Accessibility

Last updated 2 November 2026

We want every student to be able to use GCSE-ready, including students who use a screen reader, a keyboard, larger text or a dyslexia-friendly layout. We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA.

What you can change

• Light or dark mode, from the Aa button at the top of every page or the app's Settings.
• Text size: normal, large or extra large.
• Dyslexia-friendly layout: a plainer font with more space between letters, words and lines.
• Read aloud: questions and lesson text can be read out on most devices.
• Less movement: animations are reduced if your device asks for reduced motion.

Using a keyboard

Every page has a "Skip to content" link. In a lesson you can choose an answer with the keys 1 to 4 (or A to D) and press Enter to check it.

How we check

We test pages with automated accessibility checks (axe-core) at phone and laptop sizes, in light and dark mode, and by using the lessons with a keyboard only. Our last full check was on 2 November 2026.

Known issues

• We have not yet tested every page with a screen reader such as NVDA or VoiceOver.
• Some diagrams and videos are still being given fuller text descriptions.

Tell us about a problem

If something is hard to use, email hello@gcse-ready.org with the page and what went wrong. We aim to reply within 5 working days.