Accessibility statement

Using this website

East Sussex County Council run this website. We aim to make it as easy to use as possible. You should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels and fonts within your browser settings
• zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
• navigate most of the website using only a keyboard
• listen to our website using a screen reader.

To find out how make these changes go to AbilityNet.

Language

We use plain English to make the text easy to read. We aim to create content for a reading age of 11. We regularly run readability audits on our content and make continual improvements. As of 1 August 2023, our content meets AA accessibility standards and scores 97% on our automated testing software.

Sign language readers can visit our British Sign Language (BSL) introduction to the East Sussex County Council website.

If you would like to read the website in another language use Google Translate.

This statement was updated on 1 August 2023.