Accessibility

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is committed to making its digital estate accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the Regulations).

This accessibility statement applies to the National Collection of Aerial Photography’s (NCAP) website – ncap.org.

Feedback and contact information 

If you have feedback about the website, or need information found within the website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

We’ll consider your request and try to get back to you in 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of the website. If you find any problems that aren’t listed on this page or think we’re not meeting the requirements of the Regulations, contact the NCAP team:

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Compliance status

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.

Colours

In high contrast modes, some content is visually lost and becomes unavailable to all users. This is a failure of success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) (Level AA) and will be fixed in the next round of development by the end of 2024.

Navigation

At increased magnification or on mobile devices, the site’s visual focus can be lost within the ‘burger menu’, making navigation difficult. This is a failures of success criteria 2.4.7 Focus Visible and will be fixed in the next round of development by the end of 2024.

At greater than 200% magnification the sticky menu interferes with keyboard navigation, with keyboard focus difficult to follow. This is a further failure of success criteria 2.4.7 Focus Visible and will be fixed in the next round of development by the end of 2024.

Buttons and links

There are some buttons on the site that do not have suitable names for assistive technology. This is a failure of 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value (Level A). Other buttons and links have insufficient labelling to make them suitable to pass success criterion 2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context) (Level A). The errors will be fixed at the next round of development by the end of 2024.

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming that any of our accessibility issues are disproportionate to fix.

Content that’s not within the scope of the Regulations

PDFs and other documents 

Some of our older office file format documents (Word, Excel, PDFs) were published before 23 September 2018. They are exempt under Regulation 4(2)(a) of the Regulations.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

How we tested the website

The NCAP website was tested by following the Government’s Simplified Audit method. 

The web pages tested against contained web components replicated across the website, common templates and our most visited pages and travelled routes.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We’ll continue to update and audit our accessibility on an annual basis to ensure we work toward fully meeting single A and double AA standards.

We are always looking to improve our accessibility services and view accessibility as an ethical and professional obligation. Staff will undergo training to improve and learn the latest best practice in digital accessibility.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was initially prepared on 10 July 2024. It will be reviewed after the next round of development changes by the end of 2024.

The self-assessment test was carried out by the Digital Accessibility Lead at Historic Environment Scotland.