Accessibility
Accessible websites
An accessible website is one which can be read and navigated by anyone regardless of experience, circumstance or the type of technology they are using to access it. It is essential that any school website is developed as a tool to enhance all users' ability to access educational information, rather than a tool of exclusion.
Our school website accessibility features
- 100% Compliance with BECTA recommendations
- Valid XHTML, CSS and Javascript code
- 100% Compliance with W3C accessibility guidelines (WCAG)
- User-selectable style sheets for improved visibility
- Cross-browser compatibility
- Compatible with screen readers like JAWS
- Optimised code for faster downloads
- Easy keyboard navigation
EWD accessibility
At EWD we are primarily educationalists. With a passion for technology, we embrace the educational potential of the Internet and World Wide Web. However, we believe this potential can only be met with a deep respect for universal web standards and website accessibility. To this end, all our website projects adhere strictly to the World Wide Web Consortium's WCAG and pass all three Priority Checkpoints.
Your new website will go through a series of automatic checks using our library of specialist tools and will be finally submitted for rigorous manual testing before going live.
Special attention is paid to simplicity of design, ease of navigation. Your new website needs to look good. But more importantly it needs to work - for everybody. So your website will work perfectly well and look great regardless of the platform, browser or assistive technology your users decide to employ.