Accessibility audits, issues and statements

Publish an accessibility statement

Last reviewed
14 September 2026
Owner
DesignOps

Find out what you need to include in your accessibility statement and choose the right template for your product or website.

Find out what you need to include in your accessibility statement and choose the right template for your product or website.

You must publish an accessibility statement for your product or website. The statement should explain how accessible your service is, identify any accessibility issues that remain and provide information about how users can report accessibility problems.

Your accessibility statement should reflect the current accessibility of your product or website.

Choose a statement template

Choose the template that matches the level of accessibility conformance of your product or website.

Fully compliant

Use the fully compliant template when all pages of your product or website, including every step in any transactional service, meet all WCAG Level A and AA success criteria in full.

[Use the fully compliant template]

Partially compliant

Use the partially compliant template when one or more, but less than half, of the WCAG Level A and AA success criteria have not been met.

[Use the partially compliant template]

Non-compliant

Use the non-compliant template when more than half of the WCAG Level A and AA success criteria have not been met.

[Use the non-compliant template]

Keep your statement up to date

Your accessibility statement should reflect the current accessibility of your product or website.

Update your statement when accessibility issues are fixed or when the level of conformance changes.

You should not remove an issue from your accessibility statement until you are confident that it has been confirmed as resolved. This may be confirmed by an accessibility expert within DfE, your audit supplier or DesignOps.

[Find out how to manage and prioritise accessibility issues]

Manage your issues and statement

You can use the Accessibility issues and statements service to track accessibility issues and manage your product's accessibility statement in one place.

[Use the Accessibility issues and statements service]