Accessibility · PSBAR & WCAG 2.2 AA
Make your website accessible — and prove it.
Public sector websites must meet WCAG 2.2 AA and publish an accessibility statement. We check your site, draft the statement, and show you exactly what to fix.
Since 2018 the Public Sector Bodies Accessibility Regulations (PSBAR) have applied right across the public sector — local government, the NHS, schools and academies, colleges and universities, and more. It's an easy duty to miss, and a costly one to get wrong.
What the law requires
Meet WCAG 2.2 AA
Your pages — and the PDFs and documents linked from them — need to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 at level AA.
Publish an accessibility statement
A statement in the specific format the regulations require, kept up to date and linked so people can find it.
Keep it current
Accessibility isn't one-and-done. Content changes, new pages and PDFs go up, and the statement has to keep reflecting reality.
How Signal Layer helps
Automated WCAG 2.2 AA checks across your whole site
We run industry-standard automated checks (the open-source axe-core engine) over your pages — and the PDFs and documents linked from them — then group what we find by WCAG success criterion, so it's clear what failed and why.
A ready-to-publish accessibility statement
We generate a draft statement in the PSBAR-required format, pre-filled from your site and your findings. You review, finish the bits only you can know, and publish — instead of starting from a blank page.
A prioritised fix list, not a data dump
Issues come back grouped and prioritised — what to fix first, which page or document it's on, and what it means in plain English — so a non-technical team can actually act on them.
Re-checks that keep you current
We re-check on a schedule, so a new newsletter PDF or a redesigned page doesn't quietly undo your work — and your statement stays honest.
An honest word on automation
Automated checks can't catch everything — and we won't pretend otherwise.
Automated testing reliably catches a meaningful share of WCAG issues — missing alt text, poor colour contrast, unlabelled form fields, broken document structure. But some criteria need human judgement: is the alt text actually meaningful? Does the page make sense read aloud? We're clear about what we checked automatically and what still needs a manual look — so your statement reflects the truth, which is exactly what PSBAR asks of you.
Who it's for
Built for the whole public sector
PSBAR applies right across the public sector — local government, the NHS and healthcare, schools and multi-academy trusts, universities and colleges, housing associations and emergency services. For councils, NHS trusts, universities and other larger estates, book a call and we'll scope it with you. Schools and academies can start instantly with a free self-serve review (from £199 per school per year). Private organisations have accessibility duties too, under the Equality Act — the same checks and fixes apply.
See where your website stands on accessibility
Book a callAsk us a question
Want us to walk through the accessibility report and statement, or have a question about PSBAR? Drop our London-based team a line:
hello@signal-layer.ai