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Accessibility Compliance for Irish School Websites

At Primary Sites, we believe that every school website should be easy to use, welcoming, and accessible to everyone. Accessibility isn’t just a legal or technical requirement - it’s an essential part of inclusion and communication within a school community.

Why Acccessibility is so Important

For many families, a school website is the first point of contact. It provides vital information about school life, policies, and events. When a website is accessible, it ensures that:

  • Parents and guardians with disabilities can access school information just as easily as anyone else
  • Children with learning differences or visual impairments can use online resources effectively
  • Teachers and staff can share updates and resources confidently, knowing they are reaching the entire school community
  • Visitors and inspectors can navigate the site without barriers, reflecting positively on the school’s commitment to inclusion

In Ireland, accessibility also supports schools in meeting the principles of universal design promoted by the National Disability Authority (NDA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) - helping ensure compliance with best practice standards.

What We Offer

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Accessibility Sidebar Settings

Sidebar Settings allow website visitors to configure the accessibility sidebar settings and appearance.

 

Sidebar Size

This setting allows website visitors to adjust the size of the sidebar.

 

Sidebar Position

This setting allows website visitors to adjust the position of the sidebar.

 

Sidebar Language

This setting allows website visitors to select a language for the sidebar.

 

Hide Sidebar

This setting allows website visitors to hide the sidebar for up to one week.

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Accessibility Profiles

Accessibility Profiles activate multiple tools with the aim of improving website accessibility based on user needs or preferences. Profiles include…

 

• Blindness

• Color Blindness

• Visual Impairment

• Motor Impairment

• Cognitive Disability

• Seizures & Epilepsy

• Dyslexia

• ADHD

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Screen Reader

Screen Reader aims to convert website text into audible speech for users with visual impairments or reading difficulties.

 

Screen Reader Mode

This option allows website visitors to enable a screen reader, which converts website text into audible speech.

 

Screen Reader Speed

This option allows website visitors to set the speed of the screen reader voice.

 

Screen Reader Voice

This option allows website visitors to set the screen reader voice.

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Navigation Tools

Navigation Tools aim to facilitate optimized website navigation for all users.

 

Large Cursor

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the size and color of the website cursor.

 

Focus Ring

This tool allows website visitors to enable a focus ring to highlight the currently focused website element.

 

Page Structure

This tool allows website visitors to reveal website structure by listing and highlighting a page’s structural elements.

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Reading Tools

Reading Tools aim to improve website readability for users with reading difficulties.

 

Tooltip

This tool allows website visitors to enable a tooltip to display additional information for the active website element.

 

Reading Guide

This tool allows website visitors to enable a reading guide in three sizes.

 

Reading Mask

This tool allows website visitors to enable a reading mask in three sizes.

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Text Tools

Text Tools aim to improve website readability for users with visual impairments.

 

Text Font

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the website text font.

 

Text Size

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the website text size.

Line Height

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the spacing between lines of website text.

 

Text Spacing

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the spacing between website text characters.

 

Text Alignment

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the alignment of website text.

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Graphics Tools

Graphics Tools aim to optimize website appearance for users with visual impairments or sensory sensitivities.

 

Color Saturation

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the intensity of website colors.

 

Color Contrast

This tool allows website visitors to adjust the contrast between website text and background.

 

Hide Images

This tool allows website visitors to hide website images.

 

Stop Animations

This tool allows website visitors to disable website CSS motion effects and GIF animations.

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Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement gives users direct access to important website accessibility information.

 

Statement Text

This feature allows website visitors to view your website’s accessibility statement directly within the sidebar.

Statement Page

This feature allows website visitors to navigate directly to a dedicated accessibility statement page on your website.

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Testimonials

What Our Schools Have To Say About Us

Websites packed with really easy to use features.

Will was a pleasure to work with, professional, patient, and always supportive. Our school website is user-friendly, visually engaging, and a huge improvement for our school community. It now reflects the warmth and spirit that Scoil an Chroí Naofa has to offer.

Professional, Patient, and Always Supportive
Deirdre Fenton - Teacher
Scoil an Chroí Naofa, Ballinasloe Co. Galway

As a primary school principal, I am incredibly pleased with the service we receive from Will. He is consistently efficient, highly knowledgeable, and an absolute pleasure to work with. Nothing is ever too much trouble, and he handles every request with professionalism and ease. His support has made managing our school website stress-free, and we are truly grateful for his expertise and reliability.  Helen Leddy, Kilworth.

An absolute pleasure to work with
Helen Leddy, Principal
Kilworth National School, Kilworth, Co. Cork. P61D504

Working with PrimarySites.ie was an excellent experience. Will made the entire process easy and completely stress-free. He quickly understood our school’s needs and guided us through each stage with clarity and patience. Will was always available to answer questions. The finished site is professional, user-friendly and exactly what we hoped for. We would highly recommend PrimarySites.ie to any school looking for a smooth, supportive design process.

Excellent Experience
Simon Moloney
Lucan East Educate Together N.S., Lucan Dublin

My name is Lauren Conway, and I am a teacher in Charleville National School, Tullamore. I worked with Will to develop our new school website, and I genuinely could not recommend him highly enough. From the beginning, Will understood exactly what we needed, a colourful, child-friendly, inclusive website that reflects our culturally diverse school community. He designed a layout that is clear, welcoming, and very easy for parents to navigate, with quick access to essentials like our school calendar, policies, and key information. We also wanted a space where children could show their parents what they are doing in school, and Will created a beautifully organised news area that allows us to share regular updates, photos, and blog-style posts. This has really improved communication between home and school. What impressed me most was the support Will provided after the site was built. He sent me a link to a full set of clear, step-by-step tutorials recorded by himself showing exactly how to update and manage the website. These have been incredibly helpful. Will was always easy to speak to, quick to respond, and full of practical suggestions that improved the final design. The whole process was smooth and stress-free, and the finished website represents Charleville National School perfectly. I would highly recommend Will to any school or organisation looking for a professional, reliable, and genuinely thoughtful website designer.

Highly recommend
Lauren Conway - Teacher
Charleville National School, Tullamore

Primarysites.ie designed our website here in Our Lady's GNS,Rathdrum. From start to finish, Will was a pleasure to work with. He was patient, efficient and explained technical processes in simple language. Will has continued to support us beyond the creation of the website. I can't recommend Primarysites.ie highly enough."

Patient, Efficient
Helena Cassidy - Principal
Our Lady's GNS, Rathdrum

Working with Primary sites has been truly transformative for our school website. The support provided is always excellent and extremely helpful. Will is always prompt, clear, and supportive, making the entire website creation process effortless. We highly recommend them for their professional expertise and fantastic customer care.

Truly Transformative
Josh Jenkingson
St. Peters National School, Bolton Street, Drogheda

We have been working with Will at Primary Sites for a number of years now. Will is quick in responding to any queries we may have and is eager to help us make out website work for us. As well as doing all the background work, Will has provided tutorials to help us use the site more efficiently.

Quick in responding to any queries
Frank Noone - Principal
Glanduff NS, Athlone, Co. Roscommon

Will has created a fun and engaging website for our school. The website design process was done quickly with everything we had asked for. Support has been amazing with questions answered quickly. We now have the skills to maintain our website, and Will has helped us to achieve this. We would highly recommend Primary sites for developing your school website.

Support has been amazing
Carmel O'Riordan
Craughwell National School , Craughwell, Co. Galway

Working with Will on our new school website was a very straightforward, stress-free and pleasant experience. Our website was extremely out-dated, difficult to navigate and had been neglected for quite some time. We came to Will with a loose vision of what we were hoping to achieve and were blown away by his work portfolio. Will created a visually appealing, easy to access and child-centered website for us. His attention to detail and the level of support given to us was second to none. Will is so professional and always willing to offer help and support where needed. Will has provided training videos to us so that we can update our site when needed, which has been a great help. We have received so many compliments on our new site and we are so grateful to Will and thankful that we found him!

Straightforward, stress-free and pleasant experience
Aisling Nic Fhinn
Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada, Lucan, Dublin

PrimarySite.ie did an incredible job designing our website. It looks amazing and functions perfectly. They are professional, creative, and always quick to respond to any questions or requests. The process is easy to use and we would recommend PrimarySites.it to any school looking to startup or develop their website.

Amazing and functions perfectly
Ms Healy - Teacher
Bigstone National School, Ballyraggan, Rathvilly, Co. Kildare,

Using Primarysites as our website provider has been incredibly helpful for our small school. The platform is easy to use, Will is always quick to respond, and it has made managing our school website simple and stress-free. I would highly recommend  Primarysites to any school looking to improve their presence online'.

Incredibly helpful
Eilish Fitzhenry, Principal
Scoil Mhuire Ballyhogue., Enniscorthy Co. Wexford.

Will of Primary Sites, designed and built our website casacaterinaschool.ie back in 2022.  He has been our support since then, not only meeting any request quickly & professionally, but also prompting us to take action to keep our site up to date and compliant with legislation.

Meeting any request quickly & professionally
Lorna Cahill - Acting Principal
Casa Caterina, Cabra, Dublin 7

Will from Primary Sites helped me to set up a new school website last year. Creating a website is a daunting task for a teaching principal with so many other daily tasks. But Will divided the process into manageable steps, and helped me to navigate through them. He had a large variety of website designs to choose from. The end result is an attractive school website, which I can manage and update myself. It showcases our school to prospective new families.  Will helped us to link our School Facebook page to the website - so day-to-day news is available on the website too. Will provides ongoing support  - something I have needed a number of times. I would happily recommend Primarysites.ie.

A Stress-Free Website Experience for Our School
Kerry Harris - Principal
Monreagh NS Carrigans, Co. Donegal

Scoil Naomh Cualán have been using the services of Primary Sites for the last number of years. We needed a website that would capture the attention of our school community and we got what we wanted in spades from Primary Sites. Our website is bright, colourful and user friendly. It is everything we require in a school website. The site is easy to navigate for visitors and easy to update for school staff. If you require any help the Primary Sites team are always at hand to lend assistance when needed. We would have no hesitation in recommending them for all your school website needs.

Bright, colourful and user friendly
Scoil Naomh Cualán - Michael Small Principal
Scoil Naomh Cualán, Borrisoleigh, Tipperary

When looking for a new school website to promote our school, we needed someone with vision and creativity. Luckily, Will at FlexiWeb was just the man for the job. What impressed us most about FlexiWeb was the project management and design of the website. Things were done on time and Will was always there to help us through the process. Our Website is now modern and easy to use and shows our school in the best light. The school and more importantly the pupils are very proud of it. We would definitely recommend Primary Sites for anyone looking to promote and improve their school

Easy to Use
Jody Harkin Principal
Castleiney National School, Castleiney, Templemore, County Tipperary

We contracted Will to design a website for our school. From the onset we have been delighted with the service provided. All our requests for the site were included and the process was made so easy. We are delighted with the finished product which has proven a great resource for our school. The after-sales and support service is second to none with modifications and website renewal just a quick email. We would recommend Will and Primary Sites without hesitation

Great after-sales and support service
Pádraig Fahey Principal
Clerihan National School, Clerihan, County Tipperary

Will recently created our website www.hallsoffun.ie We genuinely could not be happier with the service Will provided. He was so enthusiastic and creative, we are thrilled with our website! Any queries we’ve had have been dealt with effectively and efficiently. We are absolutely delighted to recommend Will to anyone wishing to create an effective and beautifully created website.

Couldn’t be Happier
Linda
Halls of Fun, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

I would highly recommend the services of Primary Sites and Will. He has been extremely helpful and professional throughout the whole process. Will is quick to respond to any queries and we are delighted with the finished product. The website design is bright, welcoming and gives a great representation of life in our school community. The site is also user-friendly and provides ease of access for teachers too. I have already recommended the service of Will to other schools and I will continue to do so in the future.

Highly Recommend
Pádraig McGovern, Principal
Duleek Girls National School, Abbey Road, Duleek, Co Meath

Our school website is designed and maintained by Will at Primarysites.ie and we would wholeheartedly recommend his services. Will has designed a website that truly reflects us as a school, it is bright and vibrant, easy to navigate and a wonderful source of information for our students and their families, our staff and for anyone who would like to see what day to day life is like in our school. He was supportive, patient and helpful all the way through the design process and incorporated our full Wishlist of requests into the final layout. Having someone who understands what a primary school website needs to include was invaluable to us at the design stage. He continues to make any necessary changes or additions to our site in an efficient and effective manner, including adding some Christmas Effects for the month of December! We are delighted with the finished product and would highly recommend Will and Primarysites.ie.

Wholeheartedly Recommend
Issy Somerville - School Secretary
Stokane NS, Enniscrone Co Sligo

Will at Primary Sites created our new school website this year. We are absolutely delighted with the finished product. Will was great to work with .. he listened to our ideas and came up with a website that  truly showcases our school . It is bright , vibrant, easy to navigate and above all easy to maintain. I would highly recommend Primary Sites

absolutely delighted
Mercedes Campion - Principal
Our Lady of Lourdes NS, Ballinlough Road Cork

We asked Will to design and develop our new website, and we are delighted with the end result. From the onset, Will has been a pleasure to deal with. His customer service is second to none, giving great guidance and advice and his response time to a query is always very speedy. Will has not only created a very visually appealing website that is easy to navigate as a user but it is also very user friendly, which ensures staff members are able to update regularly. I have already recommended Will to other schools that have made enquiries with us and will continue to do so in the future" Deirdre Fenton

Customer Service is Second to None
Deirdre Fenton - Teacher
Scoil an Chroí Naofa, Ballinasloe

Our websites are packed with easy to use features.

When your website is complete, you can use a wealth of features to display the right content for your visitors. You are able to allocate as many website editors as you wish.  Our visual builder makes it simple to manage your school website and control its look and feel.

Thinking visually and creativelly from day one, and working closely together with you and your staff, we balance creativity and technology to create your schools online presence. We at Primary Sites will build a high impact, feature-rich school website designed to communicate the unique values and vision of your school.

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