Standard

Accessibility Conformance

All services, products, and websites must meet the current published WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) version to conformance level AA.

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You are breaking the law if you do not meet this standard.

Purpose

As a public sector body, we have a moral responsibility to ensure the services, products, and websites we provide are accessible for anyone who needs to use them.

We are legally required to meet the following UK laws and regulations:

• Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018
• Equality Act 2010
• EN 301 549 Accessibility Requirements for ICT Products and Services

You can read a summary of these in the DfE Accessibility and inclusive design manual.

Categories

Product and Delivery

• Product Management

QA and Development

• Frontend Development
• Quality Assurance Testing

User-Centred Design and Accessibility

• Accessibility
• Content Design
• Interaction Design
• Service Design
• User Research

How to meet this standard

Your product must meet, in its entirety, the relevant Level A and AA criteria of the current published Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

Read this related guidance

To help you meet this standard, use the following:

• understanding WCAG
• follow universal design principles
• research with users with access needs
• guidance for getting an accessibility audit
• use testing tools
• manage and prioritise issues

Governance

Standard will be reviewed when there is changes to legislation or government guidance changes or a business need requires an amendment to the standard.

Version history

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