Accessibility

Website Accessibility Statement for Richmond Upon Thames College

This accessibility statement applies to Richmond Upon Thames College’s website: www.rutc.ac.uk

This website is run by Richmond Upon Thames College, part of HRUC.  We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website and aim to meet a minimum of WCAG 2.1 AA compliance in line with the Web Accessibility guidelines (WCAG 2.1) standards.

For example:

  • We have ensured text is clear and concise to allow essential information to be easily digested
  • Images and videos are supplementary to other content and we have ensured that access to these is not required in order to use the website effectively.
  • We have endeavoured to ensure navigation around the site is intuitive, logical and requires the minimum of inputs and most of the website can be navigated using a keyboard
  • The layout and presentation of website pages have been designed to reduce clutter where possible and only present relevant information.
  • We have been working to reduce the necessity for the download of documents which are not optimised for on-screen viewing, including PDFs.

How accessible is this website?

We continue to work on ensuring our website is as accessible as possible, however there are some parts that we are still working on including:

  • Ensuring all animations can be paused
  • Adding an accessibility tool /guide to the website to help improve the user experience.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or contact 020 8607 8000.
We will consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are always looking for ways to improve the accessibility of this website. We are open to ideas about how we can improve our site to provide a better service to our customers and to help people who have not been able to find what they need from our site.

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements contact the Marketing Department by email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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).

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

You can find our contact details here.
If you require a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter please contact us before your visit so we can arrange this.

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Richmond Upon Thames College 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

This website is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

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

  • PDF content supplied by external parties that does not fully meet accessibility criteria. We will look to add website links where possible to ensure we can link to relevant and helpful information for our website users.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We aim to audit our website every six months, via our third-party website agency, and resolve any conflicts that may arise from that.

  • Animations and sliders include a pause button.
  • Text and images that include text can be resized across the site to a minimum of 200%.
  • We are adding alternative text to new PDF documents that are published on the site.
  • We are adding alternative text to images across the site.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 20 February 2024. It was last reviewed on 20 February 2024.