1. Commitment to accessibility
Bournemouth Music School is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We aim to comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at Level AA and to follow the principles set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the “accessibility regulations”). GOV.UKGOV.UK

2. Scope of this statement
This statement applies to all pages served from https://www.bournemouthmusicschool.com (the “site”). Third-party services we embed or link to (for example, Spotify or YouTube players) are covered by their own accessibility statements.

3. Compliance status
The site is partially compliant with WCAG 2.2 AA. Most content meets the standard, but the issues listed in section 4 mean we are not yet fully compliant. GOV.UK

4. Non-accessible content
AreaWCAG ref.Reason & plan
Legacy PDF hand-outs uploaded before September 20231.3.1, 1.4.10Not fully tagged for screen-reader navigation. We will replace or remediate these files by 30 June 2025.
Online lesson-booking calendar (drag-and-drop)2.1.1, 2.1.2Keyboard operation is limited on small screens. A keyboard-accessible version is in development for release by 31 August 2025.
Third-party media embeds (YouTube, Spotify)2.4.3, 2.4.7We cannot guarantee full keyboard/focus control in these widgets. Where possible we provide alternative links or transcripts.
We have assessed these issues and do not consider it a disproportionate burden to fix them; work is under way.