The SENDNest for Schools

Accessibility statement: The SENDNest for Schools

Last reviewed: 31 October 2026

The SENDNest for Schools is a staff training platform built by SEND practitioners, and accessibility is part of its purpose, not an afterthought. This statement covers the training platform, the assessment modules, the practitioner tools, and the exported documents.

Our standard

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 level AA. Schools are used to this standard from the public sector accessibility regulations; we hold ourselves to it although, as a private provider, the regulations do not directly apply to us.

What the platform does for you

  • A display toolbar on every training module, offering four preferences: a dyslexia-friendly font (Atkinson Hyperlegible), text size (three steps), high contrast, and reduced motion. Set them once and they apply across every module. Your choices are saved in your own browser only, and this stores no personal data.
  • Consistent, predictable structure. Modules follow one layout pattern, so a screen reader or keyboard user who has learned one module has learned them all. The practitioner tools share one design system and one interaction language, from the first profile tool to the EHC needs assessment request builder.
  • Readable typography and colour contrast chosen against WCAG AA contrast ratios, in a fixed design system used across every tool and document.
  • Printable exports designed as documents, not screenshots: exported plans are real text at A4, so they can be enlarged, printed, or read aloud by assistive technology. Exported documents keep an accessible minimum text size; where content would not fit, the tool flags it for correction rather than shrinking or cutting text.
  • Warnings that inform rather than block. Where a tool checks completeness (for example before an export), it presents a non-blocking warning that assistive technology can read, and the user chooses how to proceed.
  • Accessible controls in the tools. Choices that matter, such as selecting between conflicting values before an export, use native form controls or fully equivalent keyboard and ARIA behaviour, with a visible selected state.

A note on working files

Some tools save work in progress as a working file your school stores (for example the EHC needs assessment request builder and the Pupil SEND Overview). That file is a data file for the tool to reload, not a readable document; the readable document is the exported file itself, which follows the export standards above. If you rely on assistive technology and need the in-progress content in a readable form, each tool's on-screen views present it as ordinary text at any point in the drafting.

Known limitations

A full accessibility review of the platform is under way. Known limitations are listed here, each with the date we found it and how we plan to address it. If you meet an accessibility barrier anywhere in the service, please tell us at hello@sendnestforschools.co.uk.

  • The training evidence record (PDF). Found 30 October 2026. The evidence record is produced as a PDF without accessibility tags, so a screen reader reads its text in order but cannot announce its headings or table structure. The same information is available in two accessible forms: on screen in the platform, and as a CSV export that opens in any spreadsheet program. We plan to produce a tagged version by 31 January 2027.
  • Certificate PDFs. Found 30 October 2026. The downloadable certificate is produced as a PDF without accessibility tags. Each certificate is also shown on screen as an ordinary web page, which assistive technology can read in full. We plan to produce a tagged version by 31 January 2027.
  • Tool documents saved as PDF from Safari or Firefox. Found 30 October 2026. The practitioner tools create PDFs through your browser's own print function. Chrome and Edge add accessibility tags to these PDFs; Safari and Firefox may not. Every tool also exports a Word document, which keeps its headings and structure for assistive technology. Because this depends on the browser rather than on our service, we will review it at each phase release.

Feedback and contact

If any part of the platform is difficult for you to use, tell us at hello@sendnestforschools.co.uk and we will respond within 10 working days. Accessibility problems are treated as defects, not feature requests. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), and you have rights under the Equality Act 2010.

Review

This statement is reviewed at each phase release and at least annually.