Accessibility Statement

Last reviewed: August 2026
Next review: August 2027

This accessibility statement applies to the website of Cavendish Church of England Primary School.

Cavendish Church of England Primary School is committed to making its website accessible to as many people as possible, including people with disabilities and those who use assistive technologies.

We want visitors to be able to access the information they need as easily as possible.

Our website is provided through eSchools, and school staff are responsible for the content that we upload and maintain.

Using this website

We aim to make our website clear, simple and easy to navigate.

Where supported by your browser, device or assistive technology, you should be able to:

zoom in to make text larger;
change colours, contrast levels and fonts through your browser or device settings;
navigate website content using a keyboard;
use speech-recognition software; and
access website content using screen-reader software.

We aim to use clear language, meaningful headings and descriptive links wherever possible.

Advice about making your device easier to use if you have a disability is available through AbilityNet's My Computer My Way service.

How accessible this website is

We recognise that some content on our website may not always be fully accessible.

For example:

some PDF or Word documents may not be fully accessible to screen-reader software;
some older documents may have been created before current accessibility requirements were introduced;
some third-party content or embedded services may be outside the school's direct control; and
some photographs or historic website content may not have been created with all current accessibility requirements in place.

Where we identify accessibility issues with content that we control, we will seek to address them where reasonably possible.

If you are unable to access information on our website, please contact us. We will provide the information in an alternative format where reasonably possible.

Feedback and contact information

If you find an accessibility problem with this website, or believe that we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the school office:

Cavendish Church of England Primary School
The Green
Cavendish
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 8BA

Email: cavendish@tilian.org.uk
Telephone: 01787 280279

Please tell us:

which page or document you are trying to access;
what accessibility problem you have experienced; and
the format in which you would prefer to receive the information, where applicable.

We will consider your request and aim to respond within 10 school working days.

Information in an alternative format

If you need information from this website in another format, such as:

an accessible PDF;
large print;
easy read;
an alternative electronic format; or
another reasonable accessible format,

please contact the school office using the details above.

We will work with you to provide the information in an appropriate format wherever reasonably possible.

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.

If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) for further advice and support.

Technical information about this website's accessibility

Cavendish Church of England Primary School is committed to making its website accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Primary and secondary schools are partially exempt from the accessibility regulations, except in relation to content that people need in order to use the school's services. We nevertheless aim to make the wider content on our website as accessible as reasonably possible.

Compliance status

The website is built and hosted using the eSchools platform.

We are currently reviewing the website's accessibility against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standard and working with our website provider to ensure that the technical platform and the content maintained by the school support accessibility.

We will update this statement when further accessibility testing or information from our website provider becomes available.

Non-accessible content

Documents and PDFs

Some PDF and Word documents published on the website may not be fully accessible to users of assistive technology.

We will aim to ensure that new documents containing important information are produced in an accessible format wherever possible.

If you experience difficulty accessing a document, please contact the school office and we will provide the information in an alternative accessible format.

Content outside the scope of the accessibility regulations

The accessibility regulations do not require us to make PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 accessible if they are not essential to providing our services.

Live video is also exempt from the accessibility regulations.

Some third-party content may be outside the school's control. Where possible, we will choose accessible services and provide alternative ways of accessing important information.

What we are doing to improve accessibility

We are committed to improving the accessibility of our website.

We will:

consider accessibility when adding or updating website content;
use clear headings and meaningful link text;
add appropriate descriptions to informative images;
consider accessibility when producing new documents;
remove or replace inaccessible documents where appropriate;
provide information in alternative formats on request;
review the website regularly for accessibility issues; and
work with our website provider where technical accessibility issues are identified.

Accessibility will form part of our ongoing website compliance review.