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Accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Ofqual Digital and Data Principles, Standards and Patterns documentation site at http://localhost:8080/.

This website is run by the Ofqual. 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
  • Zoom in up to 200% without the text spilling off the screen
  • Navigate 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.

How accessible this website is

Testing has shown that viewing this site is accessible to all users.

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).

If you are in Northern Ireland and are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland who are responsible for enforcing the ‘accessibility regulations’ in Northern Ireland.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Ofqual 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 compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Contributions to the site are managed using the standards and patterns repository on GitHub. This is partially compliant as described in GitHub’s accessibility conformance report.

Non-accessible content

At the time of writing there is no known non-accessible content on the standards and patterns site.

Contributing to the site using the standards and patterns repository on GitHub is partially accessible. You can view GitHub’s accessibility conformance report for details of the current issues with accessing GitHub.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

  • This statement was prepared and reviewed on 2nd October 2025.
  • This website was last tested on 2nd October 2025.

We test this site as it develops by following a script of manual checks to perform when reviewing changes to the site. These are stored in GitHub: