Accessibility statement for St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
This accessibility statement applies to the following websites:
St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust
The Federation of All Saints and St Margaret’s Catholic Voluntary Academies
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
English Martyrs’ Catholic Voluntary Academy
Holy Rosary Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Alban’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Anne’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Charles’ Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Elizabeth’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St George’s Catholic Voluntary Academy
St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Joseph’s Catholic Academy, Matlock
St Joseph’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby
St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Derby
Saint Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Glossop
St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, New Mills
St Mary’s Catholic Voluntary Academy, Marple Bridge
St Thomas Catholic Voluntary Academy
The Priory Catholic Voluntary Academy
Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy
Saint Benedict Catholic Voluntary Academy
Saint John Houghton Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Philip Howard Catholic Voluntary Academy
St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy
These websites are run by St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust. We want as many people as possible to be able to use these websites. For example, that means you should be able to:
- change colours, contrast levels, fonts and change links to be underlined
- zoom in up to 300% 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 and as a Trust we have adopted Plain English principles for written communications.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible our websites are
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 videos do not have text descriptions
- there’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page
Feedback and contact information
Please contact us at mail@srscmat.co.uk or call 0300 369 0553 if you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille. We’ll consider your request and get back to you within seven days.
If you cannot view the map on our ‘contact us’ page, call us on 0300 369 0553 or email mail@srscmat.co.uk for directions.
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Trust Communications Function via email at mail@srscmat.co.uk.
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
St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust is committed to making its websites accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
Compliance status
Our websites are partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services and forms published as Word documents.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any essential PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.
Video (pre-recorded)
Pre-recorded video does not always have a text alternative.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix video content if they’re not essential to providing our services.
Any video content considered essential to providing our services will meet accessibility standards.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are increasing the frequency of accessibility audits and we are working with staff members to raise awareness around good accessibility practice.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 18 May 2023. It was last reviewed on 18 May 2023.
Our websites are due to be tested in September 2023. The test will be carried out internally by St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust. We will list the essential information pages and take a sample of our top 15 most viewed pages as our approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test.
