The following features improve navigation for screen reader users, keyboard navigation and users of text-only browsers.

Access keys are keyboard shortcuts that replace the need to use the mouse for navigation, in browsers that support them. In Internet Explorer on Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key. Then press Enter to activate the link.

The following access keys are available throughout the Aston Academy website:

0 - Accessibility Statement (this page)
s - skip the navigation - go straight to the page content
1 - Home
2 - Latest News
9 - Contact Us

These access keys have been chosen to follow the UK government e-envoy's guidelines where applicable, in order to support the adoption of a useful standard. Wherever possible, they also avoid conflicting with commonly-used screen reader keyboard shortcuts.

Headings and navigation menus HTML heading tags are used to convey document structure.

H1 tags are used for main titles, H2 tags for subtitles, H3.... and so on.

You may change the font size of this document to your preference through your browser:

In Internet Explorer:
select View, then Text Size, and then your preferred size.

In Netscape:
select View, then Text Zoom, and then your preferred percentage size.

If you wish to override the site's font settings, you can import your own style sheet.

This site uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for visual layout. If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the use of structured semantic markup ensures that the content of each page is still readable and clearly structured.

If you wish, you may import your own stylesheet into this website:

In Internet Explorer:
select Tools, then Internet Options, and then Accessibility. Next click on any or all of 3 checkboxes to ignore colours, font styles or font sizes. In the same window you can change your style sheet by clicking the checkbox that says, 'format document using my style sheet' then simply browse to your style sheet and click OK.

In Netscape:
select Edit, then Preferences and then Appearance. You will then be given the choice to specify your own colours and fonts.

Usage of Access Key differs according to browser:

Internet Explorer 5+:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key, then press ENTER.

Internet Explorer 4:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 5+ for Apple Macintosh:
Hold down the CTRL key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Internet Explorer 4.5 for Apple Macintosh:
Access keys are not supported.

Netscape 6+:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.

Netscape earlier versions:
Access keys are not supported.

Mozilla and Firefox:
Hold down the ALT key and select the number/letter of the access key.