Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Grantham College Website

This accessibility statement applies to www.grantham.ac.uk.

 This website is run by Grantham College. 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 fully accessible:

• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• some of our online application forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
• Alternative text missing on some images not considered decorative

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact our Information and Guidance Team by emailing enquiry@grantham.ac.uk or call 01476 400200. 

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email enquiry@grantham.ac.uk
• call 01476 400200 

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 30 days.

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

Grantham College 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

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• We have made improvements to our website and the majority of images now contain meaningful alternative text. However, 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 2026. When we publish new content we’ll make sure our use of images meets accessibility standards.
• Many documents are in less accessible formats, for example PDF. Non-HTML documents published on or after September 2026 must have an accessible format. In addition, we are working to identify and review older PDFs and other documents that are essential to providing our services. Once reviewed, we will either fix the issues, provide an alternative or replace them with accessible HTML pages.
• Images of text. We have tried to ensure that our website content does not include images of text, however some images may still include text content, for example within older News and Blog pages. This fails WCAG 2.1 1.4.5 (Images of Text). We are continuing to audit our content and aim to ensure our content does not include images of text by September 2026.
• The cookie consent banner contains an empty heading, which fails WCAG 1.3.1 and 2.4.6. We plan to correct this in a future update.
• Some links have been flagged as redundant because adjacent elements link to the same destination (WCAG 2.4.4). These are part of combined content components and do not currently present an accessibility barrier, but we will keep this under review.
• We are reviewing a potential issue with the Home Page search bar that may not be fully accessible via keyboard (WCAG 2.1.1). This has been raised with our developers for confirmation and feedback.
• The mobile menu control uses instructional wording (“Click to Open up the Mobile Menu”), which may not be fully device-independent (WCAG 2.4.4). This has been raised with developers for review.
• The search bar control uses instructional wording (“Click to Open the Search Menu”), which may not be fully device-independent (WCAG 2.4.4). This has been raised with developers for review.
• We are reviewing a potential issue with the Course Search bar on pages that may not be fully accessible via keyboard (WCAG 2.1.1). This has been raised with our developers for confirmation and feedback.
• We are aware of keyboard accessibility issues affecting some functionality on the website. Menu items within the mobile (hamburger) menu cannot currently be accessed using a keyboard, and the “Settings” and “Accept” controls within the cookie consent banner are not keyboard accessible. This fails WCAG 2.1.1 (Keyboard). We are working with our developers to address these issues and improve keyboard accessibility.
• When navigating the website using a keyboard, some focused elements can be obscured by overlay content such as promotional notices, navigation menus and the cookie consent banner. This can affect links and menu items, particularly at 200% and 400% zoom. This fails WCAG 2.4.11 (Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)). We have raised this issue with our web development team and are working towards a resolution.

Disproportionate burden

We have not identified anything that qualifies as disproportionate burden as of yet, but we are still evaluating our sit and may update this in future if we identify issues that would qualify as disproportionate burden.

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 are not essential to providing our services. As above, we are working to review the PDFs and other documents that are essential to providing our services. We will either fix these, provide an alternative or replace them with accessible HTML pages. Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Pre-recorded video

The accessibility regulations do not require us to add captions and transcripts to pre-recorded video published before 23 September 2020. We do not plan to add captions to the pre-recorded videos on our website as they were all published before this date. We will make sure that any new videos we publish meet the accessibility standards.

Third part content

Our website contains third party content and functionality. We do not have control over the accessibility of this but will consider the accessibility of third party content and functionality when we make updates to our website in future.

The third party content and functionality includes:

• Content from social media platforms
• Videos hosted on YouTube – missing frame titles
• Captcha tools – missing form labels
• Google maps – not accessible via a keyboard and missing alternative text on controls

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 27th May 2026. It was last reviewed on 10th August 2026.

This website was last tested on the 12^th May 2026. This test was carried out by the Grantham College Marketing Team by selecting a sample of the website pages and using automated testing tools. A automated accessibility test including at least one live page example of all website page templates using industry-standard automated tools (Axe by Deque, Google Lighthouse) was carried out by Concept4 our web developers.