This accessibility statement applies to https://www.orchard.surrey.sch.uk/

Our commitment

The Orchard School is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Schools are partially exempt from these regulations. However, The Orchard School aims to ensure that content relating to essential online administrative functions is accessible to all users.

How accessible this website is

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

• Some PDF documents may not be fully accessible to screen‑reader software
• Some older documents may not be correctly structured for assistive technologies
• Some images may not yet have appropriate alternative (alt) text

We are working to improve accessibility where reasonable and practicable.

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need information from this website in a different format, such as:

• accessible PDF
• large print
• easy read
• audio recording

please contact us:

Email: office@orchard.surrey.sch.uk
Telephone: 020 8979 2945

We will consider your request and respond within a reasonable time frame.

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, please contact us using the details above.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations.

If you are not satisfied with how we respond to your complaint, you can contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) for advice and support:

• Website: https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/
• Telephone: 0808 800 0082
• Textphone: 0808 800 0084

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Orchard School is partially exempt from the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

The parts of this website relating to essential online administrative functions aim to be compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA.

Other content is exempt from the regulations.

Non‑accessible content

The content listed below is non‑accessible for the following reasons:

Non‑compliance with accessibility regulations

• Some PDF documents published before September 2018 are not fully accessible

Disproportionate burden

• Remediation of all historic documents would require a disproportionate burden; however, accessible alternatives will be provided on request

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 20th January 2026.
It was last reviewed on 20th January 2026.

The website’s accessibility was assessed internally by The Orchard School.