The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) seeks to understand the needs and aspirations of people with disabilities and will ensure that there is no discrimination on the grounds of disability to members of public whom we serve. DCSF is committed to equality of opportunity for all, and aims to provide access for people with disabilities.
DCSF is committed to making itself accessible to all elements of the community and will endeavour to provide appropriate facilities and assistance for people with disabilities in order that they receive our highest standards of service.
Standards Compliance
This website has been developed with the intention of making it accessible to as many visitors as possible. We have achieved this by adhering to Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines and ensuring that the site has been structured in a logical way.
CSS
We have used Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the visual layout of the site. If your browser does not support CSS or you choose to over-ride our style sheet with browser settings, the site is still readable/usable.
Font Sizes
We use relative font sizes which means you can also override the default text sizes and set your own via the browser.
In Internet Explorer
Select the View menu, then Text Size, then a setting from the list of five sizes.
In FireFox
Select the View menu, then Text Size, then either Increase or Decrease from the menu list.
In Safari
Select the View menu, then either Make Text Bigger or Make Text Smaller.
In all browsers
Holding down the CTRL button and scrolling the mouse-wheel up and down will zoom the entire site up or down in size accordingly.
Images
All images include the "ALT" attribute.
Navigation
The primary sections of the site are always available via the main navigation menu that runs along the top of the page. The contents of these sections can be accessed via the side navigation. To support the navigation, a sitemap has been provided.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are intended to help users who have difficulty in using pointing devices such as a mouse.
This website uses the UK government access key system and the following information details each of the keyboard shortcut commands available to you.
S = Skip to Content
1 = Home
2 = Not Used
3 = Site Map
4 = Not Used
5 = Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
6 = Not Used
7 = Not Used
8 = Disclaimer
9 = Not Used
0 = Access Key Details (This page)
Browser compatibilities:
Depending on your browser type use one of the following:
Flash
The Flash element on the homepage is fully accessible, including keyboard control and closed captioning. Please note, however, that screen reading is only currently supported using Internet Explorer with JAWS or Window-Eyes, because other web browsers do not support Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA). Adobe are currently working on a new version of the Flash player in order to provide wider support and we will update this element at soon as it is feasible.
Please note the following screen reader controls:
IE6 and Window Eyes.
Down arrow = Read next item
Up Arrow = Read previous item
Tab = Next link
Shift + Tab = Previous link
Right Arrow = Read next character
Left Arrow = Read previous character
Enter or Spacebar = Activate link button Control + Shift + A = Toggle MSAA mode to update screen Page Down = Read all Page Up = Go to top
IE6 and Jaws 8.0.
Insert + Escape = Update screen
Down Arrow = Read next item
Up Arrow = Read Previous item
Insert + Down Arrow = Read all
Right Arrow = Read next character
Left Arrow = Read Previous Character
Enter = Activate link button
If you have any queries regarding the accessibility of this site please contact:
