Accessibility statement for Qualifications Scotland Accreditation

This accessibility statement applies to content published on the accreditation.qualifications.gov.scot domain.

How you should be able to use this website

This website is run by Qualifications Scotland. 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 using browser or device settings
• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2 AA standard.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact: accreditation@qualifications.gov.scot.

If you have problems accessing pages or documents published on this website, please contact accreditation@qualifications.gov.scot who will supply the page or document in an accessible format. Many of our publications can be produced in alternative formats, including large type, braille and community languages.

We aim to provide a full response to enquiries within five working days. If your enquiry is complex, we may need to refer it to another team; in these cases, we aim to provide a full response within 20 working days.

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).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Qualifications Scotland Accreditation 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

The website has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) [2.2] AA standard.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• Some documents contain graphics without a text alternative. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).
• Alternative text should not be an image file name. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.1.1(Non-text Content).
• PDFs are not tagged to be accessible by screen readers. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
• Some headings are not presented in logical order. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships).
• Word documents contain a non-inline graphic or object. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.2 (Meaningful Sequence).
• Some document titles are blank. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled).
• PDFs missing PDF/UA identifier. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships), 2.4.2 (Page Titled).
• Missing language attribute to identify the language of the page. This fails WCAG 2.2 success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page).

Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

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 do not plan to fix documents that were published before 23 September 2018, unless asked by a user. 

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We regularly audit and check content on accreditation.qualifications.gov.scot and seek to fix content that fails to meet the WCAG version 2.2 AA standard.

What are we planning to do next:

• User testing on the website using assistive technologies and people with disabilities
• Review aria labels for consistency and best practice

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 11 February 2026.  The statement was last reviewed on 11 February 2026.  This website was last tested on 13 June 2024 against the WCAG 2.1 AA standard. This test included the use of our automated accessibility tool, Powermapper (SortSite)