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Government Digital Service – Basic Accessibility Test

Representative sample of webpages to be tested:

Date of Test: June 2020

For parts of this evaluation, Wave (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) has been used. wave.webaim.org

1. Text Content

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check you’re using proper headings	All	None
Check pages are usable when stylesheets are disabled	All	None
Check that instructions are styled properly	All	None
Check that links make sense	Home/Documents/Village Hall/Contact us	None
	Parish Council Meetings	Agendas and minutes are listed in a table so it is visually obvious which meeting they belong to, but they are all called the same	Going forward, the date of the meetings will be included in the link title
Check that pages have good titles	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check any images have a description	Parish Council Meetings Contact us	None
	Home	“Gateway to the downs” image is missing alt text	Add alt text
	Documents	Some of the pdf logos are links but are missing alt text	Remove the link from the pdf logos
	Village Hall	Alt text is identical to all three pictures	Images cannot be enlarged and should therefore be considered non essential. Alt text should be removed.
Check any video or audio content is properly described	n/a
Audio descriptions for video and audio content	n/a
Check for images containing text	Homepage	Text only in logos. The words are included in the alt text

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check form fields are marked up appropriately	All	The only form on the website is the search field. It appears as a magnifying glass in the header. When you click on it, a search field appears which has the text “Search…” in it. The form is unlabelled. However, as the form is generated by the theme, I cannot get access to it to label it appropriately.	I will keep the theme updated so that when this problem is fixed, it will filter through to the website.
Check it’s clear what information users need to provide	All	None
Check form elements are consistent across your website	All	None
Check users get a warning before they’re timed out	All	n/a
Check that any error messages are helpful	All	n/a
Check users can review their answers before submitting a form	All	n/a
Check that form elements behave as expected	All	n/a

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check the documents have meaningful titles	Meeting agendas and minutes	All the agendas and minutes are called just “Agenda” and “Minutes”	Going forward, the date of the meetings will be included in the title
Check for headings	All	None of the pdf documents on the site have headings.	From September 2020 all new documents and some existing documents will have appropriate formatting, including headings in so far as possible.
Check the documents convey instructions in an accessible way	Village Hall Application to Hire Form	This is a pdf document with fields which can be filled in digitally. Not all fields are obvious.	The document will be redesigned before September 2020
Check the documents convey instructions in an accessible way	All	n/a
Check that any link text makes sense	All	None
Check that images, charts and tables have a description	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems
Check the page orientation	All	None
Check you can navigate using just one finger	All	None
Check you’re not relying on complex motions	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems
Check you can tell where you are on the page	All	None
Check the order makes sense when tabbing	All	None
Check nothing unexpected happens when tabbing through a page	All	None
Check you do not get stuck when navigating through content	All	None
Check forms are still usable without a mouse	All	None
Check users can skip to the main content on a page	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Checking content is usable when you enlarge the text	All	None
Checking how the page behaves when users zoom in	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check for text contrast	All	None
Check any buttons and navigational elements	All	None

There are not pop-ups and interactive or flashing content on the site.

Issue	Page	Problems	Fix
Check there are multiple ways to navigate your website	All	None	Will consider adding a sitemap in addition to the menus and search facility
Check your navigation behaves consistently	All	None
Check links do not trigger on the down-press of a mouse	All	None

Issue	Page	Problems
Checking tables and bullet lists are styled properly	All	None
Check the language the content is written in	All	None
Check any video players are accessible	All	n/a