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Accessibility Statement for Essex Safeguarding Children Board
This accessibility statement applies to https://www.escb.co.uk/
This website is run by Essex County Council. 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 400% 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.
AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.
How accessible this website is
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
- There are some functionalities that cannot be operated with just a keyboard.
- There is no mechanism to skip content.
- The location of the keyboard focus is not visually obvious in all pdfs
- The sequence of content does not make sense.
- The focus order is broken.
- Some hyperlinks take the user to webpages that no longer exists.
- Link does not take to the intended webpage
- Embedded video does not include audio description or a transcript.
- Purpose of the link cannot be determined because of missing alt text on images/ image hyperlinks
- Hyperlinks do not have correct alt texts
- The main language of the page has not been declared within the <html> element
- Webpage contains "empty" headings
- Some of the texts in the webpages do not meet the minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1
- Some of the UI elements fail the minimum contrast ratio of 3:1
- Html headings are unorganized
- Elements fail to meet a minimum target size or have sufficient spacing around them
- iframe missing text alternative
- No text alternative/transcript for embedded podcast
- Graphics are used for text
- When zoomed to 400%, some of the contents are displayed incorrectly
- When the text size is increased to 200% larger some of the content is displayed incorrectly.
Feedback and contact information
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 20 days.
If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille, please
We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 20 days.
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 ESCB@essex.gov.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).
Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person
We provide a text relay service for people who are D/deaf, hearing impaired or have a speech impediment.
Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.
You can contact us by
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
ECC 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 partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed.
Non-accessible content
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
- In some webpages, there are few functionalities that cannot be accessed without a mouse. This affects the keyboard only users. This fails WCAG 2.2 – 2.1.1 Keyboard
- There is no mechanism to skip to main content or skip past navigation. This fails WCAG 2.2 -2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
- Some elements when getting the keyboard focus, the focus indicators fail the minimum required contrast ratio 3:1. This fails WCAG 2.2 -2.4.7 Focus Visible.
- In some webpages, the keyboard focus falls on invisible elements. This fails WCAG 2.2 -2.4.7 Focus Visible.
- The sequence of elements is not meaningful. This fails WCAG 2.2 – 1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence
- The focus order is not configured correctly. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 2.4.3 Focus Order
- Some hyperlinks take the users to webpages that no longer exists. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).
- Some hyperlinks do not take the users to the intended webpages. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).
- Embedded YouTube videos do not provide text alternatives or transcripts. This fails WCAG 2.1 - 1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)
- Purpose of the link cannot be determined because of missing alt text on images/ image hyperlinks. This fails WCAG 2.1 - 1.1.1 Non-text Content.
- Hyperlinks do not have correct alt texts. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context).
- he main language of the page has not been declared within the <html> element. Language tags tell screen readers how to pronounce the text on a page. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 3.1.1 Language of Page.
- In some webpages, there are empty headings that are configured but not used. This fails WCAG 2.1 - 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.
- There are texts that does not meet the minimum required colour contrast ratio of 4.5:1. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.3 Contrast.
- Some of the user interface elements fails to meet the minimum required colour contrast ratio of 3:1. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.11 Non-text Contrast.
- The headings in a webpage should be organised in a specific order. However, in a webpage the headings are unorganised. This fails WCAG 2.1 - 1.3.1 Info and Relationships.
- Some webpages have elements that have undersized interactive target area. Also, the 24-pixel diameter circle centred on the bounding box of an undersized interactive element intersect with another interactive element or its circle. This fails the WCAG 2.5.8 Target Size.
- The iframe holding the YouTube videos in the below webpages does not have an alt text. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value.
- Podcast is embedded in some webpages. However, the text alternative/transcript is not available for these and hence impossible to be accessed by users hard of hearing. This fails WCAG 2.1 - 1.2.1, Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded) (Level A).
- In some images, the meaningful text is designed into graphics of the image. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.5 Images of Text.
- When the text size increased to 200%, the contents in some of the webpages are displayed incorrectly. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.4 Resize Text.
- When the screen display is zoomed to 400%, the contents is in some of the webpages are displayed incorrectly. In some other web pages, a horizontal scroll bar appears after zooming (this happens in mobile devices). This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.10 Reflow
- In mobile devices, the page heading ‘Essex Safeguarding Children Board’ overlaps their characters. This fails WCAG 2.2 - 1.4.12 Text Spacing.
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Although some of Essex County Council’s older PDFs are inaccessible and do not meet accessibility standards, we are working towards making as many PDF’s meet WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards as possible.
The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services.
We are prioritizing making PDFs accessible that:
- contain information on how users can access our service
- are most frequently downloaded
- contain information that has a statutory requirement
We have developed training and guidance to help all document creators develop accessible documents.
Live video
We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
Our accessibility roadmap shows how and when we plan to improve accessibility on this website.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 26 November 2025. It was last reviewed on 26 November 2025.
This website was last tested on 26 November 2025. The test was carried out by Essex County Council.
