This accessibility statement applies to the Northampton College Intranet website. The content on the College intranet website are intended to be able to be accessible to all and any issues with accessibility or assistive technology are listed in this statement.
View the site your way
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our websites. For example, that means you should be able to:
- Change colours, contrast levels and fonts
- Zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
- Navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
- Navigate most of the website using 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:
- Some information is only available in PDF format and may not be accessible to screen readers.
Feedback and contact information
Please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 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 get back to you within 10 days, when we will confirm what we can do to help you and offer advice.
If you cannot view the map on our contact us page, alternatively you can call 01604 734567 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for directions.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We are always looking to improve the accessibility of our websites. If you find any problems that are not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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, please contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).
Technical information about this website's accessibility
Northampton College is committed to making this 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 (WCAG) 2.1 AA standard, non compliance and exemptions are listed below.
Non-accessible content
The below list are known issues that we are aware need fixing, cannot fix or do not need to fix at the moment.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Images without a description
There are some images on our website which do not have appropriate alternative text (WCAG: 1.1.1).
Time-based media
Where pre-recorded video is available on the web site, there may not be captions or audio descriptions (WCAG: 1.2.2, 1.2.5).
Information and relationship
Some pages may not contain consistent marked-up headings (WCAG: 1.3.1).
Headings and labels
Some labels and interactive controls do not have informative/accessible naming applied (WCAG: 2.4.6).
Contrast issues
There are some instances on our pages where the contrast between text and background may be low and hamper those with a vision impairment (WCAG: 1.4.3).
Resizable text
In some instances when the web site is zoomed by 200%, elements are missing or can not be seen (WCAG: 1.4.4).
Keyboard trap
There are some elements (social media iframes) where the user cannot navigate away from or skip to different sections without going through a long list of links (WCAG: 2.1.2)
Focus order
The keyboard tabbing order does not match the visual layout of the page (WCAG: 2.4.3)
Links without meaningful purpose
Some of our hyperlinks/link text are not labelled clearly, which means users with screen reader’s will not know where the hyperlink is taking them prior to clicking (WCAG: 2.4.4).
Language of page
The language of the web site has not been identified (WCAG: 3.1.1).
PDFs/Word documents
Some of our PDF and Word documents may not be accessible to a screen reader and are essential to providing our services (WCAG: 4.1.2). We will try to make sure any new PDFs or Word documents we add to the web site are accessible.
The above are known issues with our website, please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need help accessing our web pages.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
Our accessibility issues have been identified through our auditing/testing processes and we will look to fix these issues as soon as possible.
Support for searchBOX (centralised, independent directory of third-party accessibility information)
To help accessibility compliance across the sector, Northampton College supports searchBOX, a centralised, independent directory of third-party accessibility information.
searchBOX catalogues the contact information and accessibility statements of third-party suppliers, enables the sharing of community-generated accessibility statements, and allows users to map their supplier ecosystem.
Users can access third-party accessibility statements using the free searchBOX Finder service. Northampton College encourages all our partners and suppliers to support this effort by ensuring that their accessibility information is included in the searchBOX directory.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 14/07/22. It was last reviewed on 19/07/24.
This website was last tested on 18/06/24. The test was carried out by Northampton College.