularly to improve accessibility and compatibility with a wide range of browsers and devices. We use automated tools (such as WAVE) and manual checks to identify and fix issues.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 15 August 2025.
It was last reviewed on 15 August 2025.

The website was last tested on 10 August 2025 using the WAVE accessibility tool and manual checks on a sample of key pages, chosen to represent different page layouts and content types.