Web Accessibility
We have constructed this website to a minimum of Bobby "AA" compliancy in order to aid accessibility and to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (1995). If you discover any part of this website which is not accessible, or where the accessibility could be improved, please contact us so we can change it.
Access Keys
We have provided keyboard shortcuts ("access keys") to provide an alternative form of navigation to the main menu. This allows users with limited physical capabilities to navigate this website more easily. Where access keys are not present, we have ensured that users can navigate the website using the tab key. The access keys are defined below and can be used from any page of this site:
- 1 - Homepage
- 2 - Email Updates subscription form
- 3 - Site Map
- 4 - AQA-A section
- 5 - AQA-B section
- 6 - OCR section
- 7 - EDEXCEL section
- 8 - Inspection Copy request form
- 9 - Feedback Form
- 0 - Access key details (this page)
Note: With Windows-based systems the user has to press the 'Alt key' and the access key, and with the Macintosh system the user has to press the 'Ctrl key' and the access key.
Valid Standards-Compliant code
The markup language used to create the pages on this site has been checked and validated as valid XHTML 1.1, containing no invalid or proprietry code that could cause problems in some browsers.
A Note about Web Browsers
We have made every effort ensure that this site can be accessed using all modern web browsers on all major platforms. Unfortunately some older and non-standards-compliant browsers may encounter some difficulties. Please see the list below for the results of our testing:
fully working browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox: tested on Windows 2000, Apple-Mac (OS-X), Linux (Fedora Core 3)
- Internet Explorer 6: tested on Windows 2000
- Safari 1.2: tested on Apple-Mac (OS-X)
- Opera 7: tested on Windows 2000 and Apple-Mac (OS-X)
- Netscape Navigator 7: tested on Windows 2000 and Apple-Mac (OS-X)
- Netscape Navigator 6: tested on Windows 2000
- Konqueror 3: tested on Linux (Fedora Core 3)
known issues with non-compliant browsers:
- Internet Explorer 5: tested on Apple-Mac (OS-X) - some display problems due to incorrect browser implementation of CSS. Solution: change default browser to Safari (available as part of OS-X) or download Mozilla Firefox (free of charge).
- Opera 6: tested on Windows 2000 - some display problems due to incorrect browser implementation of CSS. Solution: upgrade browser to the current version (available free of charge) by going to the Opera website.
